Mentoring Program

The program was initiated in fall of 2008 and sponsored by PMI OVOC. The mission of the Program is to provide interested members with mentoring support that materially helps the member on his/her journey to becoming a very effective project management practitioner. Mentoring is the act of a more experienced person, the Mentor, providing guidance, wisdom, knowledge, and support in a manner in which a Mentee can receive and benefit from it.

The program is available to anyone who is a member of the PMI OVOC chapter and there are no additional fees in order to register in the program. Note that anyone accepted into the Mentoring Program must attend this Kick-Off session. There are two (2) sessions during the year usually in the spring and in the fall.  Each session runs about 6 months long.

From Mentee perspective:

• Accelerate learning curve
• Solve concrete problems
• Broaden network
• Benefit from another person's vision, experience, learning
• Get help focusing on career plans and career moves
• Experience a non-threatening climate to test one's ideas, skills and viewpoints
• Obtain PDUs to maintain PMP certification (See Table below)

From Mentor perspective:

• The ability to positively influence the next generation leaders
• Challenge
• Improve mentoring, motivation and counselling skills
• Learn about new contexts and new ways of thinking
• Broaden network
• Obtain PDUs to maintain PMP certification (See Table below)