Mentee Training
Session Outline
Section One:
• Introduction: why ementoring, who’s who, your
expectations
• Great Expectations
• Keeping safe
• Good message, bad message
• What If…?
Section Two
• Getting started on the site
• Evaluation
By the end of the today you will
be able to:
• Understand what ementoring is and what your role as a
mentee involves.
• Be able to use all the features on the Bright Links
ementoring website.
• Have a plan of what you want to get out of ementoring.
• Know who to contact if you get stuck.
• Have written your first message to your mentor
Section One
Knowing you, Knowing me!
Activity:
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
True or False?
1. It is best to have no expectations about ementoring, that way you can’t
get let down.
2. Your mentor is not there to help you with your homework.
3. You should write a message to your mentor AT LEAST twice a day.
4. By the time you finish ementoring your mentor should know
everything about you, even very personal information and vice versa.
5. Your mentor is likely to be quite old and won’t really understand you.
6. Your mentor is a great source of information and can give you lots of
advice and support.
What’s In It For Me?
Ementoring will…
• Give you someone to talk to about your future
• Help improve writing and IT skills
• Help build your confidence
• Help you to think about your next steps – education or
work – and how to get there!
• Allow you more time to think about questions than you
would have with face-to-face mentoring
Who’s Who?
Your ementoring coordinator
• Matches you with your mentor
• Looks after your scheme
• First point of contact if you:
– have problems or concerns about your mentor
– want to talk about your place on the programme.
Who’s Who?
Brightside
• Education charity develop the Bright Links website
• Brightside provide online resources, tools and teaching
resources
• Brightside provide technical support for problems with
the website
• Contact 0207 922 7800 (on the website)
Who Else Is Involved?
Your mentor:
• An enthusiastic person who has volunteered to help you
• Can help you think about your future plans and share
their experiences
You!
• You are taking part in the Bright Links ementoring
programme
• It is your responsibility to keep in regular communication
with your mentor and make the most of their knowledge
and guidance
Protect yourself!
• Don’t give your email address or phone number to your
mentor
• Don’t meet your mentor unless arranged by your
coordinator
• Automatic filters, designed to protect you
Confidentiality Statement
• The relationship with your mentor is confidential,
EXCEPT where your mentor becomes aware that you
may be at risk of being harmed.
• In this situation, your mentor will seek advice about how
to help protect you.
• All communication on the ementoring website is
monitored by Brightside and your coordinator
Activity:
Good message, bad message…
Your message!
Activity:
What if…?
Section Two
Using the ementoring website
Go to www.brightlinks.org to see the
website!
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Update your profile
Change username and password
Write to your mentor
Look at the resources on the website
Use the activities
Enter your login details here
If you have forgotten your details
click on ‘forgot your password?’
Summary
view
Navigation bar
Recent activity feed
View sent, received
or archived messages
Filter
messages by
sender
Start a new message
Reply
to a message
Or archive the
conversation
Select your recipient
Give your
message a title
Edit your message
here
Add attachments
You can view your
progress on activities
Activities that might be useful
to you based on your profile.
View your course
progress
Save course and
continue next time
Review what
modules are in this
course
Read the instructions
and answer the
questions
Regularly updated
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Articles related to
interests you have
selected
Search function to
find useful articles
You can also browse
by topic
Automatically attach
articles to your new
messages
Useful related and
trustworthy links
Email article to a friend,
or rate the article
Let’s Get Started
www.brightlinks.org
Brightside
0207 922 7800
info@brightside.org