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| Peer Resources' Mentor Program Listings |
| Peer Resources' comprehensive listing of sample mentor programs in businesses, schools, universities and communities. (While descriptions and general location information is provided with each description, detailed contact information is available only to members of the Peer Resources Network.) |
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| The Business Round Table |
| This organization specializes in guided mutual mentoring groups for small business owners. Entrepreneurs are placed in a group with about ten others and selected so that there are no conflicts of interest. Each participant agrees to a non-disclosure statement regarding anything discussed in the group. Each group meets once a month for about 3 hours. The members help each other solve problems, prevent mistakes and maximize their opportunites by tapping into the collective wisdom of the group. Fees vary depending upon location but typically are about $700 per year and groups are established in various cities in Canada. |
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| Co-Piloting Mentor Program |
| The Co-Piloting mentor program provides training for trainers for a mentoring program connecting adults with youth. They also provide workshops in the US and Canada on the topics of ODD and Strategies for working with angry youth. Call for more information on these workshops and for locations. |
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| e-mentoring.com |
| This organization provides assistance to businesses to develop mentoring programs. Their website includes downloads of Powerpoint mentoring presentations, a mentoring manual and CD, recommended books, articles, links, an FAQ and other resources for business mentoring. |
- Project Manager: Mark Collings
- 2 Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 300
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1H8
- Tel: (905) 949-0049 x 2347
- Fax: (905) 949-6004
- e-mentoring.com
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| Environment Canada Mentoring - A Valuable Alternative |
| (As of November, 1999 this site is off-line temporarily) This website offers comprehensive details about mentoring, its benefits, criteria for becoming a mentor or mentee, the roles and responsibilities of the mentor and mentee, steps to building an effective relationship, the importance of communication skills, creating a career development plan, how to set goals, what activities to engage in when meeting with a mentor, questions to ask a mentor, and establishing an action plan for future meetings. Clearly a blueprint for a successful mentor program with enough detail and flexibility to be customized for almost every setting. |
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| The Coaching and Mentoring Network (UK) |
| The Coaching and Mentoring Network is the leading independent resource in the United Kingdom dedicated to coaching and mentoring. The site contains a referral service for coaches and mentors, information about coaching and mentoring, including definitions and selection tips, information about resources and events and discussion forums for learning, sharing ideas and finding useful services and products. |
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| The California Mentor Foundation: A Child's Link to a Better Tomorrow |
| This organization is dedicated to providing mentors for youth. Although initiated as a way to attend to drug and alcohol prevention, the Foundation has as its primary focus the mandate to assist at-risk youth. They partner with the California Mentoring Initiative and provide conferences, grants, and other resources. |
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| The Mentor Forum |
| Provides a forum for people to learn and share experiences about mentoring. Talk to others interested or involved in mentoring, post details on their bulletin board about courses, talks, articles or new mentoring schemes. The site includes a full range of diverse mentoring environments, all with different objectives: small and large businesses in manufacturing, the service sector and financial services, ethnic minorities, the health sector, young offenders, education, women entrepreneurs and voluntary (community) schemes. Fact sheets on key issues in mentoring are available for free download on Evaluation, Gender, How to Find a Mentor, and Mentoring as a Driver for Change. Visitors can contribute their own writing. |
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| The Diversity Connection |
| Provides services to link qualified health professionals to each other and to job opportunities across the USA. Connects diverse individuals to leadership and mentoring programs in a variety of healthcare settings and serves as a job search database for minority management candidates in healthcare services. Candidates can log into and update their confidential résumé, network with other candidates through discussions, search for a mentor and peruse job openings. Employers seeking qualified minority candidates can post their open positions and search the abstracted database. |
- One North Franklin
- Chicago, IL 60606
- Tel: (800) 233-0996
- Fax: (312) 422-4566
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| DiversityInc.com |
| While not exclusively concerned with mentoring, this organization is an active advocate for mentoring and its website includes an online magazine with reports of many organizations such as Dun and Bradstreet, Aetna Healthcare, Fanniemae, Mercedes Benz, and others that have used mentoring to assist minority employees, retain top performers, and increase opportunities for youth. Diversity.com is an excellent source of news, information and commentary on the role of diversity in strengthening the corporate bottom line. |
- 34 Elizabeth Street, Suite 102
- Somerset, New Jersey 08873-1123
- Tel: (732) 764-5003
- Fax: (732) 764-0255
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| Mentor Leadership and Resource Network |
| An affiliate of the American Society for Curriculum and Development (ASCD), this organization promotes the mentoring and induction of new teachers by supporting mentors and mentoring programs in K-12 schools and in university teacher education programs. Provides many ideas and papers about mentoring teachers. |
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| Mentor Management Systems |
| Mentor Management Systems is a leader in the development and implementation of corporate and youth-based mentoring programs. They can assist any type of organization in the design of a new program or in the improvement of their existing efforts. Their staff has provided technical assistance to approximately 80 mentoring programs. They are affiliated with the Mentoring Coaltion of San Diego County and participate in the state of California youth mentoring initiatives. Fees are based on negotiations and client needs, but initial telephone consultation is typically free. |
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| CPSR Gender Page |
| Resources for mentoring women who want to enter into computer-related fields with links to the most current information and scholarship on gender and computing available online. Contact information: |
| CompuCorps Mentoring (Les Mentors de CompuCorps) |
| Provides assistance to Canadian charities by providing computer mentors and modern software tools. Also initiating a pilot project of Virtual Mentoring to help young Canadian interns on foreign aid projects to implement computer solutions internationally. |
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| FindaMentor.org |
| This organization provides a matching service in hundreds of categories. They provide a searchable database and persons seeking mentors or wanting to be mentors can leave ads about their interests. They also provide downloadable papers on mentoring topics and also provide a merchandising option for products associated with mentoring. The site can be accessed at no cost and additional services are available to persons who become members. A division of Novacom International Limited. |
Contact information: |
| MentorU.com Mentoring Network |
| A virtual mentoring community. Individuals can sign-up for mentoring from some of the leading experts and authors in motivation, business and goal achievement. The focus of the mentoring can be on personal growth, business development, technology, sales and marketing, making presentations, leadership or communications. They also provide a newsletter, online mentoring events, and other services. |
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| Mentoring for Change |
| Provides information on executive mentoring and coaching, values management and storytelling. Free quarterly newsletter available. |
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| MBA Mentors International |
| A mentor locating service for students in MBA programs (and others) who are seeking guidance from experienced professionals in business and management. The mentors associated with this service typically hold advanced degrees in their area of specialty and provide assistance with assignments, dissertations, and career support. |
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| Harvard Mentoring Project |
| This project is dedicated to using information and communication as a catalyst to increase the number of mentoring partnerships that exist in the United States between adults and youth. The campaign has been national in scope with partnerships created with all the major media outlets and networks. |
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| MentorGirls.org |
| The vision of this web-based organization is to provide an online destination where prospective and seasoned mentors can research numerous opportunities to contribute. By providing resource listings, their main objective is to inspire adult women to use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by becoming involved in community activism and by helping bridge the digital divide. MentorGirls.org is a place to find out how and where to help educate and empower girls and communities who need positive role models in evolving cyberculture. This website and their newsletter have received praise from K-12 classrooms, youth groups, computer technology centers, community leaders, and families. They also produce a seasonal newsletter, the MentorGirl Voice which highlights exceptional role models and their perspectives about mentoring and community activism. |
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| The Top References on Mentoring |
| A list of the most valuable, published works on mentoring. Updated regularily. Author, publisher e-mail or contact addresses provided along with direct links to gain reviews or purchase online. |
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| Preparing Future Faculty |
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Preparing Future Faculty is sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and is a collaborative effort of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Council of Graduate Schools. In consists of a national network of of 108 colleges and universities organized into 15 clusters led by a doctoral institution. Although each cluster of institutions has a different approach, they all provide graduate students with a a variety of opportunities to enhance their careers as academics. Most of the universities include mentoring with faculty as a primary strategy to develop career skills, attitudes, and professional experiences.
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| e-Mentoring Program for Kids
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| This site includes a number of career profiles provided by established and many well-known people. The number of different career profiles continues to increase and each one provides valuable information and encouragement for young people considering these career options. The profiles are very personal as they are prepared by a business person for kids and with personal advice on career preparation. |
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| Hard@Work |
| Includes a mentors lounge where authors, consultants, and others who drop by Hard@Work from time to time answer questions. You can also play "Stump the Mentor". |
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| Dare Mighty Things |
| Founded by David Van Patten in 1991 DMT assists organizations to launch self-sustaining initiatives such as mentoring projects that benefit high risk youth and adults. They specialize in the start-up of new social ventures and help with the research, design, and ideas for not-for-profit organizations. An example of one of their programs is the mentoring service they developed for the US National Guard. |
1000 Market Street, Building One, Suite 102
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
Tel: (603) 431-4331
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| Developmental Resources |
| After reviewing over 200 mentoring programs across the US, this organization created the Co-Piloting Mentor Program: A Comprehensive Approach for Mentoring Students (K-12). The program requires a minimum of 6 hours training with regular supervision meetings to provide support and follow-up training. The program includes a Leaders Guide and two mentor handbooks, one for mentoring children and one for mentoring adolescents. They provide national training workshops. To learn about their schedule, call the numbers below. They also provide free consultation to educators or others wanting to start a mentoring program and they provide information on related resources. |
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| Technical Peer Mentoring |
| Originally developed for Microsoft in 1991 to help engineers in delivering on-the-job training. Technical Peer Mentoring is a fast-paced training program that uses plain language and practical tools to develop communication skills. |
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| Kathleen Meadows, Ph.D. |
| Specializes in establishing mentor programs to build bridges between organizations and disenfranchised youth. Dr. Meadows has considerable experience training and supervising young people and other mentors to work with at-risk youth. |
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| Mentors Unlimited |
| This organization helps individuals and organizations design and administer mentor programs and provides training in mentoring and career development. They focus on schools and the workplace and provide assistance with recruitment, training, screening and matching, monitoring and support as well as evalaution. |
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| Mentoring Rose |
| This mentoring service, headed by Dr. Claudia Rose, specializes in empowering women to liberate the leader within her and help organizations to support and retain professional women who are reaching for their goals. Dr. Rose has spent the last 10 years working as a social worker, counselor, and administrator with families in crises. In her new book, Rebecca's Legacy: Embracing Ancestors as Your Mentors, she reveals how anyone, no matter how dire their circumstances, can transform their life. |
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| Canton Associates |
| Provides intensive seminars on developing mentoring programs in higher education. Dr. Marcia Canton is the President of this organization and specializes in assisting new and existing mentor program coordinators and adminstrators to develop or improve their programs |
- 437 Buel Avenue
Pacifica, CA 94044-3203
- Toll-Free: (800) 486-0496
- Tel: (650) 355-0496
- Fax: (650) 355-1747
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| Leader Tips |
| This site is dedicated to pastors, church leaders, and the administration and board members of Christian organizations. The creator of this site, Dr. Barrie Palfreyman is a specialist in mentoring with Christian organizations and provides seminars and workshops for persons and groups interested in starting or maintaining mentoring programs. |
- 21412 - 86 Avenue
Langley, B.C. V1M 1Z7
- Tel: (604) 513-2044
- Fax: (604) 513-2045
- e-mail: barrie@home.com
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| Mentor U.com Mentoring Network |
| A virtual mentoring community. Individuals can sign-up for mentoring and information from some of the leading experts and authors in motivation, business and goal achievement. The focus of the mentoring can be on personal growth, business development, technology, sales and marketing, making presentations, leadership or communications. They also provide a newsletter, online mentoring events and other products and services. |
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| Mentorship Partners Program |
| Promotes and facilitates mentoring and coaching in the Organization Development (OD) and training fields. Site includes Mentorship University, a Directory of Mentors and Coaches, a Directory of OD Internships, a Mentors and Coaches Bibliography, and a Regional Network forum. |
71 Valley Street Ste 301
South Orange, New Jersey
07079-2825
Tel: (973) 763-7337
Fax: (973) 763-7488
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| Creative Mentoring |
| Creative Mentoring supports in-school mentoring programs in over 60 schools in Delaware. They provide training to volunteer in-school mentors as well as help schools, in and out of Delaware, design and implement in-school mentoring programs. As of June 2001 they have trained 2700 mentors. Available publications include their award-winning mentor training manual, a technical assistance workbook on designing and implementing a site based mentoring program (adult to youth), and materials for mentors and their mentees to use together. |
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 Electronic Emissary |
| In operation since February of 1993, the Emissary is a service that matches K-12 teachers and students and helps them locate experts in different disciplines for the purpose of setting up curriculum-based, electronic exchanges among the teachers, their students, and the experts. Several examples of projects are listed on their website. |
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| Leadership Development Services |
| One of the top authors of mentoring books, Dr. Lois Zachary, is the principal of this organization, which in addition to helping organizations establish mentoring programs also offers an e-mail "Ask a Mentor" service and monthly tips on mentoring. They also provide other types of leadership development seminars.
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| Mentor Consortium Inc |
| This is organization consists of a group of professionals who have created a mentor referral network where mentors can be located for business, career and personal growth. In addition they provide details about potential speakers and trainers and their site includes tips and ideas from experts about various business practices.
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| The Mentoring Group |
| The Mentoring Group is one of the oldest mentoring, consulting and publishing organizations in the world, according to Dr. Linda Phillips-Jones, the Principal Consultant. Their clients include hundreds of corporations, universities, and other non-profit agencies. Their mission is to help individuals and organizations worldwide provide mentoring that makes a positive difference in people's lives. They provide free tips each month on their website for mentors, mentees, and people interest in mentoring. They also offer an Archive of some of their most popular past columns and they provide customized workshops, seminars, and train-the-trainer packages for organizations.
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| Merryck & Co. |
| This organization, founded and led by David Carter, specializes in CEO business mentoring with a focus on an improvement in profits, an improvement in performance, and an improvement in personal development. They have created an Inventory of Tools which provides each mentor and client with a uniform and standardized toolkit to achieve the improvement goals. While primarily based in Great Britian they hope to expand to a world-wide operation. Also associated with Business Mentors International.
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| MMHA - The Managers Mentors Inc. |
| Founded in 1974, MMHA is an international team of professionals, led by Margo Murray, dedicated to total quality and results in organizations as well as the productivity of self-directed people. MMHA is recognized internationally as a leader in the application of criterion-referenced, job-specific performance systems and skills development and the implementation of facilitated mentoring process. MMHA is committed to excellence in delivered services, and to obtaining measured results through collaborative client and consultant efforts.
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| The Menttium Corporation |
| This company, established in 1991, provides training and products for mentor programs, including one-on-one mentoring and group mentoring. |
- www.menttium.com
- Menttium Corporation
8009 34th Avenue South, Suite 1350
Minneapolis, MN 55425
- TEL: (612) 814-2600 or (800) 863-5127
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| Partners in Practice |
| This organization is dedicated to increasing the quality of early childhood practitioners in Canada through the use of the Partners in Practice Mentoring Model, which is based on a reflective practitioner approach. Training and resources are provided to persons involved in the early childhood field and applications are available through the Internet |
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| The Institute for Corporate Environmental Mentoring |
| A program that connects large companies with outstanding environmental records to smaller companies that want to improve their environmental performance. The Institute includes a group of recognized corporate environmental leaders who have developed solutions to environmental problems and are interested in providing business-to-business mentoring to companies within their supply chain, industry sector or community. Some of the tools the Institute uses include: Annual Forums, a Mentor Center Website; and a Community College Course and Mentoring Program.
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| The Early Childhood Mentoring Alliance |
| Provides support, resources, and training for mentoring programs at the local, state, and national levels for persons involved in early childhood programs. Their long-term goal is to retain high quality early childhood teachers. A curriculum is available for mentors and mentor trainers and addresses principles of mentoring programs, peer coaching and other mentoring skills, building strong mentor relationships, diversity in early childhood settings, and mentors as leaders and advocates for quality early care and education. |
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| Ask the Employer.com |
| Ask the Employer is an innovative E-mentoring career advancement site where registrants can search for an online mentor, or sign up to become a professional mentor. The site also offers career advice, job-hunting tips and small business information. |
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| Hewlett-Packard Telementoring Project |
| Hewlett-Packard employees offer the HP E-mail Mentor Program to 5th-12th grade students and teachers with a focus to help students excel in math and science. |
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| TeleMentoring Young Women
Project |
| Sponsored by the Education Development Center, the TeleMentoring Project matches young women considering science as a career with female scientists and scholars who participate in telementoring. |
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| Tele-Mentoring over the Net |
This comprehensive guide is arranged in three parts:- Telementoring Resources
- Examples of Telementoring Projects and
- Design Issues in Creating Telementoring Programs
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| International Telementoring Center |
| Located at the Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education at the Colorado State University (CSMATE), this non-profit facilitates electronic mentoring relationships between professional adults and students worldwide. By forming a network of partners, they expect to serve at least 10,000 students by the year 2003. |
- www.telementor.org/
- 3919 Benthaven Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80526
- Direct Voice: (970) 206-9352
- Voicemail: (888) 453-0635 (toll free)
- Fax: (888) 453-0635 (toll free)
- e-mail: David Neils, Director
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| Centre for Paired Learning
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| This British, university-based organization develops and researches tutoring systems for peer, parent and volunteer tutoring in school, university, professional and commercial settings. Contact information: |
| MentorNet |
| A nation-wide electronic mentoring program linking students at 25 different universities with industry professionals. Sponsored by The National Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science, College of Engineering, San Jose State University. Contact information: |
| Women's Executive Network |
An e-mentoring program that matches girls aged 16-19 with members of the Women's Executive Network to provide role models and help with career decision making. A unique feature of this service is that girls are asked to write an essay on why they want a mentor in order to be considered for matching. Contact information:- www.wxnetwork.com
- Ilana Levin (Research Coordinator)
- Women's Executive Network
155 University Avenue, Suite 1240
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7
- Tel: (416) 361-1475
- Fax: (416) 361-1652
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| the shelf.com |
| A variety of resources for team leaders and human resources professionals, including a mentoring guide and other instant expertise documents. Materials can be downloaded from this site and while many are free, some, such as the Mentoring Guide, require a fee. A free monthly newsletter is available. Contact information: |
| Center for Coaching and Mentoring |
| An experienced consultant, Dr. Matt Starevich, provides support, resources, and assessment tools for mentoring, coaching, and organizational interventions. The site provides (1) a number of free quizzes useful for leadership qualities, (2) tools to help mentors and their partners assess their relationship and examine their learning preferences; (3) articles on key topics such as the difference between mentoring and coaching; (4) surveys on current topics such as reverse mentoring; (5) results from previous surveys; and (6) an opportunity to win (or purchase) a practical and inexpensive handbook that includes exercises and worksheets for mentors and partners to establish and sustain their relationship. Contact information: |
| The Center for Excellence in Education Mentorship |
| The Center for Excellence in Education is arranging mentorships for the benefit of Research Science Institute (RSI) alumni and Role Models and Leaders Project (RMLP) participants. This new program will start inNovember 1998. Experienced RSI alumni will advise younger RSI alumni and RMLP participants on careers, fields of study, and/or appropriate degrees, choosing an appropriate undergraduate or graduate school, helpful internships and preparatory work experiences, and further sources of relevant information. Contact information: |
| VolunteerMatch |
| This site allows potential mentors or partners to search an online database of volunteer opportunities by zip code, distance, date, and category. Users who find an opportunity that fits their schedule and interest can sign up immediately via an online form. The opportunities are posted to the site directly by local organizations, so amount and variety can vary significantly by locale. Additional resources at the site include a searchable nonprofit directory and a list of virtual volunteering opportunities. Contact information:
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| Perrone-Ambrose Associates, Inc. |
| A leader in business mentoring programs, Perrone-Ambrose Associates has followed an organization development model for more than 26 years. Their Coaching and Mentoring programs have been used by businesses and organizations throughout North America and Europe. Public workshops on systems and skills are now being offered to widely varying industries. User friendly books and guides available. Upcoming workshops include Establishing a Mentoring System in Your Organization and Sharpening Mentoring Skills. For the latest schedule contact:
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| The Private Industry Council |
The Private Industry Council (PIC) is a non-profit organization in Rochester, Minnesota serving ten counties. Its mission is to help individuals become economically independent. Clients include dislocated workers, older workers,
youth and people receiving economic assistance. In addition to job search and training, the PIC is also helping employers in SE Minnesota start on-site mentoring programs, training mentors and training trainers to train mentors. In January, 2000 the Rural Welfare Reform Strategies Project chose the employer-based mentoring project as one of three top ten best practices in Minnesota. This service is limited to employers in SE Minnesota on a fee-basis. Contact information:
- Janine Kay Till, Mentor Program Development Coordinator
- 300 11th Avenue SW
Rochester, Minnesota
55992
- Tel: (507) 292-5167
- Fax: (507) 529-2716
- E-mail: jtill@semnpic.org
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| The National Mentoring Center |
This organization provides training and conferences for mentor program development, technical assistance and a variety of publications all focused on strengthening mentoring programs for youth. Created and funded by the US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The services are provided in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Public/Private Ventures, and Information Technology International. Contact information:
- Dr. Kay Davis, Director
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
101 SW Main Street Suite 500
Portland, Oregon
97204
- Tel: (800) 547-6339 or (503) 275-0135
- E-mail: mentorcenter@nwrel.org
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Corporate Mentoring Solutions
(formerly The Mentoring Institute) |
This organization provides services and materials for planning and designing formal mentoring programs as well as selecting and matching mentors and proteges. They also provide training, follow-up and evaluation. Considerable experience in developing mentor programs for business, schools, and industry. Creators of the Mentor Style Indicator and other instruments. Contact information:
- Corporate Mentoring Solutions
- 11316 Ravenscroft Place
Sidney, British Columbia
Canada V8L 5R4
- Tel: (250) 655-0324 or (877) 955-0314
- Fax: (250) 655-0314
- E-mail: solutions@mentoring.ws
- www.mentoring.ws
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| Career Systems International Mentworking |
| A unique combination of traditional mentoring and networking that fosters a climate of supportive relationships among people at any and every level of an organization. Works well in conjunction with one-on-one mentoring, but is primarily a group mentoring approach. Developed by Beverly Kaye, the program includes excellent written materials, orientation seminars, facilitators guide, executive briefings, and a database system for matching mentors and mentees. Contact information: |
| The Mentoring Institute (St. Louis) |
A service-based organization, which is part of Big Brothers/Big Sisters designed to support both youth and adult mentoring and youth development programs. They provide technical assistance (program development, program administration, program evaluation, volunteer screening, and client assessment); training and education (including tele/video conferences and seminars as well as on-site); and resources and support. The produce a quarterly journal on mentoring. Subscriptions are included in memberships at different levels are available for a fee. Contact information:
- The Mentoring InstituteSM.
- 4625 Lindell Blvd., Suite 520
St. Louis, MO
63108
- Tel: (888) 361-9450
- Fax: (314) 361-4484
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| Management Mentors |
| This Boston based organization specializes in mentoring programs for industry, profit, non-profit, financial, manufacturing, insurance, health care, food services and others. They provide a number of publications for sale including The Mentoring and Coaching Skills Audit, The Mentors 2000 Bulletin, A Training Manual for Mentoring Relationships, Links: A Self Guide for Finding Your Own Mentor, and A Resource Guide for Program Leaders.Their website also briefly describes a nine step mentoring program for employees. Contact information:
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| Kinematic Pty. Ltd |
| Provides a training program, Mastering Mentoring, where participants learn the Mentor paradigm, the skills and attitudes necessary for mentoring, the Alignment Plus model for mentoring, and techniques to add value to the organization as a whole. Also provides training for youth mentoring to teachers, police, and other interested community members. |
- Contact: Leigh Kibby
- PO Box 348
Rosanna, Victoria 3084
Australia
- TEL: +61 3 9458 5422
- FAX: +61 3 9458 5433
- e-mail: info@kinematic.com.au
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| The Growth Connection |
| The Growth Connection operates as a network of consultants who share values, expertise and know-how to provide the best possible support to clients. All associates manage their own consultancies and are known individually for their leading edge thinking and skills. Their expertise includes Mentoring, Organisational Change, Developing Learning Organisations, Strategic Planning, Evaluation of HR systems, Training and Recruitment, Customer Service Programs, Total Quality systems, Learning and Development Needs Analysis, Performance Management Systems, Design of Development Programs, Leadership, Career Development, Diversity Management, and Work and Family. Their website also includes a newsletter and tips on effective mentoring. |
- Contact: Imogen Wareing (Founder and Director)
- Suite 2, 105 Mowbray Road
Willoughby, Sydney 2068
NSW, Australia
- TEL: +61 2 9967 2300
- FAX: + 61 2 9967 2311
- e-mail: iwareing@growconnect.com.au
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| Pivot Person Marketing Pty Ltd |
| This organization specializes in helping women managers gain senior management roles. They provide an internal 6 month program with training and evaluation to create mentor cultures with access to senior managers. Mentor workshops are held on a regular basis for HR personnel, academic institutions and company and government organizations. Assessment and matching of coaches and mentors is done regularly. The principal for this company, Bonnie McKenzie, is a clinical and organizational psychologist who completed and published a five year research project on mentoring, Friends In High Places. |
- Contact: Bonnie C. McKenzie
- GPO Box 651
Sydney, New South Wales 1043
Australia
- TEL: +61 2 9818 8652
- FAX: +61 2 9221 4756
- e-mail: Gadens@msn.com.au
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| Change Management Associates |
| This organization is headed by Wayne Townsend, a Level III Certified National Trainer/Consultant (Canada) and certified by the Ontario Society for Training and Development. CMA specializes in mentoring, teacher-advisor training for schools, and peer helping. |
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| Charney & Associates |
| Charney & Associates Inc. designs customized mentoring programs for organizations. They also provide workshops for management, mentors and
protégés aimed at giving them the enthusiasm, skills and support to make the process successful.
Charney has also created a unique system of self-directed learning - called Peer Mentoring - which enables self-directed learners to create their own curriculum and teach each other one topic at a time as regularly scheduled meetings. The system has been successfully implemented in organizations around the world. Its uniqueness is that it transfers ownership to the learner, not only for learning, but also for using the skills. |
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| Life by Design |
| Business and Individual mentoring focused on helping the small business owner, corporate executive and business professionals become more effective and successful and provide the right balance in their life. Gary Trabucco, co-founder and partner, provides a free service to small business owners wanting to start a business or improve their existing one. He works with corporate executives and managers desiring to be more effective leaders. He also mentors business professionals that want to become more competitive and find balance in their lives and works with individuals making career/life transitions including retirement. Often provides free mentoring service, but some business owners pay a fee. |
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| Life Mentoring |
| A site dedicated to providing the best thoughts of the greatest thinkers, philosophies and religions for inspiration and motivation, as well as practical tips from contemporary mentors, coaches, consultants, motivators, healers for a meaningful day-to-day life. The developer of this site, Dieter Langenecker, also provides workshops on Personal Leadership: Meaning, Visions and Goals |
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| Rochester Alliance Promoting Science Mentoring |
| The general purpose of this project is to reach out to fifth and sixth graders to sustain their interest in the sciences, expose them to the opportunities and careers that are available, and to provide them with positive role models and mentors in science. Contact information: |
| Canadian Youth Business Foundation Mentoring Program |
| A province by province list of mentoring resources available in Canada created by the Canadian Youth Business Foundation. Their website provides a section where experts discuss mentoring issues and visitors can ask questions and read what others have asked. They also provide articles on mentoring, and every two weeks, stories about mentoring relationships or other relevant material on mentoring are available. There is a library of information and links to various relevant reading material, a resource bank for addresses and links to mentoring resources and information about the CYBF Mentor Program. Another section of their website enables visitors to talk to others with similar interests, look for possible mentors and enjoy a live chat. |
- www.cybf.ca
- Canadian Youth Business Foundation
1404 - 123 Edward Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1E2
- Tel: (800) 464-2923 est 2101
- Fax: (416) 408-3234
- E-mail: info@cybf.ca
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| Tutor/Mentor Connection |
| An organization dedicated to sharing all that is known about successful tutor/mentor programs, stimulating such programs for Chicago-area youth, and providing a conference and newsletter to help keep others informed, current, and skilled. |
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| Horizon Leadership |
| This organization provides businesses with four different mentoring competencies: need assessment, program development, mentor training, and effectiveness enhancement. Programs are tailored to sustain mentor success. They also publish an attractive, useful newsletter available at no charge. |
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| Shorwood Associates |
| Shorwood Associates provides consultation and tools to help organizations implement successful mentoring programs. Tools include diagnostic assessments to provide a vehicle for facilitating chemistry in the mentor-protege partnership, guides and workbooks for orientation and a step-by-step process to develop and expand selected skills. Shorwood also provides workshops on mentor program implementation |
- www.shorwood.com/
- E-mail
- 105 Lexington Road, Unit 17
Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4R7
- Tel: (519) 886-8876
- Fax: (519) 886-9218
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| STARTech Mentor Network |
| STARTech is a high-tech business accelerator or business incubator. Their experts work with startup companies in the early stages to develop their business plans and mature their enterprise until they receive first round funding. STARTech also assists startups with professional expertise through our extensive network of stakeholders, mentors, and entrepreneurial organizations. They have offices in both Richardson and Austin, Texas. |
- www.startech.org/
- PO Box 832047
Richardson, Texas 75083-2047
- Tel: (214) 576-9800
- Fax: (214) 576-9849
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| Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. |
| A national, non-profit organization formed in 1986 to raise esteem for teaching, expand the pool of prospective teachers, and improve US teacher recruitment and development policies and practices, including an emphasis on mentoring. |
- www.rnt.org/
- 385 Concord Avenue Suite 103
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478
- Tel: (617) 489-6000
- Help Line (617) 489-6407
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| One to One! The National Mentoring Partnership |
| Their goal is to involve 2 million children in responsible mentoring relationships by the year 2000 by creating and sustaining partnerships (with the United Way and the National Mentoring Working Group among others), implementing public education and policy initiatives, and developing and distributing mentoring products. One of these products is an excellent pamphlet available at no charge detailing the Elements of Effective Mentoring Practice. They also provide resources on screening, managing risk, and other fact sheets. |
- www.mentoring.org
- Multiple locations across the U.S.
- 2801 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
- Tel: (202) 338-3844
- Fax: (202) 338-1642
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| Workforce Development, Inc. |
| This organization provides training for employers who wish to develop mentoring
programs and train their employees on how to become effective mentors. The have found that employers who have developed mentoring programs in the area are recognizing a significant return on their investment. This low-cost approach to employee retention and development is becoming a successful strategy for more and more employers as they integrate new employees including immigrants into their workplaces and attempt to retain their existing staff. Workforce Development provides a "How to Develop Successful Mentoring Behaviors", which is a 4 hour workshop designed for employees who are interested in becoming workplace mentors and supervisors and trainers who are interested in developing their employees. Participants learn the basic skills of mentoring and how to set the stage for a mentoring relationship. Each participant receives a copy of the book Mentoring by Gordon F. Shea, which serves as the basis for this workshop. Dates for the workshop are April 4, June 6 and August 8, 2002 and runs from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. They also provide a workshop on "How to Develop a Successful Mentoring Program", which is a 4 hour workshop on program development. Participants learn the key elements of a mentoring program and how to set up one at their place of business. Each participant receives a copy of Workforce Development Inc.'s "Pilot Mentoring Program Handbook: A Guide to Developing an Employer-Based Mentoring Program" that lays the foundation for program development. This workshop is scheduled for May 9, July 11, 2002 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
- www.workforcedevelopment.ws
- Workforce Development, Inc.
- 1016 Civic Center Drive
Rochester, MN 55901
- Tel: (507) 292-5167
- Toll-Free: (800) 543-5627
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| The School Experience Newsletter |
| School Experience is a newsletter focusing on issues connected to mentoring, training of mentors and the school-based component of teacher training courses. However, it also deals with teacher development and mentoring is emphasized as one of the best ways for both pre-service and in-service teacher development. Mentors can usually act as agents of change in the school fostering their colleagues and student teachers professional development. The online version of the newsletter is free and the site includes many interesting papers on mentoring from previous conferences on the role of the mentor in teacher development, written in English by authors from Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Bulgaria. |
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| The European Mentoring Centre |
| The European Mentoring Centre promotes mentoring in business, education and the community at large. It brings together practitioners, researchers and institutions internationally to explore and foster best practice. Their website includes a definition of mentoring, a list of benefits, a library and bibliography of resources and publications, an opportunity to join online conferences and become a member of the organization.
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| EXCELL Executive Leadership Exchange |
| A firm based in the Northwest United States that provides services to the chief executive officers of profit driven organizations. Their purpose is to help CEO's draw upon the collective training and experience of a group of peers in a confidential, non-competitive environment. The CEO's have no vested interest in the outcome of their discussion and support other than to receive the same in turn. They provide as part of their program and environment half-day presentations on real time subjects of immediate interest and concern to the group members. These subjects cover the entire scope of business subjects, and they seek out individuals and firms to do these presentation pieces. |
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| Clutterbuck Associates Mentoring Schemes |
| This British consulting firm helps corporate and community clients design and sustain mentoring schemes including mentor selection and matching, devising selection criteria, defining roles and responsibilities, setting evaluation criteria and review dates, and ensuring the mentoring scheme is compatible with other initiatives. They also provide training for mentors and mentees and they help design and implement evaluation measures. |
- emc@item.co.uk
- David Clutterbuck CA Mentoring Schemes
- Burnham House
Burnham
Bucks Sl1 7JZ, England
- Tel: 01628 661 667
- Fax: 01628 604 882
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| The Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring |
| Provides work-based learning and development programmes for individuals wishing to improve their skills and techniques to become proficient coaches and mentors. |
- Eric Parsloe, Director
- Regus House
7200 The Quorom
Oxford OX4 2JZ, England
- Tel: 01865 481442
- e-mail: eric@oscm.co.uk
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| Alison Young and Associates |
| Provides work-based learning and development programmes for individuals wishing to improve their skills and techniques to become proficient coaches and mentors. |
- Alison Young
- e-mail: alison@hampton2.demon.co.uk
- 24 Buckingham Road
Hampton
Middelsex TW12 3JG, England
- Tel: 020 8941 5768
- Fax: 020 8941 9039
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| Virtual Volunteering Project |
| The Virtual Volunteering Project provides a list of resources available for online mentoring and online tutoring programs, including materials to help with online safety issues. They also provide detailed listing of existing online mentoring programs. In collaboration with the National Mentoring Partnership they strive to be the central location for all online mentoring and tutoring best practices for programs that involve online volunteers. All information and products are available at no cost including a monthly newsletter. |
- www.serviceleader.org/vv/
- Virtual Volunteering Project (Eric Opiela)
- RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service
The University of Texas at Austin
LBJ School of Public Affairs
PO Box Y
Austin, TX 78713
- Tel: (512) 495-4416
- e-mail: vv@serviceleader.org
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| Yellowbrick |
| Provides consulting for organizations wishing to design and implement their own mentoring or coaching program. Offers a number of seminars including: Designing and Implementing an Effective Mentoring or Coaching Program and one of the most comprehensive workbooks: The Complete Guide to Mentoring - a 567 page workbook covering everything necessary to design and implement a mentoring or coaching program in any organization. Available by download or by mail.
Yellowbrick concentrates on employee development, orientation, retention and mentoring / coaching. Workshops and seminars are leading-edge, practical, and results-oriented. A full schedule of workshops as well as fees for services and materials is available on the Yellowbrick website.
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- www.deliverthepromise.com/
- Les McKeown
President and CEO
- 21 Mariner Circle, Suite 102
Tiburon, CA
94920
- Tel: (415) 789-5014
- Fax: (253) 736-0328
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