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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Platform Overview

5. 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 , and can accept or decline the match

6. Tour of system

7. Thank-you for listening.
Nicole Graham
Mentoring Systems Specialist
Alumni Professional Development Program