Be a Mini Mentor!

​Do you like solving problems, but prefer fast results? Do you enjoy helping others? If so, then the “mini-mentor” program might appeal to you. 

Mini-mentors are temporary coaches. They work to assist a club in one particular area this is agreed upon between the mini-mentor and a representative club officer in advance and lasting for four-weeks only.

To offer your services as a mini-mentor, please fill out and submit the survey found HERE. You will be asked for your area(s) of expertise, geographic preferences, availability (dates, days, times), live assistance and/or virtually and any comments or concerns you might have.

Once we get a request from a club directly or through their Area Director or club coach that matches your skill set and preferences, we will work to match you with them. There will be a short online training you can take to help prepare you for this experience. We will also provide additional resources as needed.

Mini-mentors can help in a wide-range of areas, but focus on only one issue during their four-week stint. These four weeks do not need to be consecutive and are part of the agreement. Mini-mentors might:
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• Help a club redesign their website
• Demonstrate how to hold an effective Executive Council meeting.
• Assist with planning and executing any type of membership drive (Open House, Marketing Blitz, Speakers Series, SpeechCraft, “bring a friend” month)
• Teach a club how to use easy-speak.org, freetoasthost.org or any other toastmasters resource
• Demonstrate how to put the FUN back in meetings, run a wonderful contest, or how to have more effective evaluations
• Demonstrate how to get organized, properly document activities
• Help with any topic area agreed upon by the club and the mini-mentor.

Once the match is made, the mini-mentor works with the club representative to decide exactly what the club needs and how this goal will be achieved. To get credit, the mini-mentor will need to fill out a Project Plan . Both the mini-mentor and club representative must sign and date the document and forward it to the Club Growth Director at d55cgd@tmd55.org. For a copy of the project plan form, click here.