District 61 believes in a mentorship approach that is based on an experienced person (mentor) working with a less experienced person (mentee) as peers – including mutual respect. Our objective is to provide an environment where members learn directly from each other and develop stronger relationships with each other. In each case, the member is learning – the mentee is learning a skill, while the mentor is demonstrating and learning through leadership. Members will get much more out of Toastmasters in an environment where they can achieve their specific goals with the help of others and have strong inter-personal bonds.

The benefits of mentorship are numerous:

• Dramatically improves the leadership and speaking skills of our membership,
• More effectively integrates people into our clubs,
• Delivers a stronger, happier membership with a better renewal percentage, and
• the fulfillment of the Toastmaster's Promise

To help our clubs and our membership revitalize mentorship in their clubs, the District has launched the Mentorship initiative.  This initiative is built around the District 61 Mentorship ambassadors who have a passion for mentorship and this district.  To deliver the benefits of mentorship to the district our ambassadors are:

• Creating documents and tools to help people be excellent mentors and mentees and for clubs to revitalize mentorship on their own
• Delivering presentations at TLIs and, when invited, at club meetings to explain District 61's mentorship program, the benefits of mentorship, how to mentor well, how to launch mentorship in your club, and the tools that are available to help make mentorship more effective in your club
• Provide advice to club leaders and mentors looking for help 

We look forward to a healthier, happier and more vibrant District 61 through Mentorship.

	Description	Size
	Re-Launching Mentorship in Your Club	316 KB
	Mentoring New Member Checklist	256 KB
	Mentoring an Experienced Member - Duty of Care	256 KB
	Mentoring a New Member – Duty of Care	347 KB
	Mentorship Tracking Form	1 Mb
	Recommendations for Mentees	359 KB
	Using Personality Types to Match Mentors and Mentees	333 KB
	Mentorship Roadmap	414 KB
	Multi-club Member Interest Survey	95 KB