Friday, September 7, 2018

GHC 2018 – Mentoring


GHC 2018 – Mentoring

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Time: 11:30-2; 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Location: GRB Grand Ballroom B



Findings Mentors and learning from other women at GHC

Grace Hopper Convention is one of the top places for women in stem to learn from other women who have travelled their own paths in the world of technology.  Finding the right people to learn from can be hard but luckily it can also be easy.  You can attend GHC Mentoring Circles AND Speed Mentoring.

Speed Mentoring: Start Time: 3:00 PM | End Time: 5:30 PM 

This is an informal mentoring format.  You can drop in and chat with a variety of mentors in an easy going format.  No themes, no agendas, just tips and sharing from women that have been there done that to help you navigate your career, technology, and life!

Length per mini-session: 6 minutes for 1:1 / 15 minutes in round tables of 9

Number of mentors: 146

Format style: informal

Special feature:  New set of mentors every hour!



GHC Mentor Circles    Start Time: 11:30 AM | End Time: 2:00 PM | 

This is a more formal mentoring format.  There will be tables that hold up to 10 people at them at a time.  There is a mentor (or 2) at each table who has developed a formal application related to their mentoring topic (see topics here). 

Length per mini-session: 20 minutes in round tables of 9

Number of mentors: 50+

Format style: more formal

Special feature:  pre-reviewed Mentor Topics. See: Mentoring Circle topics

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing Mary, looking forward to being there!

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