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Re: How do you recruit mentors?

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Originally Posted by aryker View Post
Our team relies primarily on parents for mentors as well. Every year on the first Monday of build season, we have a "parent night," where we show all the parents the game video and walk them through a typical build season. We then invite them to stay the rest of the night and sit in on our brainstorming sessions, and invite any who are interested to come back and mentor.

Another more recent source of mentors for us is team alumni. Your ability to do this may depend on your location relative to good universities. Since we are close to Indianapolis, team members can come back from Purdue University and IUPUI fairly easily to mentor.
Excellent point. We have had our team alumni come back and help during their school breaks... as well as after they graduate. In addition we have been approached by alumni of other teams who have moved to the area after graduating from college. These "outside" alumni are also an excellent resource because they bring a different perspective to the team which can be like a breath of fresh air bringing in new ideas and opportunities.
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