Contributor: Vess Vassileva-Clarke
The National Mentoring Month is just around the corner and the NORDP Mentoring Committee has lined up exciting mentoring events and activities for all-level-of-experience mentors and mentees! Get excited and ready to:
CELEBRATE
We encourage you to observe these national and international days in a way that works for you. The Mentoring Committee has provided suggestions for how NORDP members can observe these days in January blog posts.
- JANUARY 9 – I Am a Mentor Day
Suggestion: send a note to your mentee(s) with an encouraging message. - JANUARY 15 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Suggestion: Seek opportunities in your local community to make an impact. - JANUARY 17 – International Mentoring Day
Suggestion: Highlight a local organization that provides mentoring opportunities. Talk about the organization in a meeting, on social media, or with your family. - JANUARY 25 – Thank Your Mentor Day
Suggestion: Send a note to someone you value as a mentor and highlight one piece of advice that you’ve put into action.
ENGAGE & COLLABORATE at NORDP
Participate in one or all of the events, celebrations, and learning opportunities hosted by the NORDP Mentoring Committee throughout the month and beyond:
Mentor Training for RD Professionals Workshop — Get ready to explore mentoring competencies that can be utilized across the work of research development (RD)! This interactive workshop series will cover the 9-module Entering Mentoring curriculum, initially developed by CIMER for mentoring researchers and tailored for RD professionals. Registration will open in early Jan 2024. More information to come.
Mentoring Committee Open House — Join us on January 18, 2024, 2pm ET for our monthly meeting to learn more about what the Mentoring Committee does, and find out how to get involved and join us. We will talk about the committee’s work and achievements, celebrate our volunteer members, and brainstorm new ideas for the future. Register today!
McHuddles are informal gatherings hosted by NORDP Mentoring Committee facilitators and an opportunity to share ideas, ask questions, and collectively learn from other mentees/mentors in breakout sessions. Stay tuned for the 2024 dates.
You are invited!
Mentoring Committee Open House
Thursday, January 18, 2024
11am PT/12pm MT/1pm CT/2pm ET
The Committee will …
- Celebrate our members and achievements
- Brainstorm ideas to support NORDP members
New networks will be formed and a fun time will be had!
Questions? Email mentorprogram@nordp.org
REGISTER NOW
Peer Mentoring Group (PMG) meetings — Log in to WisdomShare and go to Dashboard to find out current PMGs and join the ones of interest to you.
DRIVE ACTION
Encourage a coworker and/or another NORDP member to join the mentoring movement — whether it’s seeking a NORDP mentor, offering mentorship, signing up for the mentor training workshop in January, or simply attending a mentoring event or a Mentoring Committee meeting.
Questions: mentorprogram@nordp.org
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