Chronus Mentor: Smart, Flexible, Effective
Chronus Mentor is software that helps your organization start and grow successful, easy to manage mentoring programs of any size. By merging mentoring best practices with the latest in social learning technology, Chronus Mentor provides a dynamic, goal-driven online learning environment that participants will embrace and management efficiencies that administrators will love.
Quick and Easy Implementation
- No software to install, Software as a Service (SaaS) solution accessible using a Web browser
- No technical skills needed to implement or use
- Private, secure and scalable environment
Supports Variety of Program Formats and Environments
- One-to-one and group mentoring
- Informal, situational and topical coaching
- Three plans to choose from, each customizable to your unique needs
Increases Program Administration Efficiency
- Intelligent matching simplifies mentor selection process
- Automated communications and self-help features create efficiencies
- Robust analytics and reporting allow admin to track progress, identify issues in real-time
Provides a Productive, Enjoyable Mentoring Experience
- Intuitive, easy to learn, with a social network feel
- Interactive Web 2.0 learning, with discussion boards, chat and video conferencing features
- Provides a trusted, private environment for interaction
Extends the Value of Mentoring and Empowers Participants
- Participants can tap into knowledge shared across entire program community
- User-generated multimedia knowledgebase benefits all members and builds institution-specific information
- Ability to contribute and rate content, as well as provide feedback through online surveys
Easy Setup for Participants
- Participants can import information from LinkedIn
- Mentees can select mentors based on suggested matches using optional matching mode
- Personalized homepage offers a convenient snapshot of all current interactions, announcements and news relevant to the participant
- Handy startup guides offer a wealth of instructional information to help participants get up to speed quickly
Rich Communication Tools
- Interactive tools, such as integrated chat, email and video conferencing, allow participants to choose their preferred communication method for meaningful engagement
- Participants engage in a private online environment where they can share information confidentially
- Goal setting and planning allow mentors and mentees to set and track learning objectives and action plans
Portal for Social Learning
- Program participants can share information and learn more in topical forums that are open to the entire community
- A multimedia knowledgebase provides mentoring tips, lessons learned and best practices authored or imported by participants and program administrators
- Question and answer boards allow participants to post questions or search what has already been published
Customizable Setup
- Quickly establish program parameters, sub-groups and formats
- Easily add organization-specific branding and terminology
- Create unique welcome and startup instructions for new members
- Invite new participants one or more at a time or all at once
Intelligent Matching
- Suggests mentor-mentee matches based on learning objectives and compatibility
- Choose between multiple models: mentees request mentors directly, admin assigns matches or mentees submit preferences to admin for final decision
Tools for Advising & Guiding
- Timely advice automatically delivered to members as they pass through various stages of mentoring lifecycle
- Broadcast messages to entire program community
- Best practice guides for mentors and mentees
Insights for Program Health & Performance
- Admin dashboard provides instant, real-time view of key program status and health metrics
- Reports and analytics reveal detailed program and individual connection data
- Audit logs provide confidential mentor-mentee interactions
- Surveys acquire feedback from participants across the program
- Connection tracker shows instant metrics on individual mentor-mentee relationships
- Features
- Program Formats
- One-to-one and group mentoringMentoring connections may include one mentor and mentee or multiple mentors and mentees
- Situational and flash mentoringAllows mentees to schedule and connect with mentors for short-term, topic-specific coaching.
- Multiple mentoring programsCreate, manage multiple mentoring programs all within a single management environment. Provides a framework to meet the unique needs of each program while sharing mentors, best practices, and content across all programs.
- Matching
- Profile matchingAllows administrator to manually match and assign mentees to mentors based upon their profile information.
- Intelligent matchingImproves matching by providing recommended matches via a sophisticated matching algorythm based on learning needs and compatability. Rich filtering is also available to easily refine search process.
- Self-request matchingAn optional mode in which mentees can search for available mentors using the intelligent matching function and directly request mentoring.
- eMentoring
- Private online mentoring areaA private online place for mentors and mentees to create goals, schedule meetings, exchange information, hold online discussions, and track progress.
- Goal setting and trackingHelps mentoring relationships stay focused and on track by allowing mentor connections to set goals and monitor their progress.
- Interactive communication toolsA broad range of online communications to foster productive and open dialog within mentoring connections including: chat, audio/video conferencing, and email.
- Program Management & Facilitation
- Automated guidanceTimely messages providing guidance, tips and instruction to program participants as they move from stage to stage within the mentoring process.
- Online member surveysGain critical feedback throughout the mentoring process with this easy to use survey tool that allows you to create, publish and track responses.
- Program health reportA popular graphic-rich report that provides a comprehensive snapshot of key metrics associated with program health. Provides suggestions for remedying areas of poor performance.
- Inactivity trackingAlerts administrator to mentoring connections that are moving slowly and in need of following. Allows administrators to manage by exception which greatly improves their productivity.
- Program workflow with common goalsPowerful tool that enables administrators to translate the mentoring process into stages within which workflow and goal management can be applied for all participants.
- Custom reports and exportingFlexibility to export data and create custom reports when reporting needs extend beyond the pre-configured reports provided.
- Community
- Discussion forumsProvides a collaborative place to exchange knowledge on specific topics. Administrators can setup discussion forums for just mentors or just mentees or for both.
- Multimedia knowledgebaseAllows mentoring community members to learn from each other by contributing, sharing, and commenting on articles, videos, podcasts, web links, etc.
- Integration with Enterprise Infrastructure
- Single sign on authenticationSupports integration with organization’s existing user authentication mechanisms to allow program participants to use their regular login information to access mentoring program portal.
- Enterprise platform integrationWhether you are interested in integrating Chronus Mentor with Human Resource, CRM, or Community platforms, we have you covered.
- Chronus Mentor API access Enables provisioning of mentoring program members from other enterprise applications as well as access to information within Chronus Mentor through secure application programming interfaces (APIs).
- Support
- Technical supportAdministrator support for technical issues that arise throughout the subscription contract.
- Consultation/customization (annual)Access to Chronus consulting and technical resources to help you start and run a successful mentoring program.
- Group
- For small mentoring programs
(up to 50 users) - 2 hours
- Premium
- For medium to large mentoring programs
- Phone/Email/Chat
- 10 hours
- Enterprise
- For multiple mentoring programs or integrated environments
- Phone/Email/Chat
- 30 hours