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2010 National Mentoring Month Webinars
Michigan Mentoring Month and National Mentoring Month are designed to generate a concentrated burst of national, statewide, and local media activity.  Combine this with community-based activities and you have the recipe to successfully recruit new mentors.  In preparation for the 2010 National Mentoring Month this January, join an upcoming Mentor Michigan webinar to gain valuable information and resources for this annual opportunity:

October 27, 2009 at 3:00 pm
October 29, 2009 at 9:00 am
November 10, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Mentoring Immigrant & Refugee Youth - A Toolkit for Program Coordinators Webinars
Join Mentor Michigan during a webinar to explore "Mentoring Immigrant Youth: A Toolkit for Program Coordinators."  This toolkit is designed by MENTOR to help mentoring organizations better understand and serve America's growing immigrant and refugee youth population.

The toolkit has 10 modules addressing topics such as population characteristics, an immigrant youth needs assessment, recommendations for working with these populations, defining program parameters, cultural competence tipcs, and matching mentors with immigrant youth:

December 15, 2009 at 9:00 am
January 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm
February 16, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Men in Mentoring Toolkit Webinars
Recruiting male mentors is one of the toughest challenges mentoring programs face in Michigan.  Mentor Michigan has created a toolkit designed to provide program staff and their trained mentor recruiters with language and tips to use when making the ask.  These materials take you through the steps to recruit male mentors in a variety of settings and addresses the main components of a complete recruitment message.  View the  Men in Mentoring Toolkit  online as well.

Join us during the following webinars to learn more about Mentor Michigan's Men in Mentoring Toolkit and its practical uses:

November 24, 2009 at 3:00 pm
January 7, 2010 at 12:00 pm

MentorPRO Webinars
MentorPRO is a comprehensive, user-friendly, online data tracking and analysis system that helps youth mentoring programs manage their Programs, monitor their mentoring Relationships, and evaluate O utcomes.  In this webianr, Mentor Michigan will describe the key functions and features of MentorPRO as well as provide information about bringing MentorPRO to your program.  This webinar is ideal for new staff members who may be unfamiliar with MentorPRO as well as mentoring organizations that may be interested in bringing MentorPRO to their program:

November 17, 2009 at 3:00 pm
November 26, 2009 at 9:00 am
December 17, 2009 at 3:00 pm
January 5, 2010 at 9:00 am

Research In Action Monthly Webinars
Mentor Michigan is hosting monthly webinars on the Research In Action series.  This series was developed by MENTOR and translates the latest mentoring research into tangible strategies for mentoring practitioners.  Research In Action (RIA) makes the best available research accessible and relevant to the mentoring field.

For a complete list of Mentor Michigan RIA Webinars and to register,  click here .

Resources for New Mentoring Programs & New Staff Members Webinars
Join Mentoring Michigan during this webinar to learn about Mentor Michigan, the Quality Program Standards, and other useful resources for mentoring programs.  This webinar is designed for those interested in starting a mentoring program and for new mentoring programs:

November 16, 2009 at 3:00 pm
January 11, 2010 at 12:00 pm
March 16, 2010 at 9:00 am
May 10, 2010 at 9:00 am

Wave VII Mentor Michigan Census Results Webinars
The Mentor Michigan Census (MMC) is a survey of organizations operating mentoring programs in the state with the primary purpose of understanding the scope and nature of mentoring and mentoring organizations in Michigan.  Join Mentor Michigan as we share the results of the Wave VII of the Mentor Michigan Census, conducted from September 11 until October 9, 2009:

January 19, 2010 at 9:00 am
January 20, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Wisdom of Age Webinars
The Wisdom of Age: A Staff Guide is a handbook published by MENTOR.  This guide provides tips to recruit and most effectively work with the growing number of older Americans who could be volunteer mentors.  Join Mentor Michigan on a webinar to explore this guide:

December 1, 2009 at 1:00 pm