Mentoring gets thumbs-up – MyBusiness Magazine

Female business owners and managers participating in the Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN) MentorNet program have reported an increase in business skills, more direction in their business , and expanded networks.

He wasn’t a traditional mentor… Daily Telegraph

Me & My Mentor – Daily Telegraph – 18 August 2007

“He wasn’t a traditional mentor but it was fantastic…” – Jade Harley

“Jade is regarded by myself and her peers as the stand-out…” Dennis Roberts

Jade Harley and Dennis Roberts joined the Australian Businesswomen’s Network’s MentorNet program. Jade describes her mentor, professional business coach Dennis Roberts, as a ‘rebel’.

Gen-Ys Turn to Mentors – SmartCompany.com.au

As they take over from the baby boomers, Generation & employees are proving more ambitious and more demanding…

…Increasingly, however, mentors are using technology to get around this problem. The Australian Businesswomen’s Network has been using cutting-edge Web 2.0 technology to connect female SME owners with mentors through its Mentornet program since January this year.

Mentornet uses a combination of online classrooms, blogs, podcasts, teleconferencing, virtual meetings and a social networking facility similar to Facebook and Bebo to facilitate interaction between experienced mentors and new business owners.

Online mentoring takes place in groups of four participants to one mentor via a hosted webinar that allows participants to see, talk, view common documents and see pictures of each other, or at any time through blogs and email….