Panel discussion of mentoring stories and best practices by Ben Woelk, Carrie Shaeffer, Christine Christensen, and Natalie Ware

1. Perspectives on Mentoring:
Selected Stories

2. The greatest good you can do for another is not
just to share your riches but to reveal to him
his own.
Benjamin Disraeli

3. Outline
● What Mentoring Is and Why It Matters
● Our Mentoring Stories
● Panel Discussion

4. Part One
What Mentoring Is and Why It Matters

5. Definition
1 (capitalized): a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus'
son Telemachus
2a: a trusted counselor or guide
a mentor who, because he is detached and disinterested,
can hold up a mirror to us
— P. W. Keve
b: TUTOR, COACH
The student sought a mentor in chemistry.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentor

6. 5 Types of Mentors
1. The master of craft
2. The champion of your cause
3. The copilot
4. The anchor
5. The reverse mentor
The 5 types of mentors you need in your life,Julia Fawal
https://ideas.ted.com/the-5-types-of-mentors-you-need-in-your-life/

7. Structures and Tools
● Goals
● Formal vs. informal
● Frequency
● Distance mentoring tools

8. Part Two
Our Mentoring Stories

9. Ben
● ISO Program Manager
● Rochester Institute of Technology
● Rochester New York
● Cyber Security/Higher Education
● Travel! Anywhere!

10. Christine ● Documentation Manager at
Cityworks
● Work in software industry
● Live in a suburb of Salt Lake
City, Utah
● Visit my family

11. Natalie ● Looking for new opportunities
● Enterprise software
● Live in New Jersey
● Go to the Jersey Shore

12. Carrie ● Documentation manager at
Nextworld
● Work in Enterprise software
(integration and ERP)
● Live in Denver, CO
● Go to a workout class

13. Panel Discussion

14. Resources
● Local
● International