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MentorNet

How does it work?
Mentors (men or women) will provide mentoring to young women using a structured and planned approach to business building. The program covers business-skills development training, mentoring and peer collaboration. Subject-matter experts will facilitate educational webinars (web seminars) to deliver business-skills training. The program uses up-to-the-minute e-learning technology (including the internet, webinars, blogs, online collaboration and teleconferences) to deliver information, education, networking and mentoring. MentorNet is delivered over a six-month period (Dates are available by clicking on the 'schedule' tab at the top of this page.

Who is eligible to participate?
All participants (both mentors and mentorees) in the program must be operating a business within Australia. Mentors may be men or women who have owned and operated their business for a minimum of five years. Mentors can be located nationally, even globally. Each mentor will support up to 4 or 5 mentorees through the process. Mentoree positions are available to women who have been in business for at least six months and operate their business within Australia. Mentorees can be located anywhere in Australia.

The program provides women entrepreneurs with structured business training, consolidated by peer group collaboration, and is enriched by the value of working with successful businesspeople in a mentor relationship.

Project outcomes and duration:

• Structured business skills training: By the end of program (which runs for six months), participants will have created a detailed business plan incorporating marketing, operations and financial plans. They will have received training in core business development skills and collaborated with a growing network of peers.
  
• Mentor relationships: Six months of small group mentoring and peer support concurrent with business skills training. By the end of this period, participants will have consolidated the business skills training, identified deficiencies in their skills and taken appropriate action to train in these areas. The mentors will have provided guidance and direction in business management and provided coaching and encouragement. The mentor commitment is approx 25 hours over six months.
  
• Both mentors and mentorees will have expanded their national networks and made contacts that can provide ongoing support after the completion of the program.

The role of the mentor and peer collaboration should greatly increase the feedback, commitment and accountability of meeting these targets.

How to apply:
Call Fiona De Zotti on 1300 720 120 or download an Application Form.

To download a Mentoree Application Form, click here.

To download a Mentor Application Form, click here.

Dates
Programs 1 and 2 are currently in progress. Bookings are now being taken for Program 3. Dates of the individual modules and session times are available by clicking on Schedule at the top of this page.

Tuition
The full price of this program is $1,700 + GST per mentoree. The funding provided by the Australian Government means that fees for Mentorees are reduced to $935 (includes GST) for the six-month program.

Limited places. Preference will be given to members of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.