Mentorship Best Practices

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Whether you’re just exploring the idea of starting a mentorship initiative or you’ve been managing one for years, this community is designed to foster open conversations around the benefits, challenges, and best practices of mentorship programs. A successful mentorship program can create a ripple effect of growth within an association, fostering professional development, strengthening relationships, and encouraging knowledge transfer across generations.
Let’s explore:
The Benefits: How has mentorship impacted your association or career? Have you seen improvements in member engagement, leadership development, or knowledge sharing?
The Challenges: What roadblocks have you faced in running or launching a mentorship program? Whether it’s program structure, pairing mentors with mentees, or maintaining engagement, your insights could help others navigate similar obstacles.
Innovative Ideas & Best Practices: What creative approaches have you found effective in increasing program participation or maintaining ongoing mentor-mentee relationships?
Success Stories: We’d love to hear your stories! Share specific moments where mentorship made a difference, whether it’s helping someone advance in their career, overcome a challenge, or discover new opportunities.
This forum is all about exchanging ideas, offering support, and learning from each other’s experiences. Feel free to ask questions, share resources, or seek advice from your peers. The goal is to create a collective space where we can all learn and grow together as we shape impactful mentorship programs.
  • 1.  Looking at New Mentor Program Software

    Posted Jul 17, 2025 08:48 PM

    Hi everyone! My association has been using the Mentor Match software add-on within Higher Logic for our mentor program for the last 5+ years. Our members find it very clunky as do I (as the staff person in charge). It's not matching our mentors to mentees correctly, our mentors aren't responding to mentee request (not a platform issue), the setup is clunky (maybe it's our problem), etc. 

    What mentor program vendors do you use and what do you like (and don't like) about the platform?

    Thanks for your insight!



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    Kelli Romero
    Director of Membership
    Grant Professionals Association
    Overland Park KS
    (913) 788-3000
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  • 2.  RE: Looking at New Mentor Program Software

    Posted Jul 23, 2025 12:05 PM

    Hi Kelli,

    I would recommend searching the Solutions Providers HQ for consultants that specialize in this area.

    https://solutionshq.asaecenter.org/

    I hope this information is helpful.

    Best,
    Shaniece



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    Shaniece Brown
    Manager Member Relations
    ASAE: The Center For Association Leadership
    Washington DC
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