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The Mentoring Process Bill Slater President, ISOC-Chicago July 25, 2001

Agenda What is mentoring? What mentoring is not What is a mentor? Desirable characteristics of a mentor What is a protégé? Desirable characteristics of a protégé Real-life mentoring How do we implement this in CCS and be successful? Call for volunteers My Personal Experiences in Mentoring Conclusion

What Is Mentoring? Mentoring is the act of providing guidance, wisdom, knowledge, and support in a manner in which a protégé can receive it and benefit from it.

What Mentoring Is Not Mentoring is not doing a protégé’s work for them; nor is it accepting responsibility for the things that they alone are responsible for. Mentoring is also not a process of giving and then being indifferent to the growth, experiences and success of the protégé.  The mentor, by definition, must be interested and involved.

Benefits of Mentoring Satisfaction of knowing that you made a difference An opportunity to make a friend for life. The creation of a possible resource which may help when the work gets too great. The possibility of having some you, too, can learn something from. The opportunity for tremendous growth and learning in a friendly, supportive relationship. An opportunity to make a friend for life. An opportunity to learn an area well enough and the mentoring process well enough that you too can mentor people.

What Is a Mentor? A mentor is someone who can patiently assist with someone’s growth and development in a given area. This assistance may come in the form of advice, guidance, teaching, imparting of wisdom and experience, etc.

Desirable Characteristics of a Mentor Available Patient Wise Knowledgeable Understanding Good communicator Able to teach Willing to work hard Loyal Honest Trustworthy Sense of integrity

What Is a Protégé? A protégé is someone  in a mentor-protégé relationship who is need of mentoring and eager to learn and grow.

Desirable Characteristics of a Protégé Available Teachable Eager to learn Good communicator Energetic Willing to work hard Loyal Honest Trustworthy Sense of integrity

Real-life Mentoring I have had about seven really good mentors.  See http://billslater.com/mentors.htm You can see some of my protégés at http://billslater.com/proteges.htm One protégé recently took a job at the same place where I started a new job.  We were referred to as “Batman and Robin”. To be a good mentor, you have to understand what it is to be a good protégé.

Real-life Mentoring - Keeping the Process Going Ideally, a protégé should grow and mature to the point where they too can be mentor to other protégés in the future.

How Do We Successfully Implement This in ISOC-Chicago? Write an article for the website. Set up a web page describing this program Welcome e-mail and phone calls Start a word-of-mouth and e-mail campaign Designate a group of people who can match people who want to be mentors with people who want to be protégés Create a “Mentoring on Mentoring” workshop which will help new mentors be prepared and successful.  Delivery date:  October 2002.

Call for Volunteers If you or anyone you know would be interested in participating in this program, please have them call or e-mail Bill Slater

My Personal Experiences in Mentoring Read about my Mentors at: http://billslater.com/mentors.htm Read about my Protégés at http://billslater.com/proteges.htm

My Personal Experiences in Mentoring Bill Slater with his protégé Cindy Burkhardt Chicago, IL July 2001

Conclusion The Mentoring Process offers opportunity for great growth for the protégé and for the satisfaction of the mentor knowing that they made a difference. The ISOC-Chicago Mentoring Program is something that can set ISOC-Chicago apart from your average computer user group, and provide a great example and great benefits to people’s lives and the community as a whole.