Learn From The Experienced

Below is the outline for the speech that I did for Level 2 of the Innovating Planning tract. This speech is to be related to the topic of mentoring. The objective is to write a 5- to 7-minute speech about a time when you were a protégé. Share the impact and importance of having a mentor.

Introduction

• describe a time when you were a protege;
• mentor - Webster defines as "a trusted counselor or guide"
• protege - Webster defines as "one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence"
• thesis: starting journey with experience, importance of mentorship

Starting Journey With Experience

• the protege learns from the experience of the mentor
• puts you in a better position than starting with no experience
• human internet, since people don't use libraries anymore (or like they used to); wealth of knowledge
• mentor can provide you guidance so that you don't repeat the mistakes that they made when going down similar paths or journeys
• always have tried to position myself as protege because there's always something new to learn, especially when working in technology; new trends and best practices all the time

Mentor and Protege Examples

• pastor and congregation
• boss and employee
• teacher and student

College

• pair programming when working in IT office
• took similar classes and were able to discuss the changes that had occurred with the course and the differences in the technologies and best practices that were taught
• able to take the things learned from the mentor and applied them to the assignments in my classes and the work that I currently do as an IT professional

Importance of Mentorship

• young can learn from old and the old can learn from young
• best practices change over time, and thus more efficient way of doing things can exist if you learn from those younger than you; reciprocal learning
• different experiences, both lifestyle and working styles, impact the perspectives that each person has
• representation matters; when you see and interact with people that do what you are trying to achieve, you are more likely to succeed in that endeavor

Evaluator Feedback

• positioning of notes; made it looks like conversational
• good information that was shared
• good use of exepreinces and allow people to relate
• improve usage of body language in virtual context
• ask rhetorical questions or questions to the group