"Baiji" the MJAA Executive Mentorship 2006-2007: Leadership Series
Do you want to...
- Learn about the paths to success from exceptional executives with Venture Capital, High-Tech Management, and Entrepreneurship experiences?
- Get coached on interpersonal and communication skills by business leaders?
- Set your strategic directions to assume and maintain leadership positions?
- Network and mingle with executives and other like-minded professionals?
If you answer “yes” to any of the questions, apply to be a mentee in the “Baiji” Executive Mentorship program!
Introduction
"Baiji" is a mentorship program designed to help Asian Americans advance into executive and leadership positions. Participants meet several times a year, and are assigned mentors who are leaders in the business community with venture capital, technology and entrepreneurship experience. Past mentors included Dr. Albert Yu (former SVP at Intel Corp.), Mr. Lee Ting (Board member of Lenovo Group Ltd.), Dr. Jay Ramp (Venture Partner at Acorn Campus), etc. See the 2005-2006 program for details.
Tentative timeline for mentorship events
- First Open House (Information Session)
- September 22, 2006 (Friday)
- Come and learn more about the mentorship program
- Second Open House
- October 7, 2006 (Saturday)
- Be sure to attend this session if you missed the first open house.
- Application deadline
- October 11, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Orientation Meeting
- October 27, 2006 (Friday)
- Selected mentees’ official registration
- First Mentorship Section
- November 18, 2006 (Saturday)
- Panel discussion, mentoring, networking
- Informal socials between mentors and mentees
- Initiated by mentees (past events included dinner, hiking trip, etc.)
- Second Mentorship Section
- February 2007
Format
The program is designed to achieve two main structural objectives: 1) allow very small group and one-on-one interactions, and 2) encourage continuity in relationship between mentees and mentors as well as among mentees.
About 30 spots are open and there will be 6 mentors assigned for the Mentee:Mentor ratio of 5:1. Each of the 5 mentees in the same group is considered as a "family". There are two Saturday morning sessions each with dedicated topics. Each session starts with a panel discussion, which is open to the public. After the panel discussion, all 30 mentees will break into three groups each with two "families" and their two mentors. During these breakout sessions, games or exercises will be used to allow each mentee to have one-on-one time with his/her mentor and other "family" members. The remaining time is used for mentors' and mentees' sharing of their valuable personal experience. Each of the two Saturday sessions will be attended by 6 different mentors.
Besides the two sessions, there will be a small "family" gathering between the "family" and its assigned mentor to allow interactions between mentees and mentors in a casual occasion. This could be a lunch gathering or a small group-chat over a cup of coffee.
After the end of two sessions, mentors will be encouraged to take on between 1 to 3 mentees for continued coaching. This is optional for mentors and MJAA will try to obtain as many mentors to participate as possible. Additional mentors for this one-on-one coaching may come from mentors who did not participate in the two Saturday sessions.
Fee
There is no fee to apply. Upon acceptance, there is a fee to enroll in the program: $100 for MJAA members and $130 for non-members. Non-members can become members by enrolling with a $150 fee.
How to Apply
Email the following to mentorship
before October 11 , 2006 (Wednesday):.
- Completed Application Form (Microsoft Word format)
- A resume containing your professional and education experience
- A photo of you
What is "Baiji"?
"Baiji" is a Chinese River Dolphin found only in China's Yangtze River. Like humans, dolphin is intelligent but need training and development. With less than an estimated 150 left, Baiji is one of the rarest animals in the world. Similarly, if we don't groom the next generation of Asian American executives, we'll be endangered in the professional world as well.
