Finding a Mentor (pt.2): Networking Hubs and Programs
Jul 28, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode description
Sometimes you just stumble across a great mentor...but how can you intentionally find one? This episode looks
There are great programs that can help you find a mentor… but mentorship isn’t as simple as assigning one person to another -there’s something organic about it; it can’t be forced.
That said, there are steps you can take and programs you can enrol in that will make it much more likely for you to find that key person who will take you under their wing.
In this episode we hear the stories of two women:
*Malaika Mfula - who helps female entrepreneurs at The Exchange in Dubbo - an innovation, co-working and networking space which runs online and face-to-face courses in business, marketing and all things startup. She tells her own story about finding a mentor as well as how The Exchange and programs like it, are facilitating networking and mentoring.
*Rebecca Barry - a farmer and manager of South Australia’s largest livestock exchange. She received a scholarship from Livestock Leaders which opened doors to mentoring and a supportive community. She talks about how she made the decision to choose agriculture as her career when there were other paths she could have taken.
If you’re a rural woman thinking about how to meet people or enrol in the right program - then this is for you!
For more information visit our website. Thanks for listening!
There are great programs that can help you find a mentor… but mentorship isn’t as simple as assigning one person to another -there’s something organic about it; it can’t be forced.
That said, there are steps you can take and programs you can enrol in that will make it much more likely for you to find that key person who will take you under their wing.
In this episode we hear the stories of two women:
*Malaika Mfula - who helps female entrepreneurs at The Exchange in Dubbo - an innovation, co-working and networking space which runs online and face-to-face courses in business, marketing and all things startup. She tells her own story about finding a mentor as well as how The Exchange and programs like it, are facilitating networking and mentoring.
*Rebecca Barry - a farmer and manager of South Australia’s largest livestock exchange. She received a scholarship from Livestock Leaders which opened doors to mentoring and a supportive community. She talks about how she made the decision to choose agriculture as her career when there were other paths she could have taken.
If you’re a rural woman thinking about how to meet people or enrol in the right program - then this is for you!
For more information visit our website. Thanks for listening!
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