Web Seminar #6
Special Issues in Targeted Mentor Recruitment: Male Mentors and Hispanic Communities
Presenters: JUERGEN KNEIFEL & BETH SENGER (click names for full presenter bios)
Description: Recruiting enough quality volunteers to serve as mentors is among mentoring programs' greatest challenges, especially for new programs who are dealing with all aspects of getting their services up and running. Recruiting mentors from specific demographic groups or with specific skills or interests creates additional challenges. This seminar will offer sound advice and useful tools for effectively recruiting the right mentors for your program. It will focus on applying the principles of targeted mentor recruitment to two specific areas:
- "Recruiting Men to Mentor" (presented by Juergen Kneifel) will describe how programs can build a successful male recruitment strategy by assessing their needs and community resources and understanding male volunteer motivations to develop recruitment messages that work for males. Examples of successful male recruitment efforts will be included.
- "Recruitment in Hispanic Communities" (presented by Beth Senger) will help programs who are working primarily with Hispanic youth and families develop their capacity to find, train, and support Hispanic volunteers. Based on her personal experience in El Paso, Texas, Beth will include helpful tips on developing community relationships and involving families in the program.
Teleconference Files:
- Special Issues in Targeted Mentor Recruitment: Male Mentors & Hispanic Communities (transcript of both presentations, plus slides, handouts, and supplemental reading)
- Audio recording of the presentation (100 minutes, 93 MB, mp3 format) Download audio
- Recruiting Men to Mentor - PowerPoint ~ PDF version
- Recruitment in a Hispanic Community - PowerPoint ~ PDF version