Mentorship match
Formal and informal mentoring is the backbone of the communications profession, and essential to our sector’s continuing professional development.
IABC Wellington is helping to connect the capital’s professional communicators and support informal career development through our mentoring programme. We aim to act as a catalyst for making connections and establishing relationships between two people to exchange best practices and professional knowledge.
At a time of tight budgets, this is a simple, free way we can all ensure we continue to grow and support our profession. Mentoring is truly a shared learning experience that not only benefits the mentee, but the mentor too.
For the mentor, the experience expands leadership and management skills, and creates an opportunity to apply coaching, teaching and listening skills. The experience helps the mentor to examine a new perspective outside their workplace and is a way for them to give back and help build future leaders for the communications profession.
For the mentee, the partnership is a tremendous learning experience that provides the opportunity to gain knowledge, insights and wisdom, not to mention some free coaching from “the best of the best.” There is no doubt that a good mentor can be one of your most valuable career assets.
IABC Wellington is helping to connect the capital’s professional communicators and support informal career development through our mentoring programme. We aim to act as a catalyst for making connections and establishing relationships between two people to exchange best practices and professional knowledge.
At a time of tight budgets, this is a simple, free way we can all ensure we continue to grow and support our profession. Mentoring is truly a shared learning experience that not only benefits the mentee, but the mentor too.
For the mentor, the experience expands leadership and management skills, and creates an opportunity to apply coaching, teaching and listening skills. The experience helps the mentor to examine a new perspective outside their workplace and is a way for them to give back and help build future leaders for the communications profession.
For the mentee, the partnership is a tremendous learning experience that provides the opportunity to gain knowledge, insights and wisdom, not to mention some free coaching from “the best of the best.” There is no doubt that a good mentor can be one of your most valuable career assets.
Proposed time commitment
- Six months
- Meetings for 30 minutes to an hour bi-weekly, or as agreed by the mentor and mentee. Meetings may be in-person or over the phone, but there should be at least two in-person meetings.
IABC Wellington's involvement
IABC Wellington holds a register of communications professionals who want to learn from each other. We match people looking for mentors with people willing to share their knowledge and experience with their profession. It is totally up to you how you decide to run the sessions and how often, although we suggest a preliminary agreement of six months, with bi-weekly or monthly meetings of about 30–60 minutes.
This network is open to IABC Wellington members.
Members are also welcome to nominate a team member or colleague whom they think would benefit from a mentoring experience.
This network is open to IABC Wellington members.
Members are also welcome to nominate a team member or colleague whom they think would benefit from a mentoring experience.
How to apply
Please email [email protected] with the subject line 'Mentoring'.
Please state:
Make the most of our meetings
The IABC Wellington events are also an excellent opportunity to meet and scope out potential mentors. Frequented by some of the most smart, experienced and fun practitioners in the city, many people find the networking and conversations are almost as informative and stimulating as the presenters. If you’re thinking about mentoring, make sure you make the most of the opportunity to meet them and sound them out at our meetings.
Please state:
- I am looking for a mentor AND/OR I am willing to be a mentor (you can choose both.)
- Your areas of experience: Government / NGO / corporate / freelance
- What you believe you have to offer as a mentor, AND/OR what you would like to gain from being mentored.
- Your ideal time commitments (weekly / monthly; after work hours, during lunch breaks etc.)
Make the most of our meetings
The IABC Wellington events are also an excellent opportunity to meet and scope out potential mentors. Frequented by some of the most smart, experienced and fun practitioners in the city, many people find the networking and conversations are almost as informative and stimulating as the presenters. If you’re thinking about mentoring, make sure you make the most of the opportunity to meet them and sound them out at our meetings.