Hello Mentors:

The points listed below are simply for your assistance. You may choose to use any part or none of the following. We have no specific structure for our workshops or your participation therein. Some women prefer to grab a microphone and go out into the audience and shoot from the hip. Others have formal presentations prepared. There is no wrong way to be a mentor. The fact that we have chosen you to be a Vanguard Women's Foundation Mentor ensures that you have our trust that your contribution in whatever form you choose will be of benefit to the women in our workshops.

We encourage you to spend some one on one time with the workshop participants. We believe that many times personal contact with successful women helps them to realize that their dreams are more possible than they may now imagine. We have found also that the growth can be a two way street. Thanks and good luck!

Topics & Questions

• Your own personal road to success.
• How do women's paths differ from men's when it comes to success in the arts and law?
• What does current popular thinking say about women? Have you found these theories to be true in their paths?
• Do women value relationships more, are more loyal, focus on the interpersonal rather than the larger picture? Do these beliefs hold women back?
• What grants, funding and endowments that are available for artists and lawyers.
• How to make connections for success - agents, brokers, galleries, mentors, foundations.
• The business of art and law.
• How to be prepared.
• Pitfalls that can derail success.