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Originally Posted by DareDad
I'm not sure this is the best place to look for new mentors since if someone has an account here they probably already have a team they're affiliated with.
That said, what are some good techniques for attracting new mentors to a team? Do you directly approach individuals? Do you talk to your local Chamber of Commerce about the benefits of mentoring? Do you rely on parents and existing friends to lasso in new mentors?
What works and what doesn't when it comes to bringing in new mentors?
Where do the best mentors come from?
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I completely understand your position on this. Gaining mentors is always tricky. Getting experienced mentors is also really hard. None of the original mentors from 1998 are still with Truck Town. We are really good at gaining "green" mentors but getting dedicated mentors with experience in FIRST is always tricky. Our team does a lot for FIRST in our area and finding an experience FIRST mentor would really benefit our team initiatives and FIRST in general.
For example, our team has had the opportunity to start over 30 FIRST teams in the past two years and all of them need experienced FIRST mentors to help guide and help them build teams.
That being said, by being an experienced mentor on Truck Town Thunder, you will have opportunities to mentor other teams and be a huge contributor to FIRST as a whole. Soooooo, Chief Delphi is probably the only place we can find a mentor that will be able to fill this role.
We have done a lot of creative things to gain good quality mentors. The last two years we have even had remote mentors. One of those mentors helped us gain the FIM State Chairmans award but mentoring the students through a successful chairmans process.
Please do not take this as a bragging session! We really want to help FIRST as a whole and we are in a position to do so and we need help doing it!
Thank you so much for asking and I hope this answers your question.