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Fall Forum 2022: The Connected Advocate October 21 & 22, 2022 Blue Mountain Resort Village Conference Centre 242 Jozo Weider Blvd Blue Mountains, ON The Advocates’ Society, in conjunction with the Young Advocates’ Standing Committee, is pleased to present Ontario’s premier CLE and networking conference for lawyers one to ten years in practice – returning to an inperson format for the first time since 2018! This Fall, we will make up for lost time and will explore strategies for advocates to reconnect, sharpen their advocacy skills, and seek out mentorship opportunities in today’s ever-evolving legal landscape. To learn more visit www.advocates.ca 6
MENTORING Word to the Wise: Mentorship at Mixers Megan Keenberg, Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP, and Katherine Chau, Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP, 1. Game Plan. The Advocates’ Society’s End of Term 2022 marked a welcome return to in-person gatherings after a lengthy period of Zoom parties. In-person networking events provide mentors with a unique and underutilized opportunity to showcase, champion and support our mentees. The opportunity is not just to introduce our mentees to our own networks, but also to help our mentees foster their own style of networking with a safety net in place. In our five years of working together at V|K, Katherine Chau and I have co-piloted many a cocktail party. Here, we share our top five tips for upping your mentorship game at a mixer. Identify events that might interest your mentee and bring them as your plus one, or better yet, get them on the list. Talk about your respective social styles and levels of comfort with schmoozing. Put together a game plan based on your mentee’s schmooze style and comfort level, and the 5 Ws of any given event (Who, What, Where, When and, Why). Discuss who is likely to be in attendance, who each of you would like to meet, who is the organizer/host, who are the speakers (if any) or award recipients (if any), what is the appropriate attire, what cause is being supported, the location of the event, and its timing. If your mentee is unlikely to have many existing contacts among the attendees, plan to arrive together and spend more time circulating as a duo. 7
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