{"id":1687,"date":"2018-10-10T13:57:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2019-02-21T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:33:49","slug":"mentoring-technology-check-youre-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/2018\/10\/mentoring-technology-check-youre-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring Technology \u2014 Check you\u2019re ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1700 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mentoring-Technology-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mentoring Technology. Are you Ready?\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mentoring-Technology-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mentoring-Technology-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mentoring-Technology-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mentoring-Technology-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mentoring-Technology.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Are you running, or are about to run, a mentoring program? If so, the chances are you\u2019re wondering whether it\u2019s worth investing in mentoring technology to help you manage the scheme. Here are <em>three tests<\/em> to help you understand whether you should be thinking about a technology platform, or whether you are better saving your money!<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Three tests to check you&#8217;re ready for Mentoring Technology<\/h1>\n<h2>Test #1 \u2014 Maturity of Mentoring Scheme<\/h2>\n<p>Often people implement a mentoring platform too early, without having designed and trialled the actual mentoring scheme sufficiently. A mentoring technology platform <em>will\u00a0<\/em><em>help <\/em>you implement and manage a mentoring scheme, but it won\u2019t do all the work for you. For example, if you haven\u2019t trained your mentors how to build an effective mentoring relationship then the platform won\u2019t be much use. Or if your mentees aren\u2019t signed up to the benefits of being mentored then they may never use the platform. The end result is that the mentoring scheme fails, and you probably blame the technology.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Make sure you know how you want to run the mentoring scheme and have best practices in place\u2026 then bring in the technology to help reduce your admin and help you manage the scheme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Test #2 \u2014 Size of Mentoring Scheme<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s relatively easy to manage a small mentoring scheme without any mentoring technology. \u00a0But once you start scaling up to the hundreds or even thousands of mentors\/mentees, you need to think about technology to help you. The larger the scheme gets, the harder it is for the administrator to manage the matches; to keep track of each mentoring relationship; to support relationships that need a hand; etc, etc.\u00a0You may think you can manage 100 pairs using just email and Word documents, but:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How much do you know about each relationship?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know whether mentors are communicating with their mentees?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know when each mentor last talked to or met the mentees?<\/li>\n<li>And how do you evaluate the effectiveness of each mentoring relationship?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mentoring technology platform won\u2019t do all the work for you. It will help you to use your limited time on \u2018added value\u2019 activities, rather than chasing pairs that don\u2019t need to be chased. And the technology platform allows you to run reports which help you understand the effectiveness of the mentoring scheme.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re serious about data protection (which you should be!) then it\u2019s very hard to manage any but the smallest scheme without technology to track consent and keep personal data secure.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Tip:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>As you scale up your mentoring scheme, if you find you\u2019re running out of time to do the matching or to evaluate the scheme effectively, you should probably be thinking about technology. It\u2019s very hard to manage effectively a scheme with 50+ pairs without some technology to help you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Test #3 \u2014 Face-to-Face or eMentoring<\/h2>\n<p>Face-to-Face mentoring schemes have very different requirements to e-Mentoring schemes. Both require mentor-mentee matches to be made, so technology may help you there for both types of scheme. But once mentors and mentees in a face-to-face scheme have been matched, it\u2019s possible that they then develop their relationships without technology, so the technology platform may be less important. However, eMentoring schemes almost certainly require the mentors and mentees to communicate electronically; it\u2019s very hard to manage that securely without a secure mentoring platform. Using Facebook or LinkedIn messaging is one option. But it\u2019s very hard, if not impossible, for you to track what\u2019s going on through these social media platforms. You are also taking a risk with your data protection obligations by allowing people to share personal data on a social media site that you can\u2019t control.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Tip:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Small face-to-face mentoring schemes may be able to manage without technology. eMentoring schemes almost always require a technology platform to ensure you are safeguarding personal data appropriately.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Once you have decided you are ready to implement mentoring technology, how do you decide which one? A forthcoming blog will help you with some questions that you should ask your <a href=\"\/articles\/2018\/11\/mentoring-platform-supplier-questions\/\">Mentoring Platform Supplier<\/a>. So check back on 5th November to make sure you make the right mentoring technology decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Garvie,<\/strong> Managing Director \u2013 sfG <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgmentornet.com\/implementing-a-mentoring-scheme\/?CoachMentoringReferral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MentorNet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgmentornet.com\/implementing-a-mentoring-scheme\/?CoachMentoringReferral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1701 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-300x125.png\" alt=\"MentorNet\" width=\"150\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.coachmentoring.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coach Mentoring Ltd recommend MentorNet, especially in combination with their\u00a0<a href=\"\/products\/mentoring-starter-package.php\">Mentoring Starter Package<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you running, or are about to run, a mentoring program? If so, the chances are you\u2019re wondering whether it\u2019s worth investing in mentoring technology to help you manage the scheme. 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