AFP Peers Coming Together: New Mentorship Program!

There's good news for AFP members who want to boost their professional development: a new FREE mentoring program is available to you.  This is your chance to receive personalized feedback, direction and nurturing to build your career and become a more effective fundraiser.

If you have 1+ years of experience in fundraising, let's talk.

Here's how it works:

• You will identify a project or 1-3 specific goals you hope to accomplish during the year. Where do you want to be in your career in 2 years? What specifically do you need to master to serve your institution more effectively?
• AFP will match mentees with mentors by considering appropriate relative levels between mentor and mentee, geography, subject matter to be worked on and matching people from organizations that are mutually illuminating while not being competitive.
• Mentor/mentees meet at least monthly and probably connect more often via phone and/or email.  Communication is confidential and structured enough to ensure progress but open enough to foster communication and evolve as needed.

Are you a senior development professional? We need you as a mentor!  Mentors should have 5+ years in development, a desire to help the next generation of fundraisers, and a willingness to focus on the mentees goals and needs and help him/her achieve them. This is an opportunity to share ones knowledge and nurture the next generation of nonprofit leaders.

For more information and to get involved as a mentor or as a mentee, contact Mary Saionz at Mary-Saionz@smh.com or (941) 917-1286.