Success through Mentoring:
A Workshop on Mentoring Research and Practice

And a collaboration with the SACNAS National Conference: Science for America's Future.

Held: Thursday, September 29 2005
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado

Sponsors:

Summary of Workshop:

MentorNet, with a grant from the National Science Foundation and its Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) program, and with additional support from Texas Instruments and Affymetrix, and in conjunction with our partnering organization, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), was pleased to present a national workshop, "Success through Mentoring" in Denver, CO, as a pre-conference workshop of the Annual SACNAS conference: Science for America’s Future.

The workshop was attended by 92 participants representing more than 50 organizations - institutions of higher education, corporations, professional societies, government labs, and other nonprofit organizations. The lively and interactive format was well-received with frequent 'buzz' sessions throughout the day, where participants were able to interact and network. Among others, the presentations by Stacy Blake-Beard and Lois Zachary were particularly popular with those attending.

In its design and implementation of programs, MentorNet draws upon the growing body of research on mentoring and the experience and expertise represented in the field of mentoring practitioners. We are therefore glad to be able to share some of the knowledge from the "Success through Mentoring" Workshop with you. This information is provided for educational purposes only and should not be used or distributed without the permission of the author(s). Read a more detailed summary.

Program:

This program was sent to all participants of the workshop; it contains the agenda, biographies for the speakers & additional reference materials. Summaries of all the presentations, audio clips, reference materials, and speakers biographies are also available by clicking on the speaker names below.

Please note for copyright purposes all materials from this workshop are provided for your informational use only - they should not be used, quoted and/or distributed without the permission of the author(s).

View the workshop program

Topics covered & speakers: (View Details)

Best practices & findings from the field: Excellence in mentoring from both individual & organizational prospectives - Lois Zachary

Components of effective mentoring programs - Carol Muller

Mentoring experiences of people of color: Lessons from theory & practice - Stacy J. Blake-Beard

Research overview: What's different about e-mentoring & why would you use it? - Ellen Ensher

Behind the Scenes - How MentorNet works - Stephanie J. Fox

View a list of the organizations represented by the participants at the workshop.

View photographs from this event.

View a selection of comments from workshop attendees

Acknowledgements:

National Science Foundation Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering (Presenting Sponsor)
Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (Presenting Sponsor)
Texas Instruments (Gold Sponsor)
Affymetrix (Sponsor)
3M & Intel (Promotional items)

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