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Rotarians Mentoring Rotaractors (Barriers and Challenges of Mentorship…
Rotarians Mentoring Rotaractors
Goal/Purpose of Mentorship
Setting an Example
Young people learning from those with good values
Rotary Perpetuity
Rotaractors eventually becoming Rotarians
Inspire a Rotaractor to become a Rotarian for life
Rotaractors eventually paying mentorship forward to next generation
Social Repsonsibility
Rotaractors being socially responsible citizens
Giving back to community
Empowerment
Enabling leadership
Demystifying the unknown
Mentorship Process
Starts with shadowing
Starts at the club level, sponsor Rotary Club with Rotaract Club
Rotarians give talks
Encourage Rotaractors to come to Rotary meetings
Financial suuport
Activity support
A partnership
Not Specific
Depends on desires
It's a two way street
Reciprocal
Needs of mentee discussed and made clear
Mentor and Mentee create plan with mutually set milestons
Mentor monitors and evaluates progress
Rotaractors emulates character of Rotarian
7 out of 10 walk away
Barriers and Challenges of Mentorship
Building relatiionship
Finding a mentor that is a good fit both professionally and in personality
Cultural Gap
Rotarians think differently then Rotaractors
Mentor Experience
Some Rotarians lack Rotaract experience which can make relating to Rotaractors difficult
Give/Take
Finances
Only want to spend on Rotary not Rotaract
Efffort
Forgetting about the principle of service at the heart of Rotary
Working with people who care for the wrong reason
Time
Flexibility
Mentors get tired
Benefits of Rotarian-Rotaract Mentorship
Working with young people who have ambition, drive, tenacity
Mutually beneficial
An act of service for Rotarians
A tremendous learning opportunity for Rotaractors
Creates socially responsible leaders
Invests in the future of Rotary
Currently only 5% of Rotaractors become Rotarians
What Makes a Good Mentorship
Empathy
Rotarian empathizing with younger generation
Rotaractors empathizing with older generation
Generous Spirit
Rotarians being generous in sharing of insight
Rotaractors being willing to give attention and accountability
Values
Interweaving mentorship with Rotary values