December 2018
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

Please check out below for what's going on in MWM! 
MENTORING HEADLINES
January is National Mentoring Month
 
National Mentoring Month is held each January to promote youth mentoring; if you plan on participating please tag us @MillionWMentors so we can see all of your great mentoring activities!

January will also continue our 2019 theme of going #BeyondTheBuzzword to show what mentoring in the real world looks like. Here are some posting tips to help us amplify the message:

  1. Jump on social media and include any or all of the following hash-tags in your posts: #MWMentorIRL, #BeyondTheBuzzword, #MentorIRL
  2. Help put a face to mentoring by sharing pictures of you and your mentor/mentee and recording video responses and then share them!

Twitter Chat to Take Place January 17, 2019

In addition, please look out for more information around a twitter chat that will be taking place about mentoring on January 17, 2019. This discussion is a continuation of MWM’s #MWMentorIRL social media campaign, which seeks to get STEM professionals to go beyond just supporting the concept of mentoring, and actually get out there and be a mentor! Read more about the campaign here:   https://www.stemconnector.com/what-it-actually-takes-to-mentor-over-a-million-women-and-girls-in-stem/ If you are active on twitter and interested in taking part of that conversation please email Alexa.Gitler@stemconnector.com !
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Lead 2030

In 2015, 193 countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious road map to create a better world by 2030. Formed by One Young World, Lead2030 is the first coalition of global businesses working together to support youth-led innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.In its first year, Lead2030 will provide $500,000 to the most impactful youth-led initiatives, businesses or movements that are making a tangible impact on a selected Sustainable Development Goal. Funding is equally divided across 10 SDG Challenges, each of which is supported by a Lead2030 Challenge Partner. In addition to funding, each Challenge Winner will be connected with a team of expert mentors from the supporting business and its partners. For the opportunity to receive this transformative support, explore the Challenges by clicking here and apply before 5 January 2019. Three of our MWM Corporate partners have sponsored their own challenges; Deloitte , Credit Suisse and BP .
MWM is Happy to Announce a Discounted Registration for MENTOR:The National Mentoring Partnership's Annual National Mentoring Summit

If you’re interested in continuing the conversation about corporate mentoring programs and recommended practices, Million Women Mentor’s nonprofit partner MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, is hosting their annual National Mentoring Summit featuring a curated Philanthropic Partnership Track this January 30 -February 1   in Washington DC. MENTOR is offering a $25 discount on registration for all Million Women Mentor and STEM Connector corporate partners!  Click here to register and enter code:  PPTPartnerDiscount . The Summit is a great opportunity for corporate representatives of CSR, HR, D&I, marketing, etc. to engage in peer to peer networking and learn alongside hundreds of mentoring practitioners, philanthropists, policy makers, researchers, and community leaders.
Learn about the Careers that Come with the Coding through Hour of Learning Blade this Computer Science Education Week!

December 3rd to December 9th is  Computer Science Week , and schools all across the country will be doing  all  sorts of  coding  and  computer science activities!  Learning Blade  is joining in on the CS mania by offering  Hour of Learning Blade , which puts a particular focus on computer science careers. Anthony Owen , Chief State STEM Officer of  Arkansas , recently invited all AR schools and others nationally to include Hour of Learning Blade as one of the activities for 2018 Computer Science Week! Along with Arkansas, Putnam County Schools in Florida will integrate an Hour of Learning Blade into their Middle Schools.  Will your school join the Hour of Learning Blade movement?

For more information please click here and to see a clearer picture of the hack attack please click the image!
STATES' INITIATIVES
Please Join Us to Engage With MWM Wyoming

We are looking to build the new steering committee in Wyoming and you can help! If you are interested or know someone who is interested they are invited to attend the MWM-Wyoming Introductory Webinar on Friday, December 14th, at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mountain Time (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern Time). During the webinar you will learn all about Million Women Mentors, an initiative working to get more girls and women in STEM through mentoring, and how you can contribute to the movement in Wyoming. We are excited to have you on board as we begin our efforts in the state. The introductory webinar will provide the foundation you need to participate and will highlight:

  • All you need to know about the Million Women Mentors movement
  • MWM State Organizations and the status of Wyoming
  • How to participate on the Steering Committee for MWM-WY
  • Using the Million Women Mentors website
  • Next steps for Wyoming, and much more!

You can join from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

You can also dial in using your phone.
 
United States: +1 (872) 240-3311
Access Code: 875-423-997
Michelle Wells Recognized as One of Georgia's Women in Technology (WIT) Women of the Year
 
On November 12 , WIT’s Women of the Year Awards gathered top members of Georgia’s STEAM community to recognize and announce the Women of the Year for their accomplishments as leaders in business, visionaries of technology, ground-breakers in business, and remarkable leaders who make a difference in our community. This year Michelle Wells, a member of the steering committee in Georgia was recognized as the non-profit organization category winner. Well done Michelle and our GA delegation for all that they do!!
Rhode Island State Leader Carol M. Giuriceo Honored as Outstanding Tech Practitioner

Tech Collective , Rhode Island’s foremost Information Technology Association, in partnership with  Rhode Island Monthly , announced its 2018 Tech10 Award recipients. The program honored sixteen Rhode Island individuals and companies within ten technology related categories. This year’s Tech10 Awards continue to distinguish Rhode Island’s brightest entrepreneurs and technology professionals as well as showcasing organizations who are driving innovation and education across Rhode Island. To read more about the awards please click here. Congrats Carol!!
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MWM?
State of States Webinar Early January 2019
 
We are pleased to announce the 'States Town Hall' webinar scheduled for early 2019. Please stay tuned for an invite with updated information shortly!
It is Time to Get Your Numbers in For ‘Be Counted!’ 2018
 
As we approach the end of the  2018 Million Women Mentors ‘Be Counted!’ Campaign , an effort to record all of the mentoring of girls and women in STEM that is happening already for 2018, we know companies, organizations, and individuals are working to move the needle for girls in STEM currently, and now we just need to count it!
 
Now you can easily record the mentoring you are doing just by clicking on the Be Counted! link from the  homepage . From there you can sign in or sign up and create your account. Finally, just fill out the information about the mentoring you have done, and voila! You will be counted!
 
Please help spread the word about this campaign and get all of the mentoring counted!  If you would like the Be Counted! Campaign Cheat Sheet click here . As well, the link to share out for our google form can be accessed by   clicking here.
 
If you have any questions or comments, please contact  Alexa.Gitler@stemconnector.com .
WEBSITE UPDATES

Coming Soon
Whether you are starting a corporate community mentoring program from scratch, looking to expand or augment an existing program, or just thinking about new ways to engage employees in volunteering, knowing what kind of resources are available to support that work and how to evaluate them can be advantageous. The Million Women Mentors Mentoring Resources Index will provide members with the information they need to find and secure the right partners, research, training, and other resources to meet their programmatic goals. In the Activation Guide you will find help to get your program started, the evaluation rubric by which we measure resources and partners, and a database of organizations and resources that have been Million Women Mentors Certified. To be included in the Million Women Mentoring Mentoring Resources Index, a resource or organization has to meet our baseline criteria including: ability to provide testimonials to the resources's effectiveness, impact metrics proving success meeting the mission, and ongoing sustainability.

If you have any feedback or have any suggestions for resources we should be evaluating please email Alexa.Gitler@stemconnector.com
ONLINE RESOURCES
MWM State of the States 2018-2019 Released at Annual Summit

At our annual Summit on October 26th , we released this year's State of the States report. The report provides an overview of the movement and features a page on each state involved. The state pages detail events and initiatives within that state over the past year, commitments and pledges to mentor, and plans for the coming year, and provides information on that state's leadership structure and partner organizations. It's a chance to celebrate progress, share best-practices and scalable models of success, and dive deeper into the daily workings of this vast volunteer movement. 

To download the report please click here.