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Previous Community Forums

Mentoring Immigrant and Refugee Youth
The forum discussed research, program practices, and successful strategies for working with diverse populations of immigrant and refugee youth.

Mentor Recruitment: Strategies to Increase the Effectiveness of Recruitment Campaigns
Discussion and resources on the importance of target messages as part of a recruitment campaign, male mentor recruitment, recruiting from the corporate sector and collaboration strategies. Forum was held in collaboration with Tutor/Mentor Connection.

Mentor Recruitment: Strategies and Resources
Information and resources on strenghtening mentor recruitment in youth mentoring programs. Discussion topics include starting a workplace mentoring program, recruiting mentors for community-based programs and tips for marketing your program to increase community awareness.

Mentoring in Faith-Based Communities
Overview of the challenges facing mentoring program from faith-based communities and best practices to overcome them. Forum topics include: mentoring children of prisoners, recruiting people to answer the call to mentor a young person and building partnerships with community groups.

Cross-Race vs. Same Race Matching
Overview of research on Cross-Race Matching versus Same-Race Matching; how to support those matches and a discussion on the successes and challenges of increasing the number of mentors from minority groups.

Getting your Message Heard: Understanding Nonprofit Marketing
Forum discussions include marketing basics, developing a marketing plan, setting marketing goals, best practices and building awareness of your program online.

Issues Affecting Rural Mentoring Programs
Forum discussions include best practices on successful mentor recruitment strategies; information on training, retention and support of Mentors; how to establish and maintain parnterships; activities for mentor/mentee matches and program evaluation.

Implementing the Elements of Effective Practice into your Mentoring Program
Includes an overview of the updated Elements; information and resources on Program Planning and Design, highlights of best practices in Program Management, strategies to ensure smooth and effective Program Operations and guidelines and tools for conducting Program Evaluations. Check out the updated Elements

Risk Management for Mentoring Programs
Topics include screening mentors, criminal background checks, MENTOR's new pilot program, SafetyNET--which provides FBI background checks and information on liability issues facing nonprofits.

E-Mentoring: Creating New Ways to Connect
Topics include how to develop and implement an e-mentoring program, various formats and models for e-mentoring, working with special populations, nurturing relationships via e-mentoring, new software for E-Mentoring Program, Mentors Online and building partnerships with schools, businesses and community-based organizations.

Mentor Recruitment: Attracting and Connecting New Volunteers
Topics include mentor recruitment for school based programs, wholesale recruitment in the corporate sector, marketing efforts to recruit male mentors and a mentor recruitment campaign, Mentor Get Mentor.

Sustaining and Energizing Your Volunteers: Mentor Retention
Topics include: Mentor Orientation and Training, Support and Supervision for Mentors and Mentor Recognition.

E-Mentoring: Implementing a Quality Program
Discuss issues and share your thoughts on starting and managing e-mentoring programs.

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