The
most important feature of the IEEE Mentoring
Connection program is that our members are
partnering with other IEEE members. The
partnerships can be local, long distance, or across
the globe.
IEEE Mentoring Connection program features include:
- new discussion forum where all
participating members can post responses
to questions and raise new ones;
- new polling feature to encourage
feedback;
- "library" with documents,
presentations, articles, and a guide,
"Establishing Self-Initiated Mentoring
Relationships", to provide information
for each phase of the partnership;
- mentoring agreement to help the mentee
and mentor outline their partnership
parameters;
- mentors can limit their partnerships to
no more than two (2) at a time by
turning off their availability to additional
requests for matches;
- mentoring partnership usually lasts for
one year, but, if the match is not right
for either the mentor or mentee, it can be
closed and both can be available for a
new partnership;
- Web-based program to facilitate the
mentoring partnership. The mentee
self-selects their mentor by beginning the
search within the program;
- mentors who are IEEE members,
professional, and technical experts.
