The Value of Having a Mentor

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” – Steven Spielberg, director.

When I look back on my career so far, I have been extremely lucky in the jobs that I’ve had. Not only have I had some pretty amazing bosses and worked for great companies, but with each job that I have had, I have built and expanded my skills, landing me in a position that I truly love: Director of Digital Strategy.

I can’t take all the credit for how I’ve gotten to my dream job. I have had mentors – both inside and outside of work – that have helped my find my path and supported my professional growth.

Now everyone will get something different out of a mentor-mentee relationship, but I wanted to highlight some of the benefits that I have gained from having a mentor in hopes that it will either inspire you to become a mentor, seek out a mentor, or both! Continue reading “The Value of Having a Mentor”

The road to becoming an MVP

The road to MVP

As the year is slowly approaching to an end, the famous question raises again: how does one become a Sitecore MVP?

What is the Sitecore MVP Award?

The Sitecore MVP is an award given to the individuals who have contributed to the Sitecore community and Sitecore throughout the year. This page https://mvp.sitecore.com/about provides a good overview of categories and the basic list of requirements.

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Getting Started with the Women of Sitecore

It’s been a slow (but steady) progression to our kick off at Sitecore Symposium 2018 in Orlando, Florida. Not only did we get started with a breakfast meetup on Ada Lovelace day, but we started seeing women (and men) popping up all over the place with Women of Sitecore enamel pins, glittery stickers and Rosie Symposie t-shirts. What started as idea, has grown into a community with a great deal of support and commitment to growth. Amy Winburn (if you didn’t learn about data sources for Sitecore fields from Amy, the person that taught you did) got us started by launching the idea, initial website and slack channel that saw the leadership team connect together. Whilst this was happening a group of female MVPs connected through Isabel Tinoco and submitted a session proposal for Symposium that was (eventually) accepted and saw 18 of us on stage discussing the challenges and benefits of being a woman in technology. Continue reading “Getting Started with the Women of Sitecore”