Written by Veronica Heringer on 30 June 2010
It’s unbelievable how two years can pass so quickly when you’re having fun. My first day as Laurie’s Mentoring Connections first hire doesn’t feel like it was two years ago, and the memories of each team member joining our team are still very fresh in my mind. Two years sounds like a long time when you have very passionate and excited coworkers who come to the office every single day with the same enthusiasm as their first day at work. [Continue]
Written by Veronica Heringer on 10 June 2010
Yesterday, we finally got together with some of our mentors and mentees to pick our players and teams for our 2010 World Cup Contest. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the awesome draft at the Irish Heather, organized by Jericho and Catherine. However, Romanda acted as a wonderful representative picking most of my first choice players. She was quite upset for not being fast enough to pick Kaká, though, which is very unfortunate, since she practiced the pronunciation all day yesterday! [Continue]
Written by Veronica Heringer on 27 April 2010
This year, the ISSofBC Mentoring Connections team wants to help you celebrate Mother’s Day with your family. We are giving away a family night out for 4 at any Cineplex. To enter, leave a comment describing how you celebrate Mother’s Day in your family. [Continue]
Written by Veronica Heringer on 23 April 2010
When I started working as one of our Marketing and Mentoring Outreach Consultants, I thought I was signing up for an impossible mission. I started in this position right at the time of the economic recession, when many Vancouver-based professionals who would qualify as mentors had lost their jobs or were trying to manage their growing responsibilities at work. Much to my delight, even though the economic scenario was not favourable to volunteer programs, Vancouver-based professionals were still interested in giving back to the community and welcoming new Canadians. [Continue]
Written by Veronica Heringer on 16 April 2010
When I started to plan with Catherine a video campaign for our program, the only thing that seemed clear to us was that we wanted to give a voice and face to our mentors and mentees in our promotional materials. After two years collecting success stories from over 300 participants, we were convinced that some partnerships needed the spotlight. However, we weren’t sure if our mentees would agree to speak in front of a camera about the professional challenges they’ve been facing in Canada; we didn’t know if our mentors, Vancouver-based professionals, would agree to take their commitment with our program to a more serious level. [Continue]
Written by Veronica Heringer on 01 January 2010
2010 starts with an extra reason for you to become a Mentoring Connections career mentor: we are a "Give a Day. Get a Disney Day" participant organization! This means that mentors who register through this initiative will receive a day pass to a Disney Theme Park after the completion of their volunteer hours. [Continue]
