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MENTOR helping in President Obama's call to service
8/14/2009
MENTOR, a founding partner of America’s Promise Alliance, has joined with other national nonprofit organizations in aggregating volunteer service opportunities that will support the President and First Lady Obama's United We Serve campaign for volunteerism.
Launched in June, United We Serve encourages Americans to get involved this summer in volunteer activities that will make their communities better places to live. The campaign will culminate September 11, which has been designated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, to commemorate victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
MENTOR's database of mentoring opportunities is being featured so that potential volunteers can find quality mentoring programs at www.serve.gov — the hub for United We Serve — in addition to visiting www.mentoring.org. Other nonprofits with volunteer databases that are being featured include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Idealist, Network for Good, United Way and VolunteerMatch.
This wealth of information has been organized by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Google, Facebook and the Craigslist Foundation into a new online volunteer recruiting tool called All for Good. In addition, All for Good offers tool kits to help people organize projects, such as creating a community garden or conducting a home energy audit.
"We wanted to be part of the United We Serve effort so we can reach even more potential mentors," said MENTOR Chief Administrative Officer Tonya Wiley. "By being able to feature our database of quality mentoring programs with a wider audience, we may appeal to Americans who might not have visited our Web site. This will be a win for everyone involved, especially children and our communities."
To learn more about United We Serve, go to www.serve.gov. For more information about All for Good, go to www.allforgood.org. And, to learn more about mentoring, visit www.mentoring.org.
Alright, so you want more out of life. You want to achieve this craze people call “success.” Well, here’s the secret that everyone has been leaving out. You need mentors in your life to take you to the places you want to go!!!
Why do you need mentors? Well, it’s simple. Mentors cause you to change, or stretch yourself to new limits not known before. They also give you a larger vision for your life than you can see for yourself. Mentors help to encourage you and believe in you, when you can’t believe in yourself. But most importantly, a mentor has already achieved what it is that you want to achieve and can walk you down a proven path to your success.
The first thing you need to understand is that there are two types of mentors: direct and in-direct. In-direct mentors are people you may not have access to personally, such as Bill Gates. However, you can still be mentored by these individuals through books, audios, seminars or any information you can gather about how they achieved their successes.
On the other hand you have direct mentors. These are people you can actually set down and schedule a time to meet with them. This is the most effective method of mentoring because you get to see the mentor in action. You should take advantage of both methods with your main focus on direct mentoring.
Let’s focus on direct mentoring. Different people have different strengths. Choose the strengths of different people to build the qualities in your life you want to enhance. Find individuals who have already accomplished your purpose. Make sure they are available and accessible.
Now, here is the most important part of being mentored that a lot of people miss. You have to know how to find help from your mentor. If you are not prepared for your time with your mentor, you are wasting your time. If you don’t know what you wantfrom your mentor, you will never know if you are progressing or not.
Attached is a mentoring sheet that you should study and use with every one of your mentors. This sheet will tell you exactly how to get the most out of your time with your mentor. Remember, a mentor is the most important ingredient for success that you can have in your life. Work hard, stay focused, get mentored and have fun!!!
Action Plan:
1. List 2 priorities in your life that you would like to be mentored on (ex: physical, spiritual, social, relationships, work).
2. Find 2 direct and in-direct mentors for each priority.
3. Set up a time to visit with each mentor.
4. Fill out your agenda
5. Take action on the knowledge from each meeting.
Agenda:
What do I need to learn?
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What do I need to hear from my mentor?
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What do I need to feel as a result of the time we spent together?
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What action am I going to take on the information I attained?
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Last thing to do is find out when you can meet again.
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