1. Starting your own mentoring program
Sharing is Caring:
Starting your own mentoring program
Southeast Region Forum – Birmingham, AL – March 31-April 1, 2017
Karen Hager, CIT, CBT
Greater Orlando Chapter 73

2. What is a mentor? a wise and trusted counselor or teacher
An influential senior sponsor or supporter
Adviser, master, guide, preceptor
Almost anyone you would like to emulate

3. What is a protégé?
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person
One who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence

4. What do I need first?

5. What are the steps? Form a committee
Determine the length of your program
Do you want a formal or informal program
Gather participants
Pair mentors and proteges together
Hold orientation session
And away you go……

6. Form a committee Committee should consist of 3-5 long term members
Committee Members should be familiar with membership
Committee members should meet
to pair members and protegees
For Participant orientation
Mid year evaluation
to do a final evaluation of the program and determine if improvements are needed
May have immediate past president be designated committee chair

7. Determine length of your program
When will you start your program
How long will the program last
Will you have a review for the membership at the end of the program
Will your program span nawic years

8. Formal or informal? Do you want a formal program?
Determine if members will work with the formal guidebook and meet regularly
Determine if members will work with the forms provided so you have good feedback
Do you want in informal program?
Determine if members will be allowed to develop their relationship on their own
Determine if members will do the program at their own pace without any time frame
Do you want to include a group mentoring program?
This is an option that allows you to gather as a group and mentor each other in a more relaxed setting

9. Gather participants
Start talking about the program during your last and first membership meetings of the nawic year
Determine if you are going to limit program to specific categories
Determine how you are going to find out who will be participating
You can do a survey
You can use a mentoring board
You can have a sign-up sheet
Allow members at least two months to be able to sign up

10. Pair mentors and proteges
Have the committee gather together to determine which mentors and proteges will work well together
Determine compatibility by:
Skill sets
Geographic location
Personality
If a mentor or protégé has listed more than one category, find out if they want to limit to only one or do more

11. Orientation session Immediately after pairing, inform participants
Schedule an orientation session to allow mentors and protégés to meet
Provide handbooks to both mentors and protégés for their use
Allow pairs time to determine their game plan
How often they will meet
If they will meet in person or if they will converse by phone
Where they may meet

12. Mid program review
Have program participants fill out mid year review questionnaire
Determine if participants are still well matched or if they need to be paired with someone else
Are participants still involved? If not…why?

13. End of program
Determine if you are going to have a formal review for the membership
do a panel discussion during a membership meeting
have participants fill out a survey and report to membership
Have individual participants talk about their experience in the program
Hold a post program committee meeting to talk about how the program went and to determine if any changes need to be made

14. Questions?