[BCMA] "Am I a mentor?" BCMA Mentorship intake closes Aug 25

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

As we near the application closing deadline for the BCMA Mentorship
Program, it's a good time to ask yourself: "am I a mentor?"

If you answered yes, that's great!  If you answered no, then maybe you're
not realizing the impact you have on your fellow staff, volunteers, and
students.  Everyone and anyone can be a mentor, no matter your position,
pay scale, or institution's size.

Mentors provide much-needed knowledge, guidance, and perspective to those
they work with.  They listen, encourage, prompt, help, and demonstrate
skills or know-how based on their own experience.  They can help junior
staff, peers, and even superiors make the best of their work and their own
potential.

Mentors are also learners - they like to explore and grow and improve
themselves.  They too benefit from new perspectives, ideas, and experience
from their mentee.

The BCMA Mentorship Program facilitates sector-wide mentorship for Emerging
Museum Professionals over an eight-month period.  Mentorship participants
are given a suggested discussion/activity framework to use and are paired
based on areas of expertise/interest.

Now ask yourself: "can I be a mentor?"

Join us as a mentor to the next wave of BC museum professionals!  Find the
recruitment form here:
http://museumsassn.bc.ca/professional-development/upcoming-events/bcma-mentors/for-mentors/

-- 
*Ben Fast*
Programs and Communications Coordinator

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