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Re: Training technical mentors

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Originally Posted by StevenB View Post
Besides going to a competition, are there suggestions for a "crash course" that could get these smart but uninitiated folks up to speed?
There's no such thing as a crash course in Gracious Professionalism. You can't initiate someone without putting him or her in the middle of things.

Watch "Gearing Up", perhaps? It's better than nothing, and it might allow them to accelerate a bit more smoothly without running into quite so many walls along the way to useful speed.
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