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Earth Month in April was a fantastic opportunity to spark conversation around environmental issues.
The Paramount team is making good progress on its commitment to utilize our award-winning talent, strategic expertise, data & insight services, and global industry influence to shift mindsets and behaviors. Together with the Client Services and Events & Experiences teams, Paramount is piloting training and workshops to build a service offering that integrates sustainability for our clients’ events.
If you’d like to get involved with Paramount, have questions, or would like to share an ESG-related story, please reach out to: paramount@firstagency.com.
New Resources From Global Marketing
This past month the Global Marketing team highlighted a number of observances and insights!
- Insights From Our Embedded Team Members to promote our unique Solutions model
- Learn more about How to Build a More Inclusive Community & Better Communicate to showcase our panel on Neurodiversity
- This FIRST Takes Tech Campaign with several videos from team members
In addition, we shined a spotlight on some of the FIRST friends who make our lives better every day!
Keep an eye out for more to come including award wins and some highlights from Mental Health Awareness week/month! Follow FIRST on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube!
FIRST Cares Mental Health Awareness
May 15th - 19th was Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year's focus was on anxiety. The FIRST Cares Slack channel was lit up with all things wellness, sustainability and philanthropy.
If you’re interested in learning more about FIRST Cares and want to get involved with some of our activities and initiatives, please email FIRSTCares@firstagency.com.
What's New with the D&I Council?
We put together some FAQs about the Council for awareness this month!
How do I join the D&I Council? We are excited to see you have an interest in highlighting diversity at FIRST!
We encourage you to search Slack for one of the EIGs (Employee Interest Groups) that appeals to you (list below). In those Slack channels, the EIG lead will inform the group of upcoming meetings, activities and communications that will be shared with all FIRST team members. All Slack channels are available at any time. You should join the EIG, introduce yourself, begin sharing ideas and start conversations amongst your newfound community! Don’t be shy to start conversations, ask questions or present ideas, recommendations and suggestions. Each EIG is only going to be as active as its members!
What EIGs exist? #eig-bipoc #eig-jewishcommunity #eig-lgbtqia #eig-neurodiversity
What if I don’t see an EIG I’m interested in? Email us at FIRSTdiversity@firstagency.com and let’s chat about what you’re looking for! We are always looking for people who would like to start a new EIG. Please know that all EIGs are open to all team members, so even if you don’t “identify” with an EIG, you can still be a part of it.
What events are coming up? I may want to support specific initiatives as time permits.
Click here to check out the list of events!
Note: The list shown here is not comprehensive of all upcoming activities. If you don't see a diverse holiday or celebration you would like acknowledged, reach out to FIRSTdiversity@firstagency.com.
The Global Playbook has Launched!
Middle Office’s Global Operations team has launched the Playbook for new client opportunities, in partnership with the Agency delivery teams (Client Services, Events & Experience, Global Creative Studio, Event Technology and Venue Sourcing). For more information about the Playbook, visit this SharePoint site.
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