<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">AWIS/Argonne National Laboratory National Mentoring Month Workshop</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Time: 10 AM - 12:45 PM; Registration starts at 9:30 AM</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Location: University of Chicago</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Meeting Room W301/W303</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Chicago, IL 60637</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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</p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">9:30-10 AM – Registration</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">10-10:20 AM – Welcome</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Brief introduction of mentors</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Keynote speaker: Ann Schlenker, Director for Transportation Research, Argonne</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">10:20-11:45 AM – Speed mentoring rotations</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mentees split into groups</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in">
<i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5-7 groups, 1 mentor and up to 4 mentees per group, TBD based on participants</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></i></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mentor-to-mentee Q&A (5-10 minutes) with brief introductions</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mentors open by introducing themselves, followed by quick mentee introductions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mentors can ask any questions they may have about the new generation workforce.</span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mentee-to-mentor Q&A (5-10 minutes)</span></u></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Leaders start by making a statement about a topic suggested below for stimulating conversation (choose any one topic per rotation). Topics can include the following:</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- How does your institution provide support for mentorship between different career levels?</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- Are there any ways that institutions could further help to establish a more active mentoring climate (creating networking resources, groups, etc)?</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- What advice do you have on the number of mentors one should have and the appropriate amount of contact to maintain with them?</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- How has mentorship helped you advance your career?</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- Where are some good resources for finding and selecting mentors, and how can you identify an appropriate mentor?</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">- How does one effectively communicate and align expectations in a mentorship relationship?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mentees rotate to different tables</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Rotating: A session moderator will keep time and allow time for groups to transition, by asking mentees to get up and change tables. This is to ensure that everyone gets to talk to all the mentors with different topics each time. Length of time for each rotation depends on the number of participants.</span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">11:45 AM-12:45 PM – Closing: lunch with additional networking</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
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