Epoise is a mentoring and community platform designed for MBA students, facilitating networking and collaboration with industry mentors. It provides resources such as webinars, internship opportunities, and forums for discussion, while promoting active participation and relationship-building among students. Key team members include experienced mentors and educators who guide participants through their professional development journey.

1. ePoise – a mentoring and community platform
for MBA students

2. Agenda
 What is ePoise
 How does ePoise work
 Who are we
 Q&A
 ePoise for You
2 © ePoise 2012

3. What is ePoise?
Companies Industry Execs
Community Mentoring
Student Entrepreneurs
ePoise is the ultimate equalizer in this world of unequal exposure
and opportunities
3 © ePoise 2012

4. How can I make the best of my ePoise experience
 Remember, it’s your community. Outcomes will follow if:
– You
– We
– They
 Leverage the opportunity. Stay engaged, make your presence felt
– Attend sessions
– Make meaningful contribution
• Ask questions, respond to others
• Share information
 Build your network
 Build relationship with industry mentors
4 © ePoise 2012

5. Know your ePoise Team
Sachin Agrawal has built a consulting practice, restructured Lehman Brothers and developed thought
leadership in his 16 years career. Sachin worked closely with Roger Schank (world’s leading visionary in
virtual learning environments) in a first of its kind Industry-University JV for Carnegie Mellon University.
A London Business School alumnus, he is passionate about mentoring and training fellow alums and
colleagues.
Bishan Singh is an independent management consultant and a marathon runner. His areas of
expertise include technology strategy, project management and enterprise applications. He led and
grew an ERP consulting practice for a global consulting major in Asia Pacific. A London Business
School alumnus, he is actively involved in teaching at business schools in India.
Swapnalekha Basak was head of HR for SAS India. In her 12 year corporate career she handled the
entire gamut of HR. Ms Basak is a certified coach from Oxford University. In the last 4 years she has
been teaching at b-schools and consistently been voted the best faculty by students. She recently
authored a text book in HR for B-schools which has been published by Pearson education.
Ferzeen Cooper is an expert in building vibrant communities. She has built large communities for client
accounts with teams spread across geographies. The accounts benefitted substantially because of the
collaboration and engagement that she was able to foster in the communities. In her 15 year career she
has worked in areas of social collaboration, recruitment, event management and administration.
contact@epoise.com
5 © ePoise 2012

6. Know our esteemed advisory board
Board Members
Phanish Puranam is Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at London Business School. He is Co-
Director, Aditya V. Birla India Research Centre at London Business School. His latest book, co-authored
with Nirmalaya Kumar is, India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West.
Michael Hay is Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management &
Entrepreneurship at London Business School. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board, Capricorn Venture
Fund II (Leuven), World Economic Forum Forum Fellow and Founder Director of “The Business Bridge
Initiative,” a not-for-profit initiative to provide high quality business education for virtually no fee on a
global scale to those individuals who would benefit.
6 © ePoise 2012

7. How does ePoise work for students?
Registration
• ID created for student
• Student receives login info Student access is open to
Profile completion
ePoise
Participate in Forums:
Access to upcoming
Attend the sessions Learn, Collaborate, Build
sessions
relationships
Access jobs & Value added services, 1:1 International student
internships Mentoring collaboration
7 © ePoise 2012

8. This is ePoise
www.epoise.com
8 © ePoise 2012

9. Stay connected, get updates, offers & more….
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ePoise Twitter: @ePoiseTweets
9 © ePoise 2012

10. ePoise session details
 Weekday 7 pm (hopefully the same day, but flexible to mentor availability)
 Students get prior email about each week’s session
 The session link is posted in ePoise Sessions page
 Student join the conference about 5 minutes before the scheduled time
 A light flash software will be installed on the system
 Ask questions in chat: organizer will pick the best ones and pose to moderator.
Get recognized for selected question that adds to your profile.
 Only 100 can attend a live session. First come-first serve. Rest can play the
recording
10 © ePoise 2012

11. Tech specs
 A desktop/laptop with Windows 7.0, XP or 2003 server, web-browser internet
explorer 8 above, mozzila 4.0 or above, chrome 5.0 or above (java/java script
enabled –all), Good RAM(2 GB), Processor ( 2.4 GHz above)
 Mac OS X 10.5 or above, Safari 3.0 or above for mac based
 A good quality headphone – USB preferred
 Internet connection of good speed (Cable or DSL)
 No other software, windows open during the session to get the optimal speed
11 © ePoise 2012

12. Q&A
 The discussion continues at ePoise Forums
 Be the top contributor for this discussion. Win a 1:1 mentoring session with Mr. Agrawal
Give us feedback about this session: Link on chat
12 © ePoise 2012

13. ePoise for You
 This is a summary of the webinar held on ePoise.com. To get access to the video recording of this
webinar register at ePoise.com
 Registering with us will not only provide you access to video recording of all webinar session, but
also:
– Invite to attend all the upcoming webinar sessions
– Resources related to various career avenues
– Access to directory of students from various B-Schools in India
– Forums to get your questions answered
– Opportunities - Internship and job postings
– Coaching package comprising of
• One to One Mentoring
• Resume Drafting
• Interview Preparation and much more!!
 Do join us at www.facebook.com/EPoise and stay tuned to all updates from us
 Tweeps can join us at @epoisetweets
 For all Newbie pagals, you can find us at http://pagalguy.com/u/ePoise.Mentors
 All slideworms can find us at http://www.slideshare.net/ePoiseMentors
13 © ePoise 2012