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Cultivating diversity isn’t merely a feel-good effort; it is an increasingly important key to success in the craft beer community. The diversity best practices resources found below provide expert guidance to those businesses who wish to invest in diversity and inclusion, but may not know where to start.

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Managing Mega-Threats in the Workplace 

Explore what mega-threats are, their impact on individuals' wellbeing, and strategies for leaders to support affected employees effectively.Read More

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Dr. J Jackson-Beckham is an author, speaker, and vocal advocate for the craft beverage community. After being named the Brewers Association’s first Equity & Inclusion Partner in 2018, she went on to lead both its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion department, and its Member Resources team until 2025. Today, she continues to support the industry as an independent thought leader and changemaker.

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Human Resources Snapshot

Interested in the people side of business? This is a snapshot of recent human resources content from the Brewers Association.Read More

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Human Resources Partner

Holly Haslam is the Brewers Association's human resources director. She joined the organization in 2022. In her role, she leads internal HR practices that foster a positive, engaging, and equitable workplace culture. She also serves as a subject matter expert on member-facing HR content, offering guidance and best practices to help brewing industry employers build stronger, more effective teams.

Holly holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and substance abuse prevention, education, and treatment from Central Michigan University and an MBA with an emphasis in human resource management from the University of Northern Colorado. She served as president of the Boulder Area HR Association in 2023.

With experience building HR functions, employee engagement initiatives, and training and advancement programs within small organizations, Holly specializes in creating systems that support employee development, retention, and organizational growth.

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Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers: Part II

In this post, we discuss ways to effectively express your brand voice, target new audiences with psychographic segmentation, make the most out of captions and hashtags, and get your team engaged in social media messaging.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Marketing and Communications Subcommittee advises the Brewers Association and its membership on inclusive marketing and communication practices. It works to amplify the voices and experiences of underrepresented populations and engage in inclusive storytelling about the craft brewing community.

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Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers: Part I

Learn how small producers and craft beer businesses can use one of the most cost-effective tools—social media—to reach new customers. Read More

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Brewers Association

The Marketing and Communications Subcommittee advises the Brewers Association and its membership on inclusive marketing and communication practices. It works to amplify the voices and experiences of underrepresented populations and engage in inclusive storytelling about the craft brewing community.

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Inclusion, Equity & Justice
The New Brewer: THRIVE Issue

Inclusion, Equity & Justice

Dr. J Jackson-Beckham

When people are indifferent to inclusion, equity, and justice (IEJ), how do you get them to invest in IEJ efforts? At least in part, by presenting a compelling business case.

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Responding to Harassment

This resource includes guidance for both employers and employees on their role in correcting and preventing harassment in the workplace.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Brewers Association Human Resources (HR) Committee seeks to provide our members with the tools needed to develop compliant HR strategies while building and maintaining stronger relationships with the teams they serve. Additionally, it is the goal of the HR Committee to bridge the gap between HR representatives, organizations, and the brewing community to promote open and honest communication leading to employee and organizational well-being.

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DEI Mini-Grant Recipients Share How To Write a Winning Proposal

Past awardees of the BA DEI Mini-Grants Program provide tips and best practices for future applicants to make their proposals stronger.Read More

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Lead Storyteller, Crafted For All

Louis Livingston-Garcia currently works as a part-time administrator and writer for the Brewers Association's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, as lead storyteller for Crafted For All, and helms the Tulip and Schooner beer and spirit newsletter for Heavy Table. He has a brewing and beer steward technology certificate from Dakota County Technical College, and has cleaned kegs, wrapped cans and crowlers, provided barrel tasting notes, and helped brew thanks to it at Forager Brewing Co., Little Thistle, Tin Whiskers, and Bent Brewstillery. His written work has been featured in many publications, including Growler Magazine, Heavy Table, City Pages, 507 Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine, Game Informer, GamesRadar, October, The Pursuit of Hoppiness, and more. He has professionally photographed Kodiak bears in the wild, Minnesota United FC soccer matches, and countless breweries and beer events. If he isn't traveling around the world with his wife, he is most likely playing soccer, watching soccer, playing video games, or reading with his cat, Miyamoto (yes, named after the creator of Super Mario Bros.), in his lap, and a beer nearby.

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