Diversity welcome

You can start with simple, funny ideas such as "if you love dogs... if you prefer cats... You are welcome here!" and move on to deeper concepts, whatever will make sense and is likely to resonate with your audience, e.g. "If you have a scientific background... if you are into the humanities... or both..." "Those who are in their 20s or younger, 30s... 40s, 50s, those over 60... you are welcome!" "Those who were born here... those who have come from other places... you are welcome here!" 

You might like to prepare notes to remind you of a few you don’t want to forget. Invite participants to add the aspects of diversity they would like to welcome. This is a beautiful, effective way to support everyone in feeling seen and heard at the start of a meeting. 

Using this method in a session

In remote or hybrid settings, you can use the diversity welcome to acknowledge people's different circumstances: "If you are working from home.. or in an office... with kids or family in the background... or having difficulties with your network today...".
 

See an example this tool is used in the flow of a session in this template for a Hybrid Community Event.