{"id":20201,"date":"2020-04-05T12:11:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=20201"},"modified":"2020-04-11T15:36:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:36:51","slug":"live-qa-sessions-with-top-leaders-drawing-virtual-crowds-at-global-mentor-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/live-qa-sessions-with-top-leaders-drawing-virtual-crowds-at-global-mentor-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Q&A Sessions with Top Leaders Drawing Virtual Crowds at Global Mentor Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Struggling with keeping kids engaged with online learning? Finding your way through the storm of coronavirus news and (dis)information? Keeping your team focused and productive during the outbreak? Experts are standing by to answer your questions.<\/p>\n

As a public service, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Mentor Network\u00a0(GMN.net<\/a>) has been\u00a0hosting a series of\u00a0live, online Q&A sessions with “virtual mentors” who are helping leaders navigate the crisis.<\/p>\n

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Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell of the McChrystal Group, with Thuy Vu, Global Mentor Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last\u00a0week, April 1, General (ret.) Stan McChrystal, founder and CEO of the McChrystal Group, shared insights on responding to the virus that were drawn from his experiences fighting Al-Qaeda. The briefing was met\u00a0with comments like, \u201cThis was fantastic!\u201d and \u201cThis has been an extraordinary hour.”<\/p>\n

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Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief of the San Francisco Chronicle to speak\u00a0through Global Mentor Network on April 7, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week, on Tuesday, April 7,\u00a0Audrey Cooper<\/a>, editor in chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, will be joined by Kelly McBride, Chair of\u00a0Poynter Institute Center on Ethics and Leadership for a talk about finding your way through the flood of information and disinformation, while providing your teams with the sense of community, connectedness, and purpose we all need right now.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, April 9, none other than\u00a0Sal Khan<\/a>, Founder and CEO of the Khan Academy will address questions about how to keep kids engaged with online learning at home, while keeping your own organizations focused and motivated.<\/p>\n

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Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of the Khan Academy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And on Wednesday, April 15, Tim Draper<\/a>, renowned venture capitalist and founder of Draper<\/p>\n

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Tim Draper, DFJ, at Venture Summit 2017 Photo by Diarmuid Greene\/Web Summit via Sportsfile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University will team up with Leah Solivan<\/a>, founder of TaskRabbit to offer an entrepreneur’s guide to the\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0pandemic, with insights on\u00a0conquering fears, thinking way outside the box, and the creative\u00a0moves that teams need to make to weather the storm of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Making these leaders available for brain-picking is all part of Global Mentor Network’s mission.\u00a0\u201cGreat leadership can make a great difference,\u201d said Thuy Vu, president of the fledgling start-up. \u201cThis is why we\u2019ve launched our Ask a Mentor LIVE series<\/a>. We\u2019re committed to transferring the skills and experience of top leaders to everyone who can help make a positive impact in the current crisis, and beyond. It\u2019s our hope that insights passed along during our free sessions will help organizations, families and individuals deal more effectively with the outbreak and improve outcomes for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more or register for Global Mentor Network’s live Q&A sessions, please visit GMN’s Ask a Mentor LIVE<\/a> page:\u00a0www.gmn.net\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n

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