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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

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Mentors: Bobby Deleon and Michel Daniel and students from ECHS - Speed Networking. As one who has always considered their work in the sector a “ calling ” versus a job, I’ve been lucky to have some amazing mentors. 5 Reasons Why Should Make Mentoring A Priority by Porter Gale.

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Student and itching to do a startup? How’d you like to spend the summer in Silicon Valley?

The Next Web

If you’re a student and aspiring startup founder, you’re going to want to pay close attention to the following. On top of that, there will be weekly pitch sessions with a host of mentors, obligatory startup visits and regular talks from top entrepreneurs and investors from the Bay Area. Image credit: Thinkstock.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

These include the Foster Grandparent program , which connects older adult mentors to children, and the Senior Companion program , which connects volunteers to older adults seeking some help to continue living independently in their own homes. Love gardening? You can take care of local parks, conservation areas, community gardens, and more.

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Mentor Collective shakes off its boots to scale student support services

TechCrunch

The demand for a platform to make the art of advice more accessible is thus easy for entrepreneurs to identify then pitch, but the serendipity — or the chasm between what makes someone an effective mentor versus just a speed dial for questions — is harder for them to scale. It also works with corporations such as Wells Fargo.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

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Then — as a first-generation college student — she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees. A High Achiever in Pursuit of Education The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation opens doors for low-income, high-achieving students to access a quality education. She finished high school and decided to go to community college.

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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Positive mentoring relationships are so important to the success of youth everywhere. That’s why we take time every January to celebrate National Mentoring Month! If you’re wondering how you can celebrate the mentors in your life or even become a mentor yourself, here’s a little bit about National Mentoring Month.

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Salesforce Employees & Tsofen Prepare Israel’s Arab Students for Jobs in Tech

Saleforce Nonprofit

Salesforce employees in Israel volunteer their time to mentor local Arab Israeli youth for successful careers in the tech industry. Educational and career exposure activities for high school, college, and university students , and graduates pursuing STEM studies. My mentor Karim Fanadka was very invested in guiding me.

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