Association Topical Mentoring
Why Topical Mentoring?
In the quest to recruit and retain younger members, how can professional associations increase the value of membership? Mentoring programs directly address the mission of professional associations: to connect industry professionals (or students) and facilitate the exchange of industry knowledge and career (or academic) advice to help members further their professional development. With topical mentoring, members focus on a specific concept and its real-world applications.
Topical mentoring is particularly valuable to students and less experienced professionals. With topical mentoring, you can:
- Enable members to deepen expertise in narrow topics
- Improve retention and grow membership
- Increase engagement among members
For associations, finding and working with a well matched mentor adds hugely to the value of a young person’s membership. This well-networked demographic will then spread the word, making attraction and retention of millennials more effective.
– AssociationAdvisor1
Software for Topical Mentoring
Facilitate Personalized Matches
Mentees want to deepen their expertise by connecting with a mentor who has the precise experience they seek but it’s time consuming to sift through member profiles on a case-by-case basis to find a good match. With Chronus, there is no need. Our MatchIQ® algorithm and sophisticated filters allow mentees to find the best mentor for their learning needs.
Measure Program Value
Reaching out to mentoring program participants one-by-one and compiling feedback isn’t a realistic option to understand program impact. With Chronus software, leverage our built-in surveys to get real-time feedback from participants and members.
Decrease Administration Time
When running a mentoring program isn’t your only job, you need an efficient solution. That’s why Chronus provides automated workflows, self-matching for members, and automated campaigns so you can manage the program in a few hours a month, freeing up time to focus on other mission-critical responsibilities.
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Additional Resources
Case Study: SPE Grows Career Mentoring Program with Chronus
SPE’s program can connect mentees electronically with a mentor who has years of experience and insights to share anywhere around the world.
How to Use Mentoring in Your Workplace
Discover how companies are utilizing mentoring to meet milestones in employee career development, leadership development, diversity mentoring, and more.
Mentoring Program Growing Pains: When’s the Right Time for Software?
Not every mentoring program needs software, but as your program evolves, you’ll likely encounter mentoring program growing pains that software can soothe.
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1 AssociationAdvisor