2008 Annual
Sponsor Meeting
Goldman Sachs
New York, NY
JUNE 26, 2008
Welcome and
Introductions
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New Board Members: Schools
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Anika Davis Pratt
Assistant Dean, MBA Admissions & Financial Aid
NYU Stern (new)
Colleen Smith
Director of Diversity Strategies & Programs
Tepper, Carnegie Mellon (returning)
Julie Strong
Sr. Associate Director, MBA Admissions
MIT Sloan (returning)
New Board Members: Companies
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Jackie Murray
Regional Head, Graduate Resourcing-Americas
Deutsche Bank (new)
Paige Ross
Vice President of Human Resources - North America
Avon (new)
Jo Weiss
Director, Workplace Strategies - Diversity & Inclusion
Lehman (new)
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Julie DeWitt
Manager, Business Recruiting and Staffing
Eli Lilly (returning)
Caitlin McLaughlin
Managing Director, Global Campus Recruiting
Citi (returning)
Adrienne Martinez
The Johnson School, Cornell
MBA ’08 (new)
Aspen Institute:
Where Will
They Lead?
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Roundtable
Discussions
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Roundtable Topics
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•
•
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Based on what you have heard, what is one idea that you
previously held about women going to business schools or
seeking employment following business school that was either
confirmed or challenged by these data?
For the corporate recruiters: What advice would you offer to
Mary and Susan as they undertake their job search? Is there a
message you could communicate about your company that
would help them see that they could have a positive impact on
society and also work for you? By the way, students are NOT
looking for volunteer or charitable activities. They are looking for
work that is meaningful.
For business school admissions officers: What would you tell
Julie—or to prospective students—about how your school
prepares students for the wide range of values-based decisions
they will face in their careers?
Forté Review:
Highlights &
Successes
2007-08
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Highlights & Successes
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Financial
• Revenue increase of 10.5% from $945K to $1,044K
• Received grant funding of $22,500 (Lilly and RGK
Foundation)
• Raised $105,000 in support of the Financial Services
Fast Track
Sponsorship
• 7 new schools (SDA Bocconi, Rochester, Mills, SMU,
Illinois, UCLA, UC-Berkeley)
• 3 new companies (American Express, Intel, Williams)
Highlights & Successes
Programs & Events
•
•
•
•
•
•
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Hosted 8 undergraduate events (Career Labs)
MBA Video Diaries on website – over 10,700 downloads this year.
Increase in forum attendance of 4% over LY
Increase in Corporate Best Practices Summit registration and
attendance of about 20%
Fellow Symposium transitioned to MBA Women’s Conference; added
pre-conference workshops for MBA women before the Dialogue.
• Attendance quadrupled from 89 in 2007 to 377 in 2008
Developed new program targeting MBA women interested in
Financial Services.
Alliances
•
•
Wall Street Journal and Universum
Initial discussions with Hispanic College Fund and NSHMBA
2007 Forum Registration
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5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Registered 1464 1255 2408 4090 4589 4105
Attended
612
934 1188 1695 1893 1977
Career Labs 2007-2008
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800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Fall 05
Fall 06
Winter 07
Fall 07
Winter 08
Registration
366
784
768
615
683
Attendance
179
293
300
268
214
Highlights & Successes: Fellow Profile
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Class of 2009
Average GMAT
685
694
Average GPA
3.42
3.46
Average work exp.
4.60
4.70
Asian American
22%
12%
African American
7%
10%
Hispanic
1%
4%
Multi-ethnic/Other
4%
11%
65%
64%
White
Class of 2010
COMING SOON
Class of 2008
H&S: Fellow Career Statistics
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Class of 2008
Class of 2009 (interns)
Average Salary
$103,370
$19,228
Top Companies
Lehman (3)
McKinsey (4)
Goldman (2)
Johnson & Johnson (3)
Deloitte (2)
Bank of America (2)
Deutsche Bank (2)
Goldman Sachs (2)
McKinsey (2)
IBM (2)
Merrill (2)
Morgan Stanley (2)
% at Forté Cos.
33%
24%
Industries
Consulting (17%)
Consulting (13%)
Food/Beverage (11%)
Food/Beverage (12%)
Investment Banking (18%)
Investment Banking (10%)
Investment Management (9%)
Healthcare (6%)
Non-Profit (6%)
Financial Services FAST Track
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Objective
• To offer industry specific value added programming.
• To educate women about careers in finance and to differentiate
Forte companies as best place to work for women in finance.
Program – Grow the Pipeline!
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•
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Short-Term Talent Acquisition: MBA’s
Long-Term Talent Development: College & Early Career / Pre-MBA
Annual Fee: $15,000. Sponsors include: Citi, Deutsche Bank, Lehman
Brothers, Fidelity, MetLife, Goldman Sachs, Wachovia
June MBA Conference – Results to Date
• 2 ½ day Conference targeting incoming MBA’s
• Over 100 speakers
• 137 applicants; 113 admits; 97 accepted seats
Power Tools Quarterly Update
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MBA Database (current students and alumnae)
174 Fellows
March: 28 active jobs
June : 21 active jobs
52 Forté employer logins and 20 employer searches this quarter
45 orders: online resume database (since 8/2007)
1581 active candidates (+41%)
March: 27 active jobs
June: 40 active jobs
16 employer searches this quarter
Printed 6/1/2007 11:24:34 AM
Various Degrees (college students and college graduates)
Working Draft - Last Modified 6/15/2007 9:10:04 AM
1149 active candidates (+37%)
Power Tools Quarterly Update
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RECENT JOB POSTINGS: …
May 08 Job Alert Activity – MBA
1,112 (20%)
Click Thru Rate:
193 (3%)
May 08 Job Alert Activity – Various Degree
Email Open Rate:
2887 (16%)
Click Thru Rate:
385 (2%)
Printed 6/1/2007 11:24:34 AM
Email Open Rate:
Working Draft - Last Modified 6/15/2007 9:10:04 AM
FORTÉ MONTHLY JOB ALERTS - NEW POSTINGS!
To better support your career search efforts, Forté Foundation is providing you with this once-a-month
Job Alert service. Top employers are seeking talented women, so check out the newly-posted jobs
available to you.
Marketing
Update
BOARD MEETING: MAY 6, 2008
Wall Street Journal Career Fair
ANNUAL SPONSOR MEETING 2008
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Wall Street Journal Career Fair
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Held April 1, 2008
Complimentary Booth valued at $5,000
Results
– Career Fair “Booth” Traffic: 1028
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Power Tools New Registrants: 110 on 4/1/08
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
Daily average: approx. 20
Forte Website New Registrants: 50 on 4/1/08
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
30% of all show attendees visited the Forte booth
Daily average: approx 10
Website Traffic: 1629 visits

Daily average (April 08): 784
Forte Website Statistics: May ‘08
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Forte Database: Almost 30,000 working email addresses!
 +23% vs. prior quarter
 +61% vs. YAG (+12,300 emails)
Web Traffic
 20,790 unique visitors in May ‘08 (+120% vs. YAG)
 Greatest number of monthly visitors – all time!
Key Drivers
 Google Ad Words Campaign
 Power Tools
 Event Registration
 WSJ Virtual Career Fair
‘07-’08 Constituent Engagement*
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2007 FORTE FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITION
This year…
10,700 podcasts were downloaded
1,800 MBA Video Blogs were viewed
6,600+ women registered for Forte events
– 3000+ Attendees
1,800 women registered for online webinars
2,000+ women posted resumes in Power Tools
12,000+ women joined the Forte online community
*June 07 – May 08
Forté History
2007-08
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Growth and Change 2002-2008
Revenue
FTEs
Sponsors
MBA Fellows
MBA Fellowships
MBA Forums
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
2002
2008
$150K
1.5
12
32 per year
$1.4 million
$1.5 million
8
64
150+ per year
$6 million
612
1977
Growth and Change 2002-2008
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2002
2008
179*
612
511
29,800
63,000**
147,000
Live Events
4
24
Online Events
0
25+
U/G Career Labs
Database
Web visits
*since 2005
**since 2003
Cumulative 2002-2008
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
2002-08
MBA Fellows
Fellowships Given
372
$22.6 million
MBA Forum Attendees
8,299
Career Labs
1,250*
Intern Symposium
MBA Women’s
Conference
1,000+
*since 2005
NEW
377 registered
Fellows Hired by Forté Companies
Intern
Class of 2005
Class of 2006
Class of 2007
Class of 2008
*YTD
10%
10%
31%*
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FT
20%
26%
41%
33%*
Forté Database 2008
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Reaching Women Across the Pipeline
MBA/Graduate
Student, 17%
College, 16%
Part-Time, 3%
Full-Time, 64%
Forté Database 2008
Reaching Women of Color
Hispanic, 9%
American
Indian, 1%
African
American,
18%
White, 47%
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Asian
American,
25%
Changing Perceptions: MBA Forums
2007 Forté FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITION
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Interest in a Business Career
80%
70%
60%
50%
73%
83%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Before
After
Changing Perceptions: MBA Forums
Interest in an MBA
90%
80%
70%
60%
85%
50%
40%
68%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Before
After
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Changing Perceptions: MBA Forum
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Status after Attending 2006 Forum
No longer
interested
5%
Applying
26%
Enrolled
49%
Deferred
20%
Changing Perceptions: College
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Interest in a Career in Business
Very Interested
Before
57%
After
70%
Interest in an MBA
Very Interested
Before
27%
After
43%
Lunch &
Networking
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Forté Preview
2008-09
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Shared Values
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Mission
Organizational
Goals
2008
Objectives
Shared
Values
To substantially grow the number of women business leaders by increasing representation of
women in educational and business networks -- accomplished through programming at key
stages in their professional development
Build the pipeline of future women business
leaders by increasing women’s awareness of
business and the opportunity to have impact
through careers in business and graduate
business education
Grow the Forté
audiences in an
effort to educate
more women about
business careers
and business
education
Create offerings that
provide women with
a meaningful and
valuable relationship
with Forté in order to
keep them actively
engaged with the
Foundation
Be a strategic and valuable partner to our
school and corporate sponsors in helping
them recruit and retain top female talent
Continue to grow the
reach and awareness
of the Forté Brand to
position the
Foundation as a
leading authority on
women in business
COMMITMENT
QUALITY
INCLUSIVENESS
Effectively measure
and communicate
Forté’s value
proposition to school
and corporate
sponsors in order to
make Forté an even
more valuable partner
Shared Values
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
COMMITMENT - Forté sponsors are collectively committed to advance
the mission of the organization with thoughtful consideration of
stakeholder interests.
QUALITY PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES – Forté is committed to
providing timely, high quality resources and programs to its constituents.
INCLUSIVENESS – Forté’s focus will be on building the pipeline of
women who aspire to business leadership. Our outreach will be broadbased and not limited solely to Forté sponsors.
Organizational Goals
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
•
Build the pipeline of future women business
leaders by increasing women’s awareness of
business and the opportunity to have impact
through careers in business and graduate
business education.
•
Be a strategic and valuable partner to our school
and corporate sponsors in helping them recruit and
retain top female talent.
Audience Goals
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
•
Impact women in a meaningful way at specific life or career
stages (college, early career, and the MBA) to influence their
choice of careers.
•
Educate college women about the many career opportunities
available to them in business no matter the undergraduate major
they choose.
•
Educate early career/pre-MBA women about graduate business
education – how it builds critical thinking skills and confidence, is
an investment that continues to pay off throughout your career,
and provides the flexibility they need to advance in their career.
Objectives 08-09
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Grow the Forté audiences (college, early career/pre-MBA, and
MBA) in an effort to educate more women about business
careers and business education.
Create offerings that provide women with a meaningful and
ongoing relationship with Forté in order to keep them actively
engaged with the activities of the Foundation.
Effectively measure and communicate Forté’s value proposition
to school and corporate sponsors in order to make Forté an
even more valuable partner.
Continue to grow the reach and awareness of the Forté Brand to
position the Foundation as a leading authority on women in
business.
Career Lab Online Toolkit
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
www.fortefoundation.org/toolkit
Marketing Resources
•
Promotion plans, Intern hiring, best practices, collateral
Logistics Resources
•
Timeline, registration process, sample budget, logistics outline
Content Resources
•
Sample program schedules, speaker “ask” templates, steps to
get started planning
Leadership Lunch Toolkit
•
Coming soon!
New Programming
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Pre-MBA Blog
Purpose
• To provide women applying to MBA Programs with information
on the application process and MBA value proposition
Content
• Repurposed content from Forte website
• MBA video blogs
• Forum podcasts
• Guest bloggers from sponsor schools and Fellows
• How to pick an MBA program
• Application tips
• Return on investment
New Programming
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
MBAs
• 2009 MBA Women’s Conference in Chicago ?
• GWIB webpage to serve as hub of information for GWIB leaders,
exs. event calendar, GWIB leader listserve, speaker database
• Executive Education Webpage
Webinar: Exec Ed/Part-time/Non-traditional programs
• Fellow Blog – monthly postings to encourage networking
College & Pre-MBAs
• Industry Intro Webinar Slam – The path from liberal arts to
business
• MBA Jobs Podcast
• TOIGO Career Lab at Smith College
Corporate Audience -- highlights
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Recruiting
• MBA Career Fair & Resume Book
• Virtual Company Presentations in the Fall for MBAs
• Job Alert Emails (using Power Tools job postings)
Indirect Recruiting
• Forté Fellow Email Introductions by Industry Preference
• Industry Table Networking at the Dialogue with Leadership
Luncheon
• Speaker sourcing at Forté events (New: Career Fair panels)
Best Practice Sharing
• Corporate Best Practices Summit / Blog / Podcast Series
• Recruiting Webinars 2x/year
• Network of Women’s Networks: 1 day summit & 2 webinars
School Audience
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
New Resources for Schools
• Career Lab & Leadership Lunch Online Toolkits
• Forte Fellow Promotional Collateral
• Metrics to support value proposition
• Track decisions of pre-MBA women from point of entry to
matriculation at MBA programs
• Track Forum attendee decisions
Relationship Building
• 4-6 campus visits by Director of School Relations to meet with
admissions, career services, Fellows, GWIB leaders and Deans
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Forte Career Lab
Virtual Campus
(live demo)
Forte Career Lab Virtual Campus
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Forte Career Lab Virtual Campus
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Forte Career Lab Virtual Campus
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
User-Generated Content and Social Networking
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Virtual Campus Discussion Forum, Live Q&A
Pre-MBA Advice Blog: hosted by Elissa Sangster
Wetfeet Women In Business Blog
MBA Video Diaries Season 2
Forte Facebook Group
LinkedIn Group
Event blogs:
– Corporate Best Practices Summit
– MBA Women’s Conference
• User-Generated Event Testimonials
User-Generated Content and Social Networking
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
User-Generated Content and Social Networking
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
User-Generated Content and Social Networking
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Public Relations
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
• New Agency: Fleishman-Hillard, New York, NY
– Thank you to Ellen Glazerman
– F-H has PR relationship with Ernst & Young and
Columbia University
– Forte has been without a PR agency since June ‘07
• Focus: Strategic media relations tied to upcoming
events and current events
–
–
–
–
Major media outlets
Raise Forte visibility and attract new sponsors
Strategic planning
Long-term: outreach to sponsor PR departments
Leveraging Your
Forté Relationship
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Individual Involvement
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Champion Forté Internally
• Call a meeting to educate colleagues about Forte partnership
• Display Forte posters and collateral in public areas
• Host a gathering of Forte Fellows & Follow-up
• List Forte on your website and in women’s recruiting materials
Make Sure Forte Champions You
• Provide speakers for Forte programming
• Provide logo and profile, women of leadership interview,
women’s events, Fellows of the Month for Forte website and
resources for e-newsletter articles
• Let us know about your women’s events so we can support you
Organizational Involvement
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Schools
• Host a Career Lab and/or Leadership Lunch on your campus
• Attend the Forums and use the registration lists to follow up with
pre-MBA women
• Provide speakers at Forte events – promote your school to
college and pre-MBA women
• Inform your school community and corporate recruiters about
your partnership with Forte
• Meet with your Fellows, encourage them to network and take
advantage of Forte’s resources
• Attend the Quarterly Sponsor Webex Meetings and Annual
Sponsor Meeting
Organizational Involvement
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Companies – Forté Programming
• Host an event at your Company (Forum, Summit, Forte Meeting)
• Provide speakers at Forte events
• Ensure your executives attend the Best Practices Summit and
Dialogue with Leadership Luncheon and join the Women’s
Network
• Use Forte events to promote your company to women in business
Companies – Be Active with the Foundation
• Attend and participate in the annual sponsor meeting and quarterly
webex meetings
• Develop a strategy on how to leverage Forte throughout your
company. Recruit “ambassadors” to support Forte efforts
• Consider a senior executive in your firm for a Forte board seat
Organizational Involvement
•
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Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
MONTHLY E-MAILS TO DATABASE: 25,000+ recipients
– Quarterly Newsletter articles; Forté Family and Upcoming Events
– Provide contacts for interviews and gain exposure for your people, programs, and
products.
•
JOB ALERTS
– Power Tools Job Alerts average 10,000 recipients per message
•
EVENT POSTINGS
– Submit your events to Forté for the Additional Events page, Event Calendar, and
inclusion in monthly database e-mailings
•
FORTE WEBSITE: Branding opportunities include:
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Women of Leadership; Fellow Profiles
Rotating Logo featured prominently on the Forté website homepage
Sponsor Webpage, with a listing of all Forté sponsors with direct links to your URL
Sponsor spotlight, a description of your organization’s commitment to women
Featured Sponsor – a different sponsor is posted to the Forté home page via logo and direct
link to the sponsor spotlight description.
Questions to
Companies
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Questions to Companies
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•
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•
•
•
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SPONSOR
MEETING
2008
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Do companies see women in part-time, exec ed, re-entry, and nontraditional full-time programs to be a source of talent as strong as fulltime programs?
Students are concerned about the job market—what can schools say
on behalf of companies that is reassuring? What is the reality right
now?
A lot of the women enrolled in MBA programs have families—how can
schools promote companies’ work/life programs?
What should schools keep in mind as they are selecting Fellows?
Would like to hear stories from companies on how they support their
MBA women—how they run the summer internship programs—stories
that schools can use in their recruiting process.
How are companies involved in the college space—building the
pipeline? What innovative ideas do companies have for introducing
women into the MBA pipeline?
Questions to
Schools
ANNUAL SPONSOR MEETING 2008
Questions to Schools
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2007ANNUAL
Forté FORUM:
THE MBA VALUE
PROPOSITION
SPONSOR
MEETING
2008
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
How can companies best partner with b-schools to reach women
students?
Are Forté Fellows the top 5% of your class? Top 10%? How are
Forté Fellows selected versus other top scholarship recipients?
What were the greatest admissions challenges this past year?
Based on your admissions goals for the Class of 2010, how
would you evaluate the results?
Do b-schools have suggestions on how to improve the oncampus recruiting process (undergrad and MBA)?
Please provide feedback on the b-school perspective of
companies talking to incoming MBA students.
Have there been any significant shifts in what women MBA students are
looking for when pursuing an MBA? From their MBA career? Shift in
industry or function preferences?
What can companies do to better communicate with women MBA
students?
Are there any gaps in the MBA cycle that companies can fulfill?
What’s Next?
ANNUAL SPONSOR MEETING 2008
What’s Next?
2007ANNUAL
Forté FORUM:
THE MBA VALUE
PROPOSITION
SPONSOR
MEETING
2008
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007
TONIGHT
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Fellow Dinners with School Representatives
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
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MBA Women’s Conference
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MBA Workshops
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Dialogue with Leadership Luncheon
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Career Fair/Industry & Functional Introductions
SATURDAY, JUNE 28
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MBA Women’s Conference