Workshops
Workshop Descriptions
Value, Visibility, Viability: Updating Your ERG’s Strategic Plan
How can you reevaluate and revitalize your ERGs’ strategies and prioritize activities for challenging economic times? Building the case for participation in ERG activities, leveraging generational perceptions of diversity, finding ways to counter decreased funding, and maintaining momentum are all necessary parts to position your ERG as an indispensable business partner. Are they part of your plan?
Facilitator: Alan Kumamoto, Kumamoto Associates
Transitioning from Idea to Network to Resource
Establishing a good organizational infrastructure and strategic plan for your proposed or emerging ERG will set a firm foundation for corporate relevance and provide that value added to your company going forward.
Facilitator: J.D. Hokoyama, LEAP
Subject Matter Experts: Janice Won, LEAP; Philip Berry, Philip Berry Associates
Recession Special: Using Asian ERG Members as a Bridge to Asian Markets in the US and Asia
Corporations are looking for innovative ways to continue growth in the current economic downturn. Despite the global recession, Asian markets are still projecting growth. Explore ways Asian ERGs can mobilize their membership to create opportunities for increased profitability and expanded reach in these markets.
Facilitator: Karen J. Watai, Karen Watai Associates LLC
Subject Matter Expert: Sue Ann Hong, State Farm Insurance
Toot Your Horn: Making Your ERG a Known Resource for Your Company
Success marketing of your ERG as a vital business partner for your corporation can lead to increased visibility and career advancement. How can you define your ERG’s resources and abilities to line managers and promote them as a vital contributor to your company’s business growth.
Facilitator: Alan Kumamoto, Kumamoto Associates
Subject Matter Expert: Katy Choo, The General Electric Company
Recession-Proofing: Measurement Methods
How do you measure your ERG’s contribution to the company in terms of business growth and leadership development? How well are your ERG’s activities aligned to your company’s overall goals and objectives? What tools can help you measure your progress?
Facilitator: Janice Won, LEAP
Power in Numbers: Leveraging Internal & External Partnering
Morning Workshop: Internal Partnering - Banding together to share strategies and resources with ERGs within your corporation can help build the capacity and clout of your ERG.
Facilitator: Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Brown Consulting
Subject Matter Expert: Lynn Alba, Merck & Co., Inc.
Afternoon Workshop: External Partnering - Explore ways to connect with other corporate Asian ERGs and community organizations to achieve greater community outreach and mutual support of public affairs advocacy.
Facilitator: J.D. Hokoyama, LEAP
Subject Matter Expert: June Jee, Verizon Communications Inc.
Partnering for Success: Leveraging Your Executive Advisor
As a senior manager, the executive advisor can reach the CEO and other top managers to relay the needs, ideas, and showcase the achievements of the ERG and individual members. Effectively tapping into the resources of an executive advisor is always a valuable asset for ERG visibility and member career advancement and stability.
Facilitator: Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Brown Consulting
Subject Matter Expert: Wesley Hom, IBM Corporation (retired)/LEAP
Reaching Out and Reaching Back: Mentoring and Coaching
Explore the benefits of ERG-based mentorship and coaching to fill the leadership pipeline. Address the challenges of maintaining a vibrant program and defining the end result in partnership with your company’s HR and talent management systems.
Facilitator: Karen J. Watai, Karen Watai Associates LLC
Subject Matter Experta: Ray Flautt, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Relocating to/from Asia
Can networking through your ERG open doors for career advancement and growth in both the US and Asia? Will relocating and working outside the home country open up more opportunities for your Asian executives? Will an extended absence from the home country be viewed as a liability? Explore these issues and examine the possible ways that your ERG can provide support to those employees facing this challenge.
Facilitator: Jane Hyun, Hyun & Associates
Subject Matter Expert: Kenneth Chung, The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
*Note: Facilitators and Subject Matter Experts are subject to change
