The 2nd Webinar for Russian-speaking mentors of entrepreneurs in the frame of SOS Mentoring global initiative

27.05.2020

Today, on the 27th of May, Youth Business Russia and the Institute of  Mentoring carried out a webinar ‘The aspects of remote mentoring: tips and recommendations’ in the frame of SOS Mentoring global initiative. 

The participants of the webinar were mentors and coordinators working at the programmes implemented by the Mentoring Institute jointly with our partners in Russia, as well as mentors and programme coordinators from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia.

The webinar was conducted by Boris Tkachenko and Irina Gorelova.

At the webinar the participants

• learnt how to establish relationships with a mentee before going into actual discussion of his/her business and practiced these skills in pairs,
• learnt which questions shall be asked when you start on mentoring relationships,
• explored how to focus on and maintain the relationships,
• discussed the way we listen and filter information and practiced this process in pairs,
• considered the benefits and the drawbacks of remote mentoring and practiced the process in pairs.

Exciting communication and paired and group activity between the mentors from 7 countries, as well as positive feedback will help the webinar organisers to prepare next webinars.

In the coming days, the next 4 webinars will be delivered designed to support acting mentors, for them to feel more confident in their role as mentors and to be able to support their mentees during the crisis.

The partners of the SOS Mentoring in Russia are Impact Hub Moscow, Our Future Foundation, Yugra Entrepreneurship Support Fund, “Ahead to Changes" Foundation (“Навстречу переменам”).