Public speaking
Jen is an engaging and thought provoking public speaker who ensures that she connects with and encourages participation from her audience. She delights in working towards the ‘aha’ moment and takes great care to customise her presentation to your event and context.
Public Speaking
Jen is an engaging and thought provoking speaker, who ensures that she connects with and encourages participation from her audience. Her innovative work on mentoring and sponsorship is now even more accessible, through zoom, hybrid formats and on occasion face to face. Jen’s expertise is available to boost the success of your programs and initiatives.
Does mentoring move the dial on inclusion? How to make sure it does
Many organisations invest in mentoring programs. But do they deliver as promised? This thought provoking presentation brings together the latest thinking on mentoring and sponsorship to demonstrate how mentoring and sponsorship can make a difference. It engages all organisational members in building an organisation where everyone makes their best contribution.
Sponsorship 101: A primer for mentors and mentees
Mentoring and sponsorship are critical to career success. Understanding the difference between mentoring and sponsorship brings new clarity to mentoring relationships and mentoring programs. This presentation draws on research and practice to illuminate the role of sponsorship in careers and to boost sponsorship practices within mentoring programs. This is a perfect starting point for organisations wishing to strengthen sponsorship practices within their institutions and to build more robust and inclusive sponsorship practices.
From ‘missing ingredient’ to career accelerator: Everything you should know about sponsorship but never thought to ask
Building a satisfying career is more challenging than ever. This presentation and workshop guides participants through an in-depth exploration of how sponsorship is working in their career, and builds the sponsorship savvy that will assist them to maximise sponsorship in the future. The result is many ‘aha’ moments. Each individual leaves knowing how to implement their new knowledge, in both receiving and giving sponsorship.
Making a difference: A masterclass for leaders
Leaders can have a huge impact on the careers of peers and subordinates. This masterclass is ideal for leaders who wish to be more inclusive and skilled in their mentoring and sponsorship practices, and are keen to build more productive, enabling and inclusive cultures.
Program Boosters
Consider a stand-alone workshop for inclusion in your existing organisational development calendar or a customised workshop for inclusion in existing leadership, supervisor and mentoring programs. Click here to explore how Jen’s expertise can boost your program success.
Services
Contact Jen
jen.devries@me.com
+61 (0) 412 806 377
Related Blog
To access the research that underpins Jen’s work visit her Mentoring and Sponsorship publications
Key Speaking Engagements
A full list of Dr Jen de Vries's speaking engagements can be found here.
Keynote addresses
‘Talent to the Top’ Boardroom Coaching Program Online Netherlands February 2023
Launch address ‘The difference it makes’
AHRI HRM online July 2022; The Big HR questions series
Online August 2021, International Society of Biomechanics in Sport Conference
From ‘missing ingredient’ to ‘career accelerator’: Everything you should know about sponsorship but never thought to ask.
Biosciences Early Career Researchers (BECR) Summit, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia - 2018
From ‘missing ingredient’ to career accelerator: Everything you should know about sponsorship but never thought to ask
Speaking invitations
European GE Academy: Online Webinar, October 2021
Re-humanising work and life in academia and research (with Tim Muirhead)
Curtin Centre for Transformative Work Design, Women in Research Webinar series: Online webinar, April 2021
Developing sponsorship savvy
Gender Studies Departmental Seminar, Örebro University: Örebro, Sweden 2018
Sponsorship as a problematic practice: Possibilities for gender change interventions
Mentoring Program Launch, Lund University: Lund, Sweden - 2018
The bifocal approach: Mentoring for development and change
Conference presentations
Dublin, Ireland - 2018
Engaging men in the work of gender equity. No ‘male champions’ please. Examining partnership as a model for transformative change 10th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education
Sponsorship: Duty or discretion? Developing leaders’ sponsorship practices beyond advantaging the favoured few. 10th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education
Sydney, Australia - 2018
Champions or Partners? Engaging men in the work of gender equity, Gender, Work and Organization Conference