Here are publications, articles, and announcements in the public
press and on the open web about the SEED program. (I just updated the
internal-to-Sun SEED web pages so I will include the information here too.)
I have included live links where I could find them. There may be more
articles but I don’t know about them…
2007
- Ida Abbott Consulting
Management Solutions Issue 17, Winter 2007
“Best Practices – Proving the Value of Mentoring”
profiles SEED
2006
“Success Metrics from Mentoring by the Numbers”
Silicon Valley Chapter – Project Management Institute,
description of talk by Katy Dickinson, December 14, 2006
“Mentoring for Employee Development”
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
Social Scientists picked SEED among Promising Practices
as the Case Study in this report, 2006 (2 pages, PDF format)
“Mentors can help women shatter glass ceiling – Senior colleagues can toot
your horn, bringing you money and power”
By Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC contributor, Nov 19, 2006
(there is a mentoring quote by me on the 2nd page)-
“20 ways to get promoted in the tech industry”
By Dan Tynan, October 16, 2006, InfoWorld
(SEED is part of “10. Find Your Yoda”) - “5 Years of Mentoring by the Numbers”
4-7 October 2006 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and
Computing, San Diego
Program Schedule for GHC Session 1 – Thursday, October 5, 2006
“5 Years of Executive Mentoring” TechLeaders – Building and
Sustaining Change in Technology Cultures: Showcasing What Works
(October 4, 2006, San Diego, CA) - Information Week in Israel, 28 Feb 2006 (in Hebrew,
with a photo)
2005
“Outsourcing is essential for survival of companies” (SEED is
mentioned), interview with Crawford W Beveridge, Executive
Vice President (People & Places) and Chief Human Resource Officer interview,
Deccan Herald > Economy & Business > Detailed Story,
April 11, 2005
2004 and earlier
- “Bit by
Bit: Mentoring & Practical Approaches to Advancing Women in High Tech”
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
(“GHC 2004”) Moderator: Katy Dickinson, Sun Microsystems, SEED
Program (Sun Engineering Enrichment & Development)
7 October 2004
Rhonda Holt (VP of Grid Engineering Program Office) interview,
DiversitySearch – Up Close & Virtual Interviews,
2004 (mentions SEED)- “SEED: Sun engineering enrichment & development”
Research Disclosure Database Number 482013, defensive publication
in Research Disclosure, Published in June 2004, Electronic
Publication Date : 17 May 2004 10:45,
“Nurturing a Culture of Innovation” Express Computer
May 2004 article on SEED program and participants in India
Engineering Center (IEC) in Bangalore- “Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development Program Fosters
Growth New Hires, Experienced Staff Work with Senior
Staff Mentors” Paragon Pinnacles > Volume 73 > Issue 3 > Sun Features >
(March 15, 2004, Article #12480, Volume 73, Issue 3) - “Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development Program Fosters
Growth – New Hires, Experienced Staff Work with Senior Staff
Mentors” Sun System News, March 15, 2004, Article #12480,
Volume 73, Issue 3
“Tapping into the Knowledge Network” http://www.sun.com article on
SEED, 18 Feb 2004 [was featured on both the http://www.sun.com and
research.sun.com home pages]- “Sun (SEED) program pairs college recruits with senior
engineering mentors, 23 Feb 2004 link to
“Tapping into the Knowledge Network” http://www.sun.com article
from LSTN
(Learning & Teaching Support Network for Engineering section on
“UK & World Media News”- now
called The Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre)
“Mentoring and Being Mentored on the Technology Track”
By Carla King, published on “developers.sun.com –
The Source for Developers”, 2003 [Now called Sun Developer Network or SDN]- Bit by Bit: Catalyst’s Guide to Advancing Women in High
Tech Companies, SEED is the featured case study in
the “Use Mentoring and Networks to Win” section (page 106), book
published by Catalyst, 2003,
ISBN 0-89584-243-2
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