https://community.element14.com/members-area/w/documents/1085/element14-community-mentor-matchen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/w/documents/1085/element14-community-mentor-matchWed, 06 Oct 2021 20:43:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2c33cf56-d0ff-49ea-b4ed-8028fd92c5fbnlarsonhttps://community.element14.com/members-area/w/documents/1085/element14-community-mentor-match#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by nlarson on 10/6/2021 8:43:29 PM<br /> <p style="margin:0;"><strong>What Is This About?</strong></p><p style="margin:0;">Several of you have offered amazing expert advice to your fellow members who are new to electronics or looking to beef up skills in a new technology area, product or when you get stuck in the middle of the latest project.&nbsp; Likewise, many members have posted questions for projects and searching for advice from members who&#39;ve been in your shoes before.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">This document looks to serve a need to connect people who need mentors with those are looking to mentor. This is a place for members inexperienced and/or skilled to come together and learn from each other and share expertise. </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Where To Begin?</strong></p><p style="margin:0;">To find a mentor/mentee, comment on the document with what you&#39;re looking for below.&nbsp; Likewise, if you find a post that matches what you are looking for, respond to the comment and connect with each other on the Community.&nbsp; Finally, please include in your comment the method you might like to interact with your mentor/mentee.&nbsp;&nbsp; We suggest using the Community as there are so many options to communicate here.&nbsp; For example, you could start a private discussion (then you have the option to open it up to others if you decide to do so), secret or private groups are an option as well - or you could just add the member as a connection and communicate via Messages in your Inbox.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>For example - here&#39;s what you might post</strong>:</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Looking for Mentor</strong>: I&#39;m a student at XYZ school in Canada in my last year of graduate school.&nbsp; I am looking for someone who has experience with IoT to bounce ideas off of for a senior project.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a link to my blog post on element14 Community about my project: [link to blog]</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Looking for a Mentee</strong>: I am a retired engineer with expertise in embedded and industrial automation looking to share my expertise.&nbsp; I have roughly 2 hours per week to devote.&nbsp; I prefer to mentor via the Community through Messages or private discussions.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">We are looking forward to connecting several mentors with mentees on element14 Community!&nbsp; Please share any feedback about the program with <span><a href="/members/element14support">element14support</a></span> or <span><a href="/members/nlarson">nlarson</a></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: help, mentor, mentee, expertise</div>