Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A superficial Pathways project: Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 2 of the Pathways educational program from Toastmasters International has a mandatory project titled Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring, which can be downloaded here. It discusses the roles of the mentor and protégé, that mentoring can be virtual, and the differences between mentoring and coaching. But it is rather superficial, implying (as shown above) that the process just involves a more experienced mentor and an inexperienced protégé (aka mentee).

 

The mentor gets a Mentor Assignment Notice (Item 1163C, 11/2018) which you can find here.

 

Toastmaster magazine has lots of useful articles about mentoring, which add additional useful information not in that introductory Pathways project. For example, since over two decades ago there also has been a variation known as reverse mentoring. Back in May 2014 John Cadley had quipped that:

 

“If you’ve ever had to ask a 6-year-old how to work your smartphone, you’ve been reverse mentored.”

 

Here is a list of authors and titles for 21 magazine articles from the last decade (and one from Leadership Central). For those posted at the magazine web site I have included a link. Others can be viewed by downloading the .pdf file for an issue and looking at the listed page numbers.   

 

Karen Ince, September 2021: Page 11 - The advantages of an atypical mentorship

 

Jennifer Blanck, February 2021: Pages 14 and 15 - The value of virtual connections

 

Stanley Aruyaru, October 2020: Pages 20 and 21 - Mentorship in Toastmasters and Medicine

 

Deepak Menon, November 2019: Page 2 - Magical Mentoring

 

(Not identified), April 2019 at Leadership Central - Happy mentoring!

 

Dana LaMon, April 2018: Pages 20 and 21 - The meaning of good mentoring

 

Bill Brown, February 2018: Page 15 - Finding the Ideal Mentor

 

Mitch Mirkin, September 2017: Pages 12 and 13 - UCLA Mentor Steve Yu

 

Jennifer L. Blanck, December 2016: Page 29 - Online Mentoring

 

Jim Kokocki, December 2015: Page 2 - What does mentorship look like?

 

Alex Malley, May 2015: Page 14 - My top five tips for the budding mentor

 

Kristen Marble, May 2015: Page 15 - The two-way street of mentorship

 

Paul Sterman, September 2015: Page 28 - Mentoring Matters

 

Caren Neile, October 2014: Pages 26 and 27 - E.J. Burgay: A mentor to remember

 

Julie Bawden-Davis, May 2014: Pages 16 to 19 - Harness the power of mentoring

 

John Cadley, May 2014: Page 30 - Be a mentor!

 

Jennifer Przbylo and Nina Vasan, October 2013: Page 21 - How to be a great mentor

 

Jennifer L. Blanck, May 2013: Pages 16 to 19 - The many dimensions of mentoring

 

Aletta Rochat, May 2012: Pages 28 and 29 - Anyone can be a mentor

 

Bob Calandra, October 2011: Pages 14 and 15 - The benefits of mentoring

 

Maureen Zappala, July 2011: Pages 16 to 18 - Intergenerational collaboration

 

Bob Armstrong, January 2011: Pages 14, 15, 23 - The joy of mentoring

 

There also is a collection of Meet My Mentor articles here.

 


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