Fall 2024 CBODN Mentoring Program and Orientation Session

This fall, CBODN will once again offer a mentoring program for professionals coming into and expanding their practices within the field of OD.  This program is designed to provide a mentoring experience for CBODN members and non-members that is enriching and educational for all involved.  

About the Program:  

• Group mentoring will involve 3-5 people working together with a mentor on topics of interest to the mentees. 
• The mentees’ role is to contribute to the questions and content that the group will cover. 
• The mentor’s role is to hold space for the group’s conversation, ensuring the experience is inclusive and allows for active participation by all. 
• Each group will aim to meet every other week, 5 times over 10 weeks.
• Mentors and mentees will be paired at an orientation session based on common interests and days/times that work best. 
• Topics will be generated by the group’s participants, including offers to share with the group and requests for knowledge or information. Every individual participating in a group will serve as a source of knowledge and support to the group as a whole, and not just the person in the mentor role. 
• Each group will create its own contract around confidentiality and sharing of each other’s contact information.
• The program will conclude with a report out meeting to share feedback that helps improve future rounds of this work!

Meeting Times:

This round of the program, there will be a group that meets during the day and a group that meets in the evening. The dates and times for the two groups are: 

Evening Group

This group will meet each date at 7:00 p.m. Eastern (note this includes an extra date for flexibility)  

• Sept. 30
• Oct. 14
• Oct. 28
• Nov. 11
• Nov. 25
• Dec. 12

Daytime Group

This group will meet each date at a Time TBD Eastern (note this includes an extra date for flexibility)

• Oct. 4 
• Oct. 18
• Nov. 1
• Nov. 15
• Nov. 29 
• Dec. 13 

Key Dates:

• September 16th - Deadline to register
• September 23rd - Orientation session
  
• September 30th - December 13th - Program in session

• Members - No Additional Fee
• Non-members - $60

Note: By registering for the September 23rd Orientation Session, you are signing up for the program as a whole. 

For more information, or if you’d like to volunteer as a mentor, please contact Melissa George Kessler – melissa@orgcommconsulting.com.