Monthly Mentor Roundup: New Exclusive Fireside Chats, BeMore Festival, Mentor Mixers, Meetups, and more

This is one of our biggest months ever for ADPList Mentors!

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Sep 12, 2023

👋 Welcome to the Monthly Mentor Roundup. 🔒 This is a Monthly Wrap Exclusively for ADPList Mentors. 🔒 Inside, you’ll find everything that is happening this month in the ADPList Mentor Community! Ready to dive in?

👋 Don’t miss our first-ever exclusive Leaders' Fireside Chat with/ Tim Allen from Instacart

Welcome to Fireside Chats 🔥

This brand-new mentor-exclusive initiative will feature the best of the best! Listen as Tim Allen (Global Head of Design and Research at Instacart), joins ADPList’s Co-Founder and CEO, Felix Lee, for an engaging, interview-style conversation.

📅 Wednesday, September 27th
⏰ 11:00 AM EDT (GMT -4:00)

You don’t want to miss this.

Save my seat today!

About Tim Allen 🥕

Tim Allen was named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business for 2017. He leads the global product design, research, content, and operations team at Instacart, centered on food access and inclusivity. Prior to Instacart, Tim led Airbnb's global Product Design team, Microsoft's Experiences & Devices design practice, and Amazon's Product Design Studio as Executive Creative Director, leading the experience design for Echo, FireTV, and Kindle products.

Learn more about Tim's impressive career on the registration.

🪩 Weekly Mentor Mixers

Want to meet fellow mentors and ignite conversations about design, mentorship, leadership, and career growth? Join us on Thursdays for our weekly Mentor Mixers!

What are they? Mentor Mixers are a space to chat casually or about a specific problem you’re facing as a mentor, individual contributor (IC), or manager.

How does it work? Register using the links below and save the dates on your calendar! Pop into the #talk-mentorship channel in Slack on Thursdays and join us via Zoom.

🤯 We’re 13 Days from ADPList’s annual conference, BeMore Festival 2023!

Join us September 20-21 for an epic 24-hour superconference, featuring 80+ sessions and 100+ legendary speakers in Design, AI, Product, and Career Growth. Elevate your career with live keynotes, networking, and an all-around empowering and educational experience. Check out our 1st and 2nd speaker drops now (full agenda coming soon)!

Check out the agenda

🙌 Join ADPList Mentor Meetups in September!

Registrations for September meetups are here!

What are they? Mentor Meetups are hosted by fellow ADPList mentors! They are casual and social with no set agenda. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to meet other ADPList mentors in your area!

🇮🇳 Hyderabad (September 10th): Hosted by Vetha Varshini. Register here.
🇪🇸 Barcelona (September 10th) Hosted by Diana Akchurina. Register here.
🇵🇹 Lisbon (September 13th): Hosted by Lena Salgansky and venue sponsored by Covent IT. Register here.
🇺🇸 Brooklyn (September 15th): Hosted by Pimnara Thunyathada. Register here.
🇮🇳 Bangalore (September 24th): Hosted by Vidhunnan Murugan and Maitreyee Kalaskar. Register here.
🇺🇸 San Francisco (September 28th): Hosted and sponsored by Jess Gardner. Register here.

Be sure to join your local chapter channel to connect with other mentors in your area any time you want!

#mentors-india #mentors-nyc #mentors-portugal #mentors-sf-bay-area

Interested in hosting a mentor meetup in your area? DM Katherine Chiu (@katherine) on Slack for details!

Join your local chapter channel on Slack

☕️ The Community Brew

Interesting conversations happening in the Mentor Slack Community this past month…

AMA with Sundy Grubel

Head to the #amas channel to check out the questions and answers from our recent AMA with Sundy (Managing Director and Head of UX Research at JPMorgan Chase & Co.)! You can read more about her advice for startups, experience volunteering with Open Hand Atlanta, recommended resources for learning about omnichannel strategy, and more.

How do you define/measure your success as a mentor?

Check out the reactions on this thread to see how other ADPList mentors define and measure their success as mentors. Among 11 different ideas, would you be surprised to know . . . ?

#1 (with 21 reactions) was:

💛 Mentee appreciation/follow-up (sending thank you messages, relevant updates, etc.)

#2 (with 15 reactions) was:

🌱 Mentee growth (asking evolved questions, taking initiative, improving technical skills, etc.)

#3 (with 13 reactions) was:

🔁 Returning mentees

A few more things brewing…

Lena Salgansky asked about best practices for showcasing mentee recommendations on LinkedIn → check out what other mentors had to say

Carla Del Pup is interviewing product designers for the first time and is seeking advice (good questions to ask, ethical considerations, etc.)
Donna Li asks if other mentors have noticed a increased burden to provide emotional support during mentorship sessions
Ruth Lee received a booking request for “social currency” → check out how she handled this odd request and what the (positive) outcome was

Join these conversations

And that’s a wrap for this month. See you around the community! 👋

With 💜 Lizzie and Katherine

Fun fact of the month: Yoda, Miss Piggy, and the Cookie Monster were all voiced by the same person — Frank Oz, a multi-talented actor, puppeteer, director, and producer.

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