The internet is alight with talk about Artificial Intelligence, members are busier than ever and they are navigating unprecedented disruption to their careers (layoffs, technological automation and post pandemic challenges). Attracting young or new members to your association in these circumstances is getting harder and existing models of non-dues revenue are being turned upside down.

It is important that your association provides highly valuable learning opportunities in several mediums and beyond the static content such as eLearning, articles, online communities, and so on. The element of human connection is more important than ever. Programs that consider this will prove to be the differentiator that sets your organization apart and means you have a winning strategy for the future, building lifelong members.

In this webinar Alex Richardson and Michael Hoffman, CEO Gather Voices will explore the different mediums they are seeing utilized by associations with a particular focus on the power of video and mentoring as alternative ways to engage your membership, provide value and attract new members to your organization.

Join Alex and Michael to explore:

• An overview of the different tools/ecosystems available for member engagement
• The importance of multimedia content and providing member learning opportunities that cover the 70/20/10 model
• How mediums such as video can be utilized for an effective recruitment strategy across learning programs and events
• The power of story in engaging your membership and their learning
• Tools to evaluate program outcomes and capture feedback – measuring ROI

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What you will learn:

• What can happen when mentors (and mentees) are not prepared for the role
• The risks for individuals and their organizations of poor quality training, or no training at all
• 5 mentoring mind traps that mentors need to avoid
• What to cover in basic vs more advanced trainings
• The organizational benefits of training mentors well

Presented by:

Melissa Richardson, Co-Founder, Art of Mentoring
Storm Vance, Client Success Manager, Art of Mentoring

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Cultivating Leadership Potential: How mentoring programs can develop and strengthen leaders

Mentoring has emerged as a valuable approach to nurturing and developing the leadership potential of individuals, both in current and future roles, accelerating their ability to deliver value personally and for their organisation.

You will gain valuable insights into the transformative potential of mentoring in cultivating leadership excellence. Whether you are an aspiring leader, a current leader seeking to enhance your skills, or an organisational leader looking to implement a mentoring program, this panel discussion will provide you with actionable strategies, practical tips, and inspiration to foster leadership potential within yourself and your organisation.

Hear from our esteemed panelists, who possess extensive experience in leadership mentoring as they share their insights and knowledge on this important topic.

The webinar will cover:

• The role that mentors can play in developing leadership potential
• Addressing leadership needs and gaps through mentoring
• Real-world examples of successful leadership mentoring programs

Presenter:
Cristy Welsh, Head of Client Success, Art of Mentoring

Guest Panellists:
Kelsey Bradley, Head of Careers, Origin Energy
Jude Kelly, Assistant Director, Capability and Entry Level Programs, Dept of Employment and Workplace Relations
Ainsley Simpson, CEO, Infrastructure Sustainability Council

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Overview

• Highlights from the study, what it means and why it matters
• How mentoring can help retain older workers
• Strategies for developing targeted mentoring programs
• Discover additional tactics utilized by organizations to attract and retain skilled professionals in this demographic.

Presented by:

Melissa Richardson, Founder, Art of Mentoring
Sarah McCann-Bartlett, CEO, Australian Human Resources Institute.

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Discover the evolution of mentoring in the workplace with Art of Mentoring Founder, Melissa Richardson and Coaching and Mentoring International Founder, Professor David Clutterbuck, the pioneer of supported mentoring in Europe since the early 1980s.

In this 60-minute webinar, gain insights from five decades of experience and learn how great mentors stand out from the rest. Don’t miss out on discovering the new practices and techniques that have emerged since the publication of Professor Clutterbuck’s world-famous book, Everyone Needs a Mentor.

What you will learn:

• The evolution of mentoring – where has it been, where is it now and where is it heading?
• What sets great mentors apart? What is their mindset and what do they do?
• What makes the perfect mentee?
• What do we know now about mentoring program design and implementation that makes the most difference to effectiveness and success?

Presented by:

Melissa Richardson, Founder, Art of Mentoring
Professor David Clutterbuck, Founder, Coaching and Mentoring International

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How can you succeed in virtual mentoring?
In the remote and hybrid world, creating connections and mentoring relationships is key to your own personal and professional development. But what does mentoring look like now? How can you develop and foster relationships virtually with a mentee/mentor?

Why is it important to invest in virtual mentoring?
Researchers proved years ago that virtual mentoring can be very effective, yet many people still insisted that mentoring must be done face to face. It took a global pandemic to create a giant experiment with virtual communications that convinced the greater majority. Remote work left people feeling isolated, so the smartest companies used virtual mentoring programs to help keep employees connected, engaged and feeling supported.

In this webinar you will learn:

• How the researched evidence supports the effectiveness of virtual mentoring
• To identify tips on how to create an optimal virtual experience
• Demonstrate how to conduct a virtual mentoring conversation

This webinar is brought to you in partnership with the Art of Mentoring Academy,  Sidecar and The Center for Mentoring Excellence

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There are some people that are seemingly gifted with natural mentoring abilities however there is an underlying ‘art of mentoring’ that is not an easily obtained capability and is likely a skill that the best mentors are aware that they are ever evolving and mastering.

In different contexts for example their style or approach must shift or adapt to the environment which the best mentors can identify as a relationship becomes further established, moving into new phases of the relationship.

In this webinar, Centre for Mentoring Excellence CEO and leadership expert Lisa Fain draws on mentoring examples from her new book, The Mentor’s Guide, co-authored with her mother, mentoring expert Dr. Lois Zachary.  Lisa is a global speaker, and an expert in the intersection of cultural competency and mentoring. Her passion for diversity and inclusion fuels her strong conviction, that leveraging differences creates a better workplace and drives better business results.

Presented in partnership with:

Presented by:
Melissa Richardson, Founder, Art of Mentoring Academy
Lisa Z. Fain, CEO, Center for Mentoring Excellence

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There’s no question, the healthcare industry is enduring a difficult time as it reorganises itself post the height of the pandemic. The demand far exceeds the resources available. Burnout levels are at an unprecedented high, and frankly many skilled workers – experts in their respective field in fact – are considering leaving the industry.

Long hours, limited resources, and regulated environments offering limited support, can make for unpleasant workplaces. Skilled talent are exiting the industry and young, emerging talent are questioning whether to join the medical, nursing and allied health professions. Healthcare is facing battles to attract, retain, engage, develop, and satisfy its workforce.

Formal training in healthcare doesn’t typically arm workers with the non-technical skills required for leadership. Mentoring can provide the safety net for mentees and mentors to express views, concerns and challenges about their day-to-day work, explore goals and aspirations for the future, or provide support and compassion with a first-hand understanding and knowledge of the workplace environment or industry more broadly.

The mentor is there to help the mentee develop long-term competency and capacity. The benefits and outcomes for mentees, mentors, organisational culture and performance are manifold, and the future of this crucial industry and the population for which it cares, depends on it.

In this webinar, Alex Richardson, CEO of Art of Mentoring will explore current issues impacting the healthcare sector and how mentoring can support both individuals and the industry. Cathy Cribben-Pearse, Founder & CEO, OakTree Mentoring will also join Alex to discuss the impacts of the global pandemic on nursing and outcomes and benefits mentoring has provided.

In this webinar you will learn:

• Why mentoring is important in healthcare
• What are the benefits for the mentor and mentee specifically?
• How the healthcare organisation can benefit
• How mentoring supports development and retention in the healthcare sector
• The fundamental things to consider before starting a mentoring program

Presented by:

Alex Richardson, CEO and Founder, Art of Mentoring
Cathy Cribben-Pearse, Founder & CEO, Oaktree Mentoring

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Mentorship Programs for Associations – Building a Highly Successful Program to Engage and Retain Your Members

Overview
Associations are increasingly aware of the potential value of association-led mentorship programs. Current members find a reason to stay, young industry entrants a reason to join, and leadership capabilities are cultivated within the association itself and the industry as a whole. Industry or association goals such as creating highly engaged members or perceived value for the cost of yearly membership are made easier to achieve. Mid-late career members are also brought back into activity within the membership by participating mentors.

There is resounding agreement that mentorship programs add value. Running a program that fails is brand damaging, but running a successful mentoring program can garner results that no other program in the membership service can. Too many associations are eyeing the benefits of mentoring but telling themselves they can’t afford it or don’t know how to implement one. In this webinar, we will unpack how to implement a highly effective program that achieves results such as 90% satisfaction rates, 46% of mentees saying it’s one of the best things they’ve done in their careers and 100% of participants saying they would participate again and/or recommend to others. What’s more, we will show you how to do so with a limited budget.

Join Alex Richardson, CEO and Founder of Art of Mentoring as he explains the ways his team help associations and member-based organizations to achieve their goals and enrich the value of their membership. Drawing on existing case studies and examples, Alex will take a look into how other associations have achieved remarkable success using strategic mentoring, and what sets them apart from other types of mentorship programs.

Presented By
Alex Richardson, CEO, Art of Mentoring

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Today’s organisations must be able to capitalise on diversity – tapping into a multi-cultural workforce, managing the demands of an increasingly well-educated and experienced cadre of female managers and facilitating virtual teams and alliances in a global workplace.

Never has there been a more crucial time for business leaders to get serious about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

No longer will implicit bias training suffice. Your people expect meaningful engagement and conversation on critical D,E & I issues with others provides individuals, and their respective organisations value well beyond anything that can be ‘trained’.

Welcome – the emergence of mentoring in this space. Programs such as reverse mentoring, reciprocal mentoring, group mentoring and traditional mentoring are great tools to help address DE&I goals and make real cultural/systemic changes within the organisation.

For example, increasing experience with reciprocal mentoring shows that it provides a safe space, where both parties can confront their own perceptions, beliefs and behaviours. The quality of the connection between the top and bottom of the organisation exposes institutional barriers and enables a greater level of collaboration in bringing about meaningful change.

The anecdotal evidence of reverse mentoring is compelling. Where a program has been well-designed and supported (two essential criteria), both sets of participants point to it as one of the most significant learning interventions of their careers. It provides a platform for challenging the prevailing culture and the systems that underpin it; and for replacing limiting beliefs and operational roadblocks.

Join Gina, Senior Program Designer Art of Mentoring, as she provides insights on programs that have made a tangible difference to organisational culture. By facilitating cross-group understanding and supporting disadvantaged or minority groups within an organisation, mentoring is emerging as a powerful method for encouraging organisational diversity.

In this webcast Gina will explore:
·     Why mentoring for culture shifts and embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is important right now
·     Examples of mentoring programs that target different groups
·     The critical elements in delivering successful mentoring programs to support culture shifts and DE&I goals.
·     The barriers of establishing a mentoring program and how to overcome them.
·     Understanding ROI in mentoring and how this aligns with DE&I objectives

Presented by:
Gina Meibusch, Senior Program Designer, Art of Mentoring

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