RE: Mentoring - The Mentor Project

some questions that come to mind --- both “how do you” but also “how could we”
set up a way for people to volunteer for and find appropriate technical help

we can jit.si or zoom or skype or speak on the phone 😊 

 

how do you vet the mentors?

* Background check
* Knowledge
* Not selling or advocating

 

How do you vet the mentees?

* Appropriate

 

How do you match the mentors to the mentees?

* Appropriateness to skill set / level

 

Ongoing

* How do you monitor the activities
* insure things are going well
* , deciding if you should step in

 

Ending

* Mentor quits
* Mentee graduates or quits

 

Mechanisms

* Telephone? Voice? Screen sharing
* Email only

 

Legal & Business

* Expenses and who pays
* liability

 

Is this the right model? In terms of

* Length of relationship
* Urgency or not

 

Alternatives

* message forum
* Reddit groups
* Facebook
* Others?

 

 

From: deborah heiser <dheiser@mentorproject.org> 
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 10:00 PM
To: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Mentoring - The Mentor Project

 

Sure.  

Our mentors can help.  We don’t just mentor kids, but can help with lateral mentorship as well - I can probably set up a team to help you.  

www.i-m-age.com <http://www.i-m-age.com> 

www.mentorproject.org <http://www.mentorproject.org> 

917-922-7307

TEDx 

Rethinking Aging: Mentoring a New Generation 

https://youtu.be/uSubiZf8JQo

 





On Mar 16, 2020, at 12:54 AM, Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org <mailto:LMM@acm.org> > wrote:

 

Give me a day or two to gather group feedback and have some questions in mind.

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From: Larry Masinter <masinter@gmail.com <mailto:masinter@gmail.com> > On Behalf Of Larry Masinter
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 9:02 PM
To: public-covid-19@w3.org <mailto:public-covid-19@w3.org> 
Subject: Another idea: a "Mentor Network" for people trying to go remote

 

A post asking for volunteers to help with mentoring kids     https://www.mentorproject.org/

 

Could we set up a registry of people willing to help others? Clearinghouse the experts who’ve done it?

To volunteer to help those who need technical help? Some kind of hotline?

 

Just a thought….. One of the problems with open/free/libre software is that installation, configuration, setup is difficult (for reasons I can get into…

--

LarryMasinter.net

 

 

 

From: deborah heiser <dheiser@mentorproject.org <mailto:dheiser@mentorproject.org> > 
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 9:28 PM
To: LMM@acm.org <mailto:LMM@acm.org> 
Subject: Mentoring - The Mentor Project

 

Hi -  

I just received your email message and I am happy to help to the best of my ability.  Do you have time to talk this week?  I have time tomorrow morning.  

 

Best,

 

Deborah Heiser,PhD

Founder, The Mentor Project

www.mentorproject.org <http://www.mentorproject.org> 

917-922-7307

TEDx 

Rethinking Aging: Mentoring a New Generation 

https://youtu.be/uSubiZf8JQo