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Follow on Google News | Women in Technology Mentor Program Concludes with Eight Matches, Stronger RelationshipsIn its inaugural run, the nine-month program paired experienced and up-and-coming professional women to share advice and support.
By: Tech Collective Manager of Communications and Media Relations, Tech Collective 401-829-8321 | gmahoney@ Women in Technology Mentor Program Concludes with Eight Matches, Stronger Relationships In its inaugural run, the nine-month program paired experienced and up-and-coming professional women to share advice and support. Providence, R.I. – June 24, 2013 – Tech Collective (http://www.tech- The WIT Mentorship Program was designed and supported by industry representatives and members of the WIT Committee. The Committee paired mentors and mentees based on a self-evaluation of their professional and personal strengths and areas of desired growth. The six main areas of growth were similarly focused on: time management, professional development, personal goal setting, decision making, career development, and confidence building. Paired mentors and mentees supported each other throughout the program length, connecting via lunch or after-work meetings, networking events, invitations to company tours or onsite learning opportunities, and via online tools such as LinkedIn. “Many of the challenges I was experiencing, my mentor had previously experienced,” Amy Ells, vice president of business development for netsense, said: “Being a mentor helps validate your experiences – the things that you handled well in your career as well as those instances where you realized you should have done or said something differently. Sharing your experiences and knowledge to help someone work through their experience is very rewarding.” “Being a part of the development of this program from inception has been truly remarkable,” An end-of-program event was held on Wednesday, June 19, 2003 at the Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant in East Greenwich. The event was sponsored by netsense (http://www.getnetsense.com/ The 2013-2014 Mentorship Program session will kick-off with an information session on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Rhode Island Foundation (http://www.rifoundation.org/ About Woman In Technology As a supporting program in line with the Tech Collective’s mission to inspire, engage, educate and employ a burgeoning technological and knowledge economy in Rhode Island, the Women In Technology committee will specifically focus on inspiring and collaborating with women in the technology field or transitioning into the technology field within Rhode Island to foster growth both personally and professionally, through education, training, networking and common support. About Tech Collective Tech Collective is Rhode Island’s Information Technology and Bioscience Industry Association. Uniting industry, government and academic stakeholders, our mission is to inspire, engage, educate and employ a high-skill, high-wage Knowledge Economy in Rhode Island. Since its transition from the Rhode Island Technology Council (RITEC) in 2004, Tech Collective has received more than $8M in federal, state and private grant funding to foster industry collaboration, awareness and development through events and initiatives including: Tech10, GRRL Tech, Women in Technology, Bio-Ed, and STEM-based education and training programs for K-16 students as well as incumbent and transitioning workers. Get connected to Tech Collective at www.tech-collective.org, on Facebook (TechCollectiveRI) End
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