1. 2015
2015
Celebrate being a TechWoman
Being a Committee Member@GHCI
Seema Mangaonkar
Sr. Technical Education Consultant
Veritas, Pune

2. 2015
Top 5 reasons to become GHCI Committee Member
1. Encourage more women to
follow career in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Maths)
2. Put your existing skills and
experience to good use
3. Meet new people and expand
your network
4. Learn new skills to build your CV
5. Make a difference to young
society involved in STEM

3. 2015
GHCI Committee Member’s Roles and Responsibilities
1. Work with the Committee Chairs in
strategizing, planning, reviewing, and
implementing of the track assigned, in
adherence to the process and timelines
2. Regularly attend Committee Meetings
(usually conducted as telecons)
3. Participate in planning and executing
sessions for the selected track
4. Work as a team in achieving set objectives
within the timelines
5. Ensure flawless organization and execution
of all sessions during the GHCI conference

4. 2015
GHCI15 important milestones
 Committee registration invites are sent across various
corporate/academic institutes located in and around
Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Banglore, Delhi
 Need to attend weekly committee meetings
(teleconferencing) and actively contribute
 Work as a team in reviewing proposals and providing
constructive feedback
 Recommend ‘best fit’ proposals from the submission
pool and work with committee chair to finalize 6-8
sessions for the assigned track
 Take up session-manager role to coordinate with
speakers and ensure smooth implementation of GHCI
guidelines
 Ensure the assigned tasks are completed within the
timelines and in case of delay, consult with the
committee chair on timely basis
 Attend GHCI in-person and celebrate success being a
technical woman

5. 2015
GHCI Committee Member registration
1. Look out for registration link
2. Register as a volunteer
3. Choose the track of your interest
4. Receive confirmation email
5. Permission and access to collaboration tools
6. Attend Committee meetings regularly
7. Review Assignments diligently
8. Get qualified as an active committee member
9. Request for Conference Registration code
10. Complete online registration
11. Social networking
12. Update your LinkedIn Profile

6. 2015
GHCI Committee Member resources
Information sharing
 Google docs for tracking member details
 Twimo online collaboration tool for idea generation
 Linklings for proposal submissions and review
 GHCI website for key updates on the conference
 Convene mobile app for final session details
Social Networking
 Facebook
 LinkedIn
 Twitter

7. 2015
Reviewing proposals as a GHCI Committee Member
1. Accept assigned proposals for review
2. Discuss conflicts (if any) with your
Committee Chair
3. Study priority order and evaluation
criteria
4. Track guidelines for rating proposals
5. Provide constructive feedback for
Authors
6. Write Justified note for
selection/rejection
7. Select ‘best fit’ ideas for the track

8. 2015
Goals defined Tasks executed Skills learned Teamwork enjoyed WebTools explored
Seema Mangaonkar
Sr. Technical Education Consultant
Expert in Instructional Design and serving
e-Learning business since 2006
Joined GHCI14 as a Symantec Delegate
Functioned as a Committee Member for
GHCI15 Soft-Skills track
Currently working@Veritas, Pune
Domain: Education Services
Developing technical education content for
Information Availability products (Storage and Availability)
Project
Management
Individual
Contribution
Responsibility for:
• Contribute as a
committee member in
the national level
conference.
• Represent as a
woman in technology
• Enhance
soft-skills like
collaboration,
people-management,
and public speaking.
• Work with SMEs to
submit proposals for
the GHCI national
conference.
• Attend weekly
committee meetings.
• Contribute actively
in planning and
execution of soft skills
track.
• Review ideas and
assignments in
set deadlines.
• Coordinate with
committee chair and
co-chairs.
• Prioritize tasks
• Review proposals
• Contribute in idea
generation to
effective execution
• Manage cross-
functional
communications
• Build intrapersonal
skills
• Soft-skills for success
• Talent
management
• Technical leadership
• Employee
communications
• Diversity initiatives
• Twimo
• Linklings
• Accelareader
• GHCI Website
• Convene app
• Submitted 2 proposals
• Reviewed 10+ proposals for soft-skills track
• Attended 15+ weekly committee meetings
• Proposed ideas for presenting Veritas sponsored
booth at the GHCI15 Career Fair
• Represented Veritas Technical Woman at GHCI15
amongst 2300 participants
Being a Committee Member @ GHCI 2015

9. 2015
#OurTimeToLead

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