FIRST ANNUAL FEDERAL FOCUS ED-MENTOR SYMPOSIUM

Georgetown University Conference Center
Washington, DC

September 27, 1999

Federal Focus and its Interest in Ed-Mentoring

Federal Focus, Incorporated, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation based in Washington, D.C. The organization is devoted to educational activities related to governmental structures and to science policy issues affecting federal institutions, authorities, and policy-making bodies. Federal Focus is also involved in cultural issues, such as its ongoing initiative to preserve a unique form of musing - New Orleans-style Jazz.

The Foundation analyzes public policy issues and prepares educational materials to facilitate substantive discussions. The communications media employed include symposia, demonstration projects, special study reports, a monthly newsletter, and formal course offerings.

Federal Focus sponsored the First Annual Ed-Mentor Symposium because of its interest in Internet-based mentoring programs (often called e-mentoring, electronic mentoring, telementoring, or ed-mentor) which have mushroomed in recent years. Thus, the time seemed right to convene a meeting to share views on what works and what works best in this growing field. For this reason, Federal Focus, acting as a facilitator, assembled several top experts in the Internet mentoring industry to come together to discuss and share ideas about successful programs.

Proceedings of the First Annual Federal Focus Ed-Mentor Symposium

The following individuals made presentation at the Ed-Mentor Symposium. By clicking on that expert's name, you will be able to view a brief biographical description and their presentation to the gathering (including the substance of any slide presentations). At the top of the first page of each speaker's presentation, there will be a link to return you to this list of speakers, to facilitate further review of the presentations. Finally, there is a set of links to other Website of interest related to the ed-mentor topic. Federal Focus hopes that you find these materials both informative and useful.

• Dr. Judith B. Harris, University of Texas at Austin
• Ms. Abby S. Kasowitz, Information Institute of Syracuse, Syracuse University
• Dr. Henry Kelly, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Mr. Charles W. Laughlin, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, Department of Commerce
• Dr. Carol Muller, MentorNet, San Jose State University
• Mr. David Neils, International Telementor Center, Colorado State University
• Dr. Kevin O'Neill, University of Pittsburgh
• Mr. Brandt Secosh, NASA Projects
• Mr. Kirk Winters, Department of Education
• Other Websites of Interest