Looking Back, Looking Forward:
Review of 2012 Collaborative
Mentoring Webinar Series
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Organizers of the 2012
Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Sarah Kremer,
Friends for Youth
Amber Troupe, Mentor
Michigan
Michael Garringer,
Education Northwest
Polly Roach, MP of
Minnesota
April Riordan, MP of
Minnesota
Meghan Ferns,
Oregon Mentors
Celeste Janssen,
Oregon Mentors
Dana Gold, MP of
SWPA
Tammy Tai,
MENTOR
Marissa Strayer Benton, December Warren,
Indiana MP
Mobius Mentors
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Good to Know…
After the webinar, all attendees receive:
 Instructions for how to access PDF of
presentation slides and webinar
recording
 Link to the Chronicle of EvidenceBased Mentoring where we:
• Post resources
• Keep the conversation going
Please help us
out by
answering
survey
questions at the
end of the
webinar.
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Participate in Today’s Webinar
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sound
Type questions and comments
in the question box
Respond to polls
Who is with us today?
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Birth of CMWS
• Stemmed from desire for continued dialogue in
mentoring field around
»Research
»Innovation
»Practice
• Developed as way to pool ideas and resources
among existing mentoring TA providers
Overview of 2012 CMWS
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12 webinars hosted
Average of 179 participants per webinar
Average of 4.1 out of 5 on attendee surveys
Core audience members were experienced
mentoring practitioners (~75% of attendees)
• Best attended topics: Closure & Training for
School Based Mentors (~400 attendees)
• Combined total of 3,469 registrations
2012 CMWS Topics
1. Cropping the Big Picture: 2011 Meta Analysis
2. Tips for Mentoring High Risk Youth
3. Innovative Matching Strategies
4. Youth Engagement & Service Learning
5. STEM Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities
6. Better Mentoring for LGBTQ Youth
7. Preview of the Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring
8. Training Mentors for Relationships within Schools
9. Importance of Closure
10. Research, Lessons Learned & Impact of P/PV
11. Mentoring Disconnected Youth
12. Social Media & National Mentoring Month
What worked or didn’t work for you?
Share your feedback via the following polls
and prompts
What worked or didn’t work for us!
• Mismatch of topic with
format
• Preference for
conversation vs. training
• Innovation didn’t always
work the way we
intended
Looking Ahead . . .
Use the chat box to
share some current
trends in mentoring
that are impacting
your program or
organization, either
positively or
negatively
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Looking Ahead: Future of CMWS
Supporting
Mentoring Programs
and Staff Through
Training and
Technical Assistance
Workshop @ the Summit
Our hopes for CMWS
1. Maintain pulse on
mentoring field
2. Continue to
educate/expose
field to research
3. Highlight rising
stars and
innovative and
best practices
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Passing the Torch:
MENTOR’s Support of CMWS
Through CMWS, MENTOR is excited to:
• Connect directly to the mentoring field at a
national level
• Create a sounding board of new ideas
around policy and programming
• Foster time- and cost-efficient shared
learning led by technical assistance
providers, with increased support from
Mentoring Partnerships
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Spirit of Collaborative Work
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Realistic Expectations
Consistency
Communication
Cooperation
Initiative
PATIENCE
Fun!
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Partnership with Chronicle
for Evidence-Based Mentoring
Great platform to ...
 Continue
conversations
 Stay tuned to
research
 Connect with
experts
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Future Webinars
Top 10 Suggested Topics
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Mentor recruitment
Training mentors
Match support, strategies
Managing and retaining
mentors
5. Peer to peer mentoring
6. Child safety
7. Creative funding sources
8. Social media platforms & apps
9. Continuing education for
mentors
10. Program evaluation/tracking
matches and statistics
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Remember…
After the webinar:
 Everyone will get an email with
information on how to download the
slides/recording
 Continue the conversation at the
Chronicle of Evidence-Based
Mentoring:
http://chronicle.umbmentoring.org/
Please help us
out by
answering
survey
questions at the
end of the
webinar.
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2013 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Sarah Kremer,
Friends for Youth
Michael Garringer,
Education Northwest
Polly Roach, MP of
Minnesota
Meghan Ferns,
Oregon Mentors
Dana Gold, MP of
SWPA
Tammy Tai,
MENTOR
Thank you for participating today!
Next Webinar is February 21, 2013
Topic TBD!
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