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STORY: E-mentoring, E-ffectiveness
This is a story about an e-mentoring project connecting busy professionals with students in need of guidance. There are over six million people in the United States who volunteer through or with an organization, but it is hard for many people to find the time between work and family. The United Way Caring Connections project's online database allows professionals like Theresa Reinea to mentor students without leaving her workplace. Theresa used e-mail to launch an e-mentoring project. She is convinced that mentoring works and is inspired to make positive changes in young people's lives.
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- What is unique about the e-mentoring project?
- How does it help connect people who want to be mentors with those who are in need of guidance?
- Why did Theresa want to change her business' outreach model?
- Why does Theresa believe both mentors and mentees benefit from the process?
- What did Theresa have to say about mentoring?
- Would you like to participate in an e-mentoring process as a mentor or as a mentee?
- What do you think you could contribute to and gain from the process?
- Do you have additional ideas that would make the e-mentoring project even more valuable?
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Mentoring
Invite participants to discuss how they can be mentors to students. What knowledge and skills can they share? Also, discuss how Human Rights Commissions, non-profit, and community-based organizations can be mentors or resource people for local teachers and schools.
To learn more about mentoring in Minnesota, please visit the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota at www.mentoringworks.org
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