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Why Mentoring So Important

Why Mentoring So Important . Ralph Jones, DTM Mentoring Coordinator PENTAF Toastmasters, Club 2014/27. Overview. The BLUF Current Mentoring Program Importance Who Are Mentors/Mentees Four Phases Program Success Quotes Tools and Resources. The Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF). Mentoring

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Why Mentoring So Important

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  1. Why Mentoring So Important Ralph Jones, DTM Mentoring Coordinator PENTAF Toastmasters, Club 2014/27

  2. Overview • The BLUF • Current Mentoring Program • Importance • Who Are Mentors/Mentees • Four Phases • Program Success • Quotes • Tools and Resources

  3. The Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) • Mentoring • Helps Yourself • Helps Others • Helps Others to Help Themselves • Grows the Members • Grows the Membership • Grows the Club

  4. Current Mentor Program • Helps new members become comfortable with Toastmasters • Helps new members feel comfortable with the group • Important for at least the first three speeches • Important for all meeting duties and responsibilities

  5. Current Mentor Program • Vice-President for Education is the primarily responsible • Vice-President for Membership has collateral responsibility • Some clubs have a mentoring coordinator • Key success area for an achievement-oriented Club • Single point of failure for a dysfunctional Club

  6. Importance • A shared experience between mentor and mentee • Becoming a full successful Toastmaster is a marathon not a sprint • Best way for the training and education process to operate • Needed for both communication and leadership tracks

  7. Who Are Mentors/Mentees • Mentors are seasoned, professional, more experience Toastmasters • Recommend Competent Communicators and above • Advisors/Consultants to all members on all things Toastmastering • Mentees are all members, especially new members (Toastmasters Interns)

  8. Four Phases • Initiation • Recognized as Protégé • Protégé • Work recognized as product of mentor • Breakup • Protégé goes on course • Hopefully long lasting relationship remains • New Mentor Phase • Protégé becomes a mentor • Never severs ties with original mentor

  9. Program Success • Strengthens mentor, mentee, and Club • Sets mentee up for current and future successes • Great selling point to guests • Great retention tool for new members • Creates more defined and repeatable processes and procedures in the Club • Lessens dependence on Club “Heroes”

  10. Quotes • Mentoring teaches intangibles that become second nature • Sonny Jurgensen • Training plus experience equals confidence • Ralph Jones • I am a better coach than I am a player • Ralph Jones

  11. Tools and Resources • http://www.toastmasters.org/mentoramember • http://www.toastmasters.org/296 • http://www.toastmasters.org/ToastmastersMagazine/ToastmasterArchive/2011/January/Article/TheJoyofMentoring.aspx • http://www.toastmasters.org/1163 • http://www.d25toastmasters.org/members/mentor_program.htm • http://www.newhorizonstoastmasters.info/mentorprogram.asp • http://www.tmdistrict12.org/docs/Mentoring.pdf • For more information, please contact Ralph Jones, DTM, E-Mail domhob@verizon.net, Cell Phone: 703-475-3208

  12. Questions?

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