Upcoming Events
2010 Graduation Ceremony
Please join us in celebrating the achievements of our 55 graduates
(35 from our Leadership Discovery Program for Asian Pacifics, 11 from
our Leadership Discovery Program for Hispanics and 9 from our Leadership
Navigation program) from Greater Puget Sound & Portland.
Keynote Speaker: Yau-Man Chan, Chief Technology Officer,
College of Chemistry, University of California - Berkeley; Contestant on
CBS Survivor Fiji & Survivor Micronesia
Greater Puget Sound Ceremony:
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Hilton Bellevue, 300 112th Avenue SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
5:30PM Reception/6:30PM Dinner & Ceremony
Cost: $65/person before Oct 15, $75/person after Oct 15
Register here
Greater Portland Ceremony:
Thursday, November 4, 2010
9000 SW Washington Square Road, Tigard, OR 97223
5:30PM Reception/6:30PM Dinner & Ceremony
Cost: $65/person before Oct 15, $75/person after Oct 15
Register here
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Recent EDI Events
Leadership Community Picnic
"Connecting a Community of Leaders"
Thank you for attending the Leadership Community Picnic on Saturday, August 21st
at Lake Boren Park! Please provide us your feedback at
www.leadershipcommunity.org.
Read more about the event here:
Picnic Blog
Leadership Together Educational Forum
EDI organized a 2010 Leadership Together Educational Forum on the
"Invasion of Social Media - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!" at The
Seattle Times Auditorium on June 22nd. National Association of Asian
American Professionals(NAAAP)-Seattle and Qwest Pacific Asian American
Network cooperated with EDI to market the program. Prudential Insurance
Company of America was the event's sponsor.
Charlie Harger, KOMO Newsradio's technology and social media reporter
and president of Bohado Media spoke to an audience of about 75
attendees. His presentation covered how to take advantage of social
media to advance your professional brand, do business and expand your
network. He also covered how to repair and change your current image in
the virtual world.
Read more on our
blog!
EDI's 2010 Inclusion Fusion™
Dinner & Auction
EDI held its annual benefit dinner and auction
"Inclusion Fusion" at Seattle's newly renovated SODO Park on May 20th.
Over 250 guests participated in the silent and live auctions
contributing about $90,000 in funds. Mariners Manager Don Wakamatsu
made a special appearance and mingled with guests. The dinner's bright
and festive ambiance highlighted entertainment by the Mariachi Fiesta
Mexicana musicians and Korean Morning Star Taiko drummers and dancers.
Guests were served Hispanic and Asian fusion dishes including Cilantro
Crusted Halibut, Chimichurri Beef, Shitake-Asparagus Tamale with Mole
and Spicy Ginger Mandarin Cabbage Slaw.
Funds raised will allow EDI to continue to
expand its programs both in content and diversity. EDI's vision is to
be the preeminent leadership institute where corporations and
organizations seek diverse global leaders. Its programs encourage
cultural authenticity as a springboard to advance global business and
cross-cultural understanding. Major sponsors for this benefit dinner
include Prudential, KeyBank Foundation, State Farm Insurance,
Weyerhaeuser, Boeing, Nordstrom, and Wells Fargo. Emcees for the event
were Jaime Mendez, anchor for Univision and Marlee Ginter, anchor for
KOMO. Laura Michalek, "Seattle's Fundraising Auctioneer," was the
featured auctioneer.
More About Inclusion Fusion
2010 Leadership Together Conference:
Ignite the Leader Within!
On Saturday, January 30,
2010, nearly 100 attendees participated in EDI's first Leadership
Together Conference at ACRS. It was a rich networking and
learning forum, with culturally tailored interactive trainings led by JD
Hokoyama, Vanna Novak and Colleen Yamaguchi and an inspirational speech
by keynote speaker, Chee Chew, Engineering Director at Google.
Thank you to all our sponsors,
planning committee & volunteers for helping to make this event a huge
success.
Congratulations EDI Class of 2009!
On Thursday, November 12th we celebrated the accomplishments of our
2009 Leadership Discovery graduates. This year we had 26
participants graduate from our Asian Leadership Discovery program and 9
participants graduate from our INAUGURAL Hispanic Leadership Discovery
program. Over 200 attendees gathered at the Hilton Bellevue and
enjoyed the program which featured Marlee Ginter, News Anchor - KOMO4,
as Mistress of Ceremonies and Wes Hom, retired IBM Vice President as
keynote speaker.
Leadership Together: Alumni Helping
Alumni & Others
Effective Relational Networking
On Tuesday, November 3rd, over 50 people attended the Leadership
Together - Effective Relational Networking event which was a
collaboration between EDI, NAAAP-Seattle and TAPS and sponsored by
Prudential Financial. Tina Wang, TAPS President, served as moderator
for the panelists: Elaine Kitamura, Joneil Custodio and Lori Ichimura
(all EDI alumni and NAAAP-Seattle members). Tina posed a series of
questions to the panelists and they each shared their personal
experiences about networking challenges, successes and strategies.
The evening ended with a post-networking session where attendees had the
opportunity to practice some of the networking tips shared by the
panelists.
More Leadership Together events will be coming your way in 2010!
Leadership Together: Alumni Helping Alumni &
Others
Career Networking Event
Are you job-seeking or willing to help others who are in transition?
Looking for a job in the current economy can be a daunting process.
Networking is the most successful way to find career opportunities and
land a job.
On Wednesday, September 2nd over 30 EDI Alumni & friends gathered at
the Hotel Sierra in Bellevue to network among fellow EDI alums and exchange tips and insights on networking and what appeals to prospective
employers. Thank you to Prudential for hosting this EDI alumni event!
Welcome Reception for Dr. Qi Lu, President of
Online Services, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Qi Lu is the highest ranking Asian Pacific at Microsoft as
President of Online Services. EDI and the Greater Seattle Chinese
Chamber of Commerce co-hosted a welcome reception in Dr. Lu's honor on
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 from 6-8:00PM at China Harbor Restaurant.
Over 170 guests attended this reception. Thank you to all of
the sponsors: Chinasoft, iSoftStone, Greater Seattle Chinese
Chamber of Commerce, Prudential, Boeing Asian American
Professionals Association (BAAPA), Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS),
Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE), Executive Development Institute
(EDI), International Community Health Services (ICHS) Foundation and
National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)-Seattle
Chapter.
EDI's Tastes of Asia, Benefit Dinner &
Auction
A Night for Friends, Food and Fun-raising
EDI's Tastes of Asia was held on Friday June 26, 2009 at SODO Park in
Seattle. Linda Villegas Bremer, Director of General
Administration, State of Washington, John Hooper, Senior Vice President
of Human Resources, Weyerhaeuser Company and S. Mae Fujita Numata, CFO
Partner, Tatum LLC will served as executive hosts, Christine Chen,
Chen Communications and award-winning News Anchor for FOX and PBS as Mistress of Ceremonies and Laura Michalek
as Auctioneer.
Highlighted achievements:
- 250 guests and volunteers joined our efforts, many of whom were
new to EDI
- Gross donations of just over $90,000 were achieved
- EDI's visibility greatly increased, especially in the culinary
industry
- The dinner proved to be a great professional networking event
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