This article shares tips on how arts organisations and programmers can improve inclusion without resorting to tick-box diversity. It explains briefly the concept of tokenism, namely, including a small number of people from under-represented groups in a limited context in order to appear diverse. It also offers several reasons why diversity is needed in programmes. Lastly, it emphasises that diversity programming does not mean tokenism. Therefore, it is important to establish why diversity should be embedded if you are concerned about avoiding tokenism.