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SUMMARY:Retention By Design
DESCRIPTION:Title: Retention By Design \n\n\n\nDescription:  \n\n\n\nOrganizations continue to make progress in attracting a diverse workforce\, yet retention remains a persistent challenge. In many cases\, this challenge is not rooted in a lack of commitment\, but in how work systems are designed and implemented day to day. Inclusion is often treated as a set of parallel initiatives rather than an integrated approach to how expectations\, communication\, and support are structured. \n\n\n\nThe Retention By Design Event focuses on how inclusive workplace systems support people to stay\, grow\, and contribute over time. \n\n\n\nRather than centering on a single employee group\, this event examines how intentional design choices benefit a broad range of workers. Through applied discussion\, real-world examples\, and peer exchange\, participants will explore how inclusive systems can reduce friction\, improve clarity\, and strengthen long-term retention. \n\n\n\nThis event is designed for professionals who want to better understand how inclusive workplace systems influence retention across roles and teams. Participants will gain insight into how everyday practices shape employee experience and where modest\, intentional adjustments can create meaningful impact. Attendees will also benefit from learning alongside peers who are navigating similar challenges\, creating space for practical exchange rather than abstract discussion. \n\n\n\nStrategic Takeaways: \n\n\n\n\nA framework for retention-focused system design\n\n\n\nA practical understanding of intersectionality in the workplace\n\n\n\nExamples of policy and practice changes that improve retention\n\n\n\nLessons from real workplace experiences\n\n\n\nClear next steps for the application of learnings \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers and titles: \n\n\n\nFireside Chat: Autism at Work Employment Data  \n\n\n\n\nMars Sharrock – Program Director\, The Wardrobe\n\n\n\nAbby Jayroe – SVP of Strategy\, Next for Autism\n\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion: Designing Systems for Retention \n\n\n\n\nSuja Mathew – Wellbeing Program Manager\, Virtua Health\n\n\n\nIsabel Fields – ESG Manager\, Hearst\n\n\n\nBrady Esham – Boston University\n\n\n\nKristin Austin – VP Culture and Community Impact\, Rewriting the Code\n\n\n\nTheresa Velykis – Members and Community Director\, SHRM\n\n\n\n\nLightning Rounds: Taking Action  \n\n\n\n\nShiloh Philpot – Sr Program/ Portfolio Analyst\, TD \n\n\n\nEv Smith – Director of Operations\, A Step Up Academy \n\n\n\nCait Russell – COO\, Multiple\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAccessibility:  \n\n\n\nNENPHL is committed to creating welcoming\, accessible\, and neurodiversity-affirming event spaces. We work with our venue partners to support physical accessibility\, clear communication\, and a respectful environment for all attendees. \n\n\n\nPhysical AccessibilityThe event venue has ADA-accessible access\, including an accessible entrance\, accessible interior routes\, elevator access\, and accessible restroom options.  \n\n\n\nService AnimalsService animals are welcome at all NENPHL events. \n\n\n\nMasking and Health ConsiderationsMasks and respirators are welcome. We encourage attendees to make choices that support their own health and comfort\, and to be respectful of others who may be masking\, immunocompromised\, medically complex\, or taking additional health precautions. \n\n\n\nIllness PrecautionsTo help support a safer and more comfortable environment\, we ask attendees to stay home if they are feeling sick\, have recently tested positive for a contagious illness\, or have symptoms that could put others at risk. \n\n\n\nQuiet SpaceA quiet space will be available for attendees who need a lower-sensory area to step away\, sit\, hydrate\, regulate\, or take a break during the event.
URL:https://neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/event/retention-by-design/
LOCATION:Science Center- University City\, 3675 Market St STE 400\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States
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SUMMARY:Harnessing Innovation and Connection
DESCRIPTION:Join the Neurodiversity Employment Network of Philadelphia and KPMG for an in-person event focused on innovation\, collaboration\, and practical strategies for advancing neuroinclusive employment. \n\n\n\nHarnessing Innovation and Connection will bring together employers\, business leaders\, entrepreneurs\, and community partners to explore how new ideas\, emerging tools\, and cross-sector partnerships can help expand access to meaningful employment for neurodivergent individuals. The event is designed for attendees who want to move beyond awareness and explore practical\, scalable ways to build more inclusive workplaces. \n\n\n\nEvent takeaways\n\n\n\nAttendees will leave with: \n\n\n\n\nA stronger understanding of how innovation can support neuroinclusive hiring\, retention\, and workplace accessibility\n\n\n\nPractical examples of how employers and entrepreneurs are building new pathways for neurodivergent talent\n\n\n\nInsight into technology tools that can reduce barriers and support workplace participation\n\n\n\nFresh ideas for using collaboration\, design\, and systems-thinking to advance inclusive employment\n\n\n\nNew connections with regional leaders\, employers\, entrepreneurs\, and partners working toward meaningful employment access
URL:https://neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/event/harnessing-innovation-at-kpmg/
LOCATION:KPMG Philadelphia Office\, 1735 Market St\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Networking
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SUMMARY:EmpathyTech
DESCRIPTION:At EmpathyTech\, we focus on making innovation more just\, more inclusive\, and more human. We work with people and organizations committed to creating solutions that matter\, solutions that are shaped by empathy and built in collaboration with communities that have been historically left out of technological progress. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’re creating a new standard\, one where lived experience informs design\, where impact is measured by dignity and access\, and where the future is built with everyone in mind.
URL:https://neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/event/empathytech/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Convention Center\, 1600 Market Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania
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SUMMARY:Cities of Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:A City of Inclusion is a city where all people with disabilities lead healthy and fulfilling lives as respected members of their communities. Using an approach driven through collective impact\, Cities of Inclusion brings together community members\, disability advocates\, and leaders across the business\, health\, education\, government\, and nonprofit sectors to transform the way systems work together across a city to be more inclusive for all peoples with disabilities. Cities of Inclusion focuses on five core pillars of education\, employment\, health\, housing\, and access to information & services. Within each pillar\, we identify how to make the systems people with disabilities navigate more accessible and better positioned to ensure individuals can access what they need to be successful.
URL:https://neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/event/cities-of-inclusion/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania
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SUMMARY:Unmasked Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity Employment Network of Philadelphia is gathering at Indy Hall in the heart of Philadelphia for an evening of trivia\, connection\, food and drinks. The theme this year is unmasking. In a season when everyone is reaching for a costume\, we are doing something different: creating a space where neurodivergent professionals and their allies can show up exactly as they are\, surrounded by those who are actively working to make Philadelphia’s workplaces worthy of their talent. \n\n\n\nTickets are $50 and include food and drinks. Come solo or bring a colleague. This is the kind of room where the connections you make matter just as much as the answers you get right! \n\n\n\nRounds of trivia\n\n\n\n\nUnmask the Myth. Everything you think you know about neurodiversity in the workplace\, put to the test.\n\n\n\nTrick or Treat. Workplace accommodations and policies examined honestly: what actually works and what falls short.\n\n\n\nCostume or Culture. A closer look at unwritten workplace norms and who gets to define them.\n\n\n\nBehind the Mask. The innovators and changemakers who have enriched society.
URL:https://neurodiversityemploymentnetwork.org/event/unmasked-trivia-night-2026/
LOCATION:Indy Hall Clubhouse\, 709 N Second St\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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