Mentoring Story Book Activity

This would be a fun activity, especially during the first year of a match!  Taken from Mentor Michigan.

Overview:

Invite a match to document their mentoring relationship in a book filled with personal stories and methods for successful mentoring.

Prep Time:

A few months.

Location:

Anywhere.

Materials Needed:

Index cards with open-ended questions to elicit mentoring stories/methods, recording device, person willing to transcribe audio recordings, primary writer to pull together content in logical order (if necessary).

Cost:

Printing of book.

Number of People Activity Could Accommodate:

Mentoring match.

Step-by-Step Activity Instructions:

1. Decide the overall content for the book – chapters, key points, etc.
2. Create personalized index cards with open-ended questions. (For example: How did we meet? What was your life like before you met? Is this type of relationship important to you?)
3. Respond to questions independently and/or through interviews with a third-party.
4. Transcribe responses to the questions.
5. Have the primary writer pull together the content and create a book that has logical flow and progression. Activity Audience: Individual matches, group matches, experienced matches, middle-school aged youth, high-school aged youth.