Innovative Technology in Mentoring Systems Nicole Graham Systems Specialist Alumni Professional Development Program

Rationale For mentoring relationships: mapping the way forward; identifying progress; structured reflection; an enduring resource. For administration: scalable; registration, communication, tracking and evaluation all managed via the system For reporting: ability to easily share engagement insights and evaluation responses to Program stakeholders

Introduction to Xinspire (shin-spire) Developed at and for Stanford University (CA, USA) in 2008 – when there were very few online mentoring platforms on the market Used by universities and professional organisations around the world to run scalable, resource-efficient and high-touch mentoring programs

Platform Overview

Overview of matching process Mentee- led matching ‘match-making’ system uses a pre- programmed algorithm to determine Suggested Matches that meet the criteria in the mentee’s profile Mentee can also search the system on a range of other criteria to determine their best match Mentees will request mentorship via the system (can only request one mentor at a time) When requested, mentors will receive an email, and can accept or decline the match

Tour of system https://griffithmentoring.xinspire.com/programs/apdp

Thank-you for listening. Nicole Graham Mentoring Systems Specialist Alumni Professional Development Program n.graham@Griffith.edu.au