Hello and welcome to the last Mentoring Monthly of the year. We’ve got a Christmas cracker of a newsletter this December. We’ll look back at some of the scheme’s highlights from 2012, let you know about the last chance to train before sleigh bells begin to ring, and let you know what's in store for 2013. As well as that, we've spoken to more recently trained mentors, or rather some festive 'wise women and men', for their 'anecdotal gold', common (frankin)sense and views on entrepre-myrrh-ship.
The big news, of course, is that the free mentor training comes to a close at the end of the month. Aspiring mentors can still train for free online right through the Christmas period, so for those who still haven’t completed the course, why not give the gift of your valuable experience by becoming a volunteer mentor? (and you'll receive a Certificate of Recognition and free membership of the IOEE too!). |
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A Mentor's Story: Rebekah Harriman
Social Media Manager and Trainer Rebekah Harriman believes mentoring is about signposting routes to further information, providing encouragement and motivation, and offering a shot of realism from time to time. Rebekah shared her experience of setting up in business and why she felt the time was right to mentor formally. Read more. |
Top 5 mentors from the movies
The Christmas holidays are just round the corner, which means that it’s time to over indulge on food and wine before settling down in front of a movie. But which fictional figures do you think make good mentors? Take a look at our top 5 here.
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Festive Fun – Famous Mentors
For the last 12 months Get Mentoring has been recruiting and training a community of enterprise mentors. But if you are yet to complete the online training, here are a few examples of how mentoring has shaped the careers of the rich and famous.
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A Mentor's Story: Luckywebs Founder and CEO Rafi Akbar found Get Mentoring’s online training to be an enjoyable way to learn about the role of a mentor, so much so that he completed the online course in less than a day. As somebody who considers himself a helpful person, Rafi felt that the scheme gave him the opportunity to share the knowledge he has accumulated over years in business. Read more here.
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A Mentor's Story: Kate Butler believes that having a support network to bounce ideas around with is vital to the success of a business idea. She is passionate about the idea of ‘paying forward’, an ethos instilled in her by her own mentor, and she told Mentoring Monthly that this helped her make the decision to enrol on the Get Mentoring scheme.Find out more.
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Mentoring in Review – A look back at 12 months of Mentoring Monthly
It’s been a whirlwind year for Get Mentoring with campaigns, trade shows, conferences and workshops all taking place to support the training of thousands of business people as volunteer mentors across the UK. And Mentoring Monthly has been there every step of the way to bring you the news and views from the world of mentoring. Click here to take a look at some of the highlights from 2012.
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A Mentor from the North(ern) Pole
Aimee Lawson’s business, Northern Pole Dance, has gone from strength to strength since she set up in 2007. But Aimee tells us that the transition from paramedic to exercise entrepreneur was anything but smooth – something she thinks a mentor could have supported with. Read more.
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Wishing you a 'MIOEE' Christmas
To support the Get Mentoring scheme, the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) has gifted free membership to every mentor that has completed the training. If you have completed the online course, don't forget to activate your free membership by using the unique number on your Certificate of Recognition. You can use the MIOEE post nominal letters too. Take a look at the ho-ho-whole range of benefits you can access here.
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A Mentor's Story: Originally from Holland, Eva Hill now runs her own Business Coaching consultancy, Work Life Better, in Shropshire. She sees Get Mentoring as a chance to stay on her toes and be challenged by entrepreneurs. Find out more.
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