Date: July 15, 2010, 1:00pm–2:30pm EST
Title: Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, Standard 3: Mentor Training Benchmarks Webinar: Part 1
Sponsor: MENTOR
Description: This two part Webinar will guide participants on the new Elements of Effective Practice standards and provide background on the research that was used as the basis for the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring benchmarks. This first part of the Webinar Series will be held on July 15, 2010 and will feature Allyson F. Roberts, Program Director of the Virginia Mentoring Partnership. Allyson will share best practices and resources on the seven topics that must be included in a two-hour, pre-match in-person mentor training in order to meet the benchmark. Topics include: a) program rules; b) mentors' goals and expectations; c) mentors' obligations and appropriate roles; d) relationship development and maintenance; e) ethical issues; f) effective closure of the match; and h) resources and assistance available to support mentors. Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Associate of Innovation Research & Training will discuss the research that was used to support the training benchmarks and provide a practical perspective on how you can incorporate the research findings into your training practices.
Web site: http://www.mentoring.org/elementswebinars

Date: July 22, 2010, 1:00pm–2:30pm EST
Title: Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, Standard 3: Mentor Training Benchmarks Webinar: Part 2
Sponsor: MENTOR
Description: This two part Webinar will guide participants on the new standards and provide background on the research that was used as the basis for the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring benchmarks. The second part of this Webinar will be conducted on July 22, 2010 and will feature April Riordan, Director of Training and Community Partnerships at the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM). The Webinar will cover optional mentor training topics that mentoring programs can use to supplement pre-match mentor trainings. This Webinar will share training ideas from MPM's "Maximize Your Impact" and "Culturally Smart Relationships" workshops, which are both designed to equip new mentors with the knowledge, skills and awareness they need to build longer, stronger relationships with youth. Participants will learn how MPM incorporates positive youth development concepts and cultural, gender, and economic issues into mentor training, and how it helps other programs fulfill the EEPM benchmarks and enhancements for mentoring.
Web site: http://www.mentoring.org/elementswebinars

Date: October 25, 2010
Title: 11th Annual Minnesota Mentoring Conference: Quality in Action
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Sponsor: Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
Description: The theme for the 11th Annual Minnesota Mentoring Conference is Quality in Action. The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM) will again host the conference at the Continuing Education & Conference Center on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus.
This year's conference features keynote speaker Andrea Taylor, Ph.D., Director of Training at Temple University's Intergenerational Center. Dr. Taylor is the Developer and Principal Investigator of Across Ages, an evidence-based model project funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, which involves intergenerational mentoring as an approach to positive youth development and the prevention of risk-taking behavior.
Web site: http://www.mpmn.org/Events/AnnualConference.aspx

Date: October 27–29, 2010
Title: Mentoring Theory & Practice: Learning from the Past & Envisioning the Future
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sponsor: The Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico
Description: The Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico invites you to participate in its third annual conference on mentoring on October 27–29, 2010 at the main campus of The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Last year, over 250 professionals and students from a variety of fields participated in the conference. The conference theme for this year is Mentoring Theory & Practice: Learning from the Past & Envisioning the Future. The intent of the conference is to provide a research-informed professional development opportunity that allows attendees to share ideas in scholarly, practice-oriented sessions. The keynote speaker is Kathy Kram, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Boston University. Among her many achievements, Kathy Kram received the 2002 National Academy of Management Mentoring Award and has multiple publications on mentoring, including her seminal book Mentoring at Work and her last co-authored column with Prof. Belle Rose Ragins, Handbook of Mentoring at Work: Theory, Research and Practice.
Web site: http://mentor.unm.edu/conference.htm