Executive Speed Mentoring:
The Five Minute Career Builder

On October 25, 2011, NAMIC-Philadelphia held its second annual Executive Speed Mentoring event to rave reviews from all who attended! More than sixty chapter members and friends participated in the event, where they mixed, mingled and gained unique insights from fourteen dynamic cable executives and journalists.
This year, mentor diversity was expanded to include reporters from the local NBC affiliate (NBC 10, WCAU Philadelphia) in addition to top executives from across Comcast. “We are grateful to each and every leader that made the time to participate and support our chapter’s efforts in leadership and professional development,” said Andrew A. Agnew, President NAMIC-Philadelphia.

The evening began with networking and appetizers, followed by opening remarks from the Chapter President. Attendees were then split into groups and taken to their pre-selected executives, or “mentors”. From there each was allowed five minutes of one-on-one time with each executive.
While the mentees waited to speak with their desired executive, they were treated to a panel discussion, led by Rohan Patel, Director, PWC, Michael Delciello, VP, Business Development, Comcast, and moderated by NAMIC-Philadelphia member Dionne Vernon. This provided attendees with another opportunity to connect with executives and discuss topics ranging from professional development, to leadership, to personal branding.

Executive Speed Mentoring continues to be one of NAMIC-Philadelphia’s most popular events! Mentees commented that they found the candid conversations had with the executives very helpful and that the limited timeframe forced them to focus and ask their best questions in a concise manner. Many said that they planned to continue to build on their connections with executives after the event. Executives saw the benefit as well, saying that it was a great opportunity to meet other Comcasters and learn about their projects. To share more thoughts and feedback about the event take the after event survey.

NAMIC-Philadelphia would like to thank all attendees and executives for their participation and the planning committee for their efforts which helped make this event a success! Special thanks to exclusive event sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers, http://www.pwc.com.