Business Name (DBA): Benavides Enterprises Inc.
Business Address:          2501 Fremont Ave. #4, Madison, Wisconsin, 53704
Business Phone:            608-575-6522
Email Address:              benent@chorus.net
Website:                      www.benavidesenterprises.com
Principal:                     Gladis Benavides

Categories of service:

Consulting
Diversity Management
Cross-cultural Communications
Workforce Development
Cultural Competency
Civil Rights Compliance

Description of services:

BE Inc. provides tailored/modular training programs designed to assist our clients to achieve full compliance with the requirements of Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Rehabilitation Act, ADA and the Limited English Proficiency Guidelines. Below is a sample of some of the topical areas we cover:

 How to Become More Effective in a Multi-Cultural Organization

 Developing a Culturally Competent Workforce

 The Dynamics of Managing and Supervising a Multi-cultural Workforce.

 Cross cultural Traditions and Beliefs of Ethnic, Racial, Religious and other groups.

 Cultural Competency Challenges in Human Services and the Strategies to Overcome Them.

 Cultural Competence Strategies: Community and Client Education Strategies

 Beyond Race and Gender: the Multiple Faces of Diversity

 Cultural Consideration in Death and Dying

 Co-Cultural Issues within Communities of Color.

 What language does your client hurt in? The Cross Roads of Language and Culture

 Partnering with Community Stake Holders: Outreach and Inclusion

 Preventing, Managing and Resolving Intra and Inter Cultural Conflicts.

 Different generations: Different cultural and traditional expectations.

Background on you and/or your business:

Gladis is a citizen of the world, having lived in many countries and experienced many cultures. She has lived and worked in the United States for the past thirty-four years. Her experiences have added depth to her understanding of the possibilities and the challenges associated with issues related to Diversity Management. She has served as Director of Civil Rights for the Wisconsin State Department of Health and Family Services and the State Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations (now DWD).

Gladis is also multi-lingual. She communicates profound insights regarding multiculturalism in a comfortable, practical and understandable manner. She is recognized as an expert in Diversity Management, Civil Rights and Affirmative Action with over twenty-five years of experience in these areas. As a consultant, she has a wide breadth of experience in providing advice and counsel to corporations across the country, as well as government and public sector agencies. She is often asked to be a key- note or presenter at national conferences both in the private and public sectors.

Testimonials and/or references:

"Gladis, excellent speaker very informative and great humor."

"This presentation much more applicable and informative than past presentations."

"Very interesting. Gives us lots top think about within our interactions with people etc. Thank you very much."

"The presenter made the info interesting with humor and stories.  I enjoyed her presentation the info was appropriate to where I work, unlike previous diversity trainings."

Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:

Beyond the Velcroing of America
Practitioner's Thoughts a Guide to Effective Workforce Development

Service area by country, state or zip code:

United States