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Mentoring Share your life to help someone succeed in theirs

Find a mentor.

Become a mentor.

Celebrate your mentors.

Share your values.

Be accountable.

Check out e-mentoring.

Be a super mentee.

Join Heartlines Youth Mentors.

Find your mentoring style.

Connect with other mentors.

Get mentoring support.

Go techno.

Form a peer –mentoring group.

Have coffee with a young person.

Tutor a child.

Be an everyday hero.

Watch an inspiring movie with your mentee.

Volunteer with your mentee.

Join a mentors' forum.

Find your inner mentor.

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Mentoring

Find a mentor
Not sure which direction you want your life to take? A mentor can help you make wise choices and support you through the ups and downs of life. Look at the people around you and see who could be a mentor to you. Check these helpful tips to find a mentor of your own.

Become a mentor
A mentor is someone that guides another person through life, helping them make decisions and supporting them through life’s journey. Be on the lookout for someone who could benefit from your life experiences. Whether you’re a mentor guru or just a beginner, learn these 20 ways to be a great mentor.

Celebrate your mentors
Reflect back on your life to see who has influenced it for good. Who were the people who kept you on track, who inspired you … who mentored you? Think about how your life would have been had you not met these people. That’s the power of mentoring. If possible, call or write to them and thank them for their role in your life. They may be inspired to mentor someone else too.

Share your values
Sharing your values with others is important. If you talk about them to a younger person, they will think about these values when making important decisions. Heartlines is committed to developing tools that can help you share your values. Check out these values resources.

Be accountable
As a mentor or a mentee, you need to be accountable to one another. Being accountable means being willing to accept responsibility for your actions. It also means owning up to your mistakes. Are you accountable to anyone? Find an accountability partner today.

Check out e-mentoring
E-mentoring is a way of providing a mentoring relationship using the internet or email. See how young South Africans are being mentored across the oceans. Maybe you’d like to mentor someone online – here’s your chance.

Be a super mentee
Don’t suck the life out of your mentor. Be a great mentee and help build a strong mentoring relationship. Quick tips: take the initiative, follow up on the goals you’ve set, thank your mentor and respect your mentor’s time. Read more ways to be the best mentee you can be.

Join Heartlines Youth Mentors
The Heartlines Youth Mentorship programme is there to encourage and support ordinary South Africans in their mentoring relationships. While many other mentorship programmes match mentors and mentees, Heartlines doesn’t. Instead, they want you to find a mentor or a mentee in your circle of influence (e.g. your school, church or community). By joining the programme, you get a free mentorship pack, support from the Heartlines Youth Mentors team and access to a network of mentors. Simply sms the word ‘MENTOR’ to 33250 (costs R1.50) and someone will contact you to complete the application form.

Find your mentoring style
What is your mentoring style? Are you a lousy listener, avid advisor or loud leader? Download and fill out this questionnaire to find your mentoring groove.

Connect with other mentors
It’s no good doing things alone. Connect with other mentors in the Heartlines mentors group on forgood.

Get mentoring support
Do you have an issue or concern with your mentee that you’re not too sure how to handle? The Heartlines Youth Mentors team is waiting for your call (0860 MENTEE), email (mentors@forgood.co.za) or sms (33250).

Go techno
Don’t be afraid of technology. You can use social networking to take your mentoring relationship to a new level. Check out these social networking tips for mentors.

Form a peer –mentoring group
Peer mentoring is when people who are in the same learning environment or the same age group mentor each other. Peer mentoring can be in the form of a one-on-one relationship or it can be in the form of a peer mentoring group. A peer mentoring group can be organised around the issues that a group faces such as drug and alcohol abuse, HIV/Aids, parenting or divorce. Find out more about peer mentoring.

Have coffee with a young person
Mentoring can be a very rewarding experience. Before you dive straight in, take a young person out for coffee, a smoothie or milkshake to see what being a mentor could be like. Ask the person how school is going, what sports he/she plays or whether he/she is struggling with anything. Here are 80 more questions you could ask your mentee.

Tutor a child
Do sums do it for you? Does science get you singing? Or do you have a wonderful way with words? Then get tutoring. Children in our country are in desperate need of extra lessons and you could be their ticket to a great future. Find someone you know to tutor or register online with a tutoring company.

Be an everyday hero
Everyday Heroes are people who choose to influence a young person in their community for good. They realise that the South Africa of tomorrow depends on how we shape the youth of today. Help a young person on their journey to greatness. Be an everyday hero. Check out Heartlines Mentors mobi site at www.myeverydayhero.co.za. Connect online wherever you are for mentor tips, videos, blogs, prizes and more.

Watch an inspiring movie with your mentee
The Blind Side, The Karate Kid, Finding Forrester, Dead Poets Society… All inspiring movies to get you motivated to make mentoring your thing. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn and you’ll probably shed a few tears. Watch them with your mentee and talk about it afterwards for even more impact.

Volunteer with your mentee
Volunteer together at an orphanage, clean up a park in your community or pack food parcels for the homeless. Forgood is full of ideas – search the site for something that resonates with you and your mentee.

Join a mentors’ forum
The cliché ‘sharing is caring’ is really applicable to mentoring. Tap into the wisdom of other mentors from around the world who share their mentoring tips online. Find out what works or what doesn’t and share your mentoring experience in a mentors’ forum.

Find your inner mentor
Are you wondering whether you have what it takes to be a mentor? Take this quiz to see if you are mentor material.

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