Below you can check out my analysis of two articles directly related to mentoring. More and more elements of business are turning to mentoring for better employees and better working environments.
Mentoring Is EVERYWHERE!
The concept of mentoring is sweeping all throughout academia and workplaces. Educators are using it as a tool to enrich educational experiences and employers are using it as a tool to deepen their organization structure. Teachers have long used the "student teacher" model for apprentice teachers and other professions have started to take off.
Check out this great picture (posted on Facebook) in which women gathered to discuss the importance of having a mentor! The great part about this picture is that it is a meeting of women at the PGA Championship, which is a men's golf tournament. Many have started to notice the importance of females being able to find and utilize mentoring relationship.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/n8b7h9t
Check out this great picture (posted on Facebook) in which women gathered to discuss the importance of having a mentor! The great part about this picture is that it is a meeting of women at the PGA Championship, which is a men's golf tournament. Many have started to notice the importance of females being able to find and utilize mentoring relationship.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/n8b7h9t
Mentorship Experience - Bits of Health Inc.
The Value of Mentorship:
I have found great value in mentorship experiences throughout my life and I expect this one to be no different. I have not had the opportunity to get much experience in the marketing realm through my professional career and I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to do that. I am also very excited to learn from a business woman in Catharine Arnston who has taken a risk at starting a company such as Bits of Health. I feel that this mentorship will give me the opportunity to learn about marketing, research, start-ups and business risk in a way that will propel me forward in the field.
My Mentorship Plan:
My project is to compile an overview of the professional soccer industry in the USA and Canada so that we can find out how many professional teams there are and then begin attempting entry into this market. I will work with others on the team to learn from the company’s knowledge and their work in baseball to apply those methods to the soccer industry. To do this, I will work with others to identify the strength trainers, nutritionists and coaches for each team so the company can send samples of the product. I will then focus on using social media methods to market this product to this industry. It will be my responsibility to lead this project using research and previous knowledge to help grow the product in the soccer industry.
I have found great value in mentorship experiences throughout my life and I expect this one to be no different. I have not had the opportunity to get much experience in the marketing realm through my professional career and I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to do that. I am also very excited to learn from a business woman in Catharine Arnston who has taken a risk at starting a company such as Bits of Health. I feel that this mentorship will give me the opportunity to learn about marketing, research, start-ups and business risk in a way that will propel me forward in the field.
My Mentorship Plan:
My project is to compile an overview of the professional soccer industry in the USA and Canada so that we can find out how many professional teams there are and then begin attempting entry into this market. I will work with others on the team to learn from the company’s knowledge and their work in baseball to apply those methods to the soccer industry. To do this, I will work with others to identify the strength trainers, nutritionists and coaches for each team so the company can send samples of the product. I will then focus on using social media methods to market this product to this industry. It will be my responsibility to lead this project using research and previous knowledge to help grow the product in the soccer industry.