Project Name/Idea:  Jain Mentoring Program

 

Project Name: Jain Mentoring Program

 

Your Name:  Alok Lal

Tel: 631 766 5544

Email:  alok_lal2003@yahoo.com

 

Team Members:  Alok Lal et al

 

 

1. What Vision2020 Gap are you filling?

 

            -Communications

            -Energizing the community

 

2.  What problem are you solving?

 

            -Engage disenchanted youth who are interested in becoming involved  / being included.

 

3.  Why are you solving it?

 

            -Something I would have wanted when I was young but didn’t have.

 

4.  What is your solution?

 

            -Build a Big Brother / Big Sister type relationship

-Serve as a medium where 22+ can give back and 11-17 year olds can turn to someone they trust.

 

 

5.  Who is your target audience? Where is it applicable?

 

            -Mentors à  22+ (college grads and working professionals)

            -Mentees à  11-17 year olds (middle and high school)

 

 

6.  Has a related  problem been solved? Where? By Who? Can you partner with someone?

 

-Other organizations have created mentoring programs but not jain-centric

            -Engaging gauge youth mostly done via Patshala class

-Special program aimed more as guiding force where young kids can imbibe jain values.

 

 

7.  Resources Needed

 

nPeople / Volunteers:  

 

-Mentors

-Mentees

-Program Coordinators

 

nConsultants / Suppliers / Services: (Example: Web, publishing, brochure, etc.)

 

-May need advice from other mentoring orgs like Big Bros.  / Big Sisters or iMentor

 

nFinancial: How much $ you will require

 

-Biggest resource is time

-Find way to encourage giving of time

-Reward longer time commitments

 

8. What type of talent do you need?  Do you have the right team?  Are you the right leader?

 

            -Mentors need to be patient and have strong jain values

            -Able to give advice on school, careers, etc.

            -Program coordinators with experience and commitment to follow all mentor/mentee relationships

 

 

9.  How will you create awareness and promote the project?

 

            -Need to make recruitment announcements at Jain Center

            -Send emails out to google groups list serve

            -Create and distribute flyers

 

10.  How will get the funding?

 

            -$$$ not necessary at the moment

            -Ask for solid commitments of time from all parties

            -Make known how much time is required

            -Have both parties sign agreement

 

11.  What are the first 100 day, 200 day, 300 day milestones? How will the product be sustained?

 

          -Deadline #1

                        -Create Program Curriculum

                        -Create flyers / brochures

                        -Get people to sign-up / volunteer

                        -Create mentor / mentee pairs

                        -Hold Kickoff event

 

            Deadline #2

                        -Hold Event inviting all mentor / mentee pairs (museum visit, movie outing, baseball game)

                        -Send out survey garnering feedback of program thus far

                        -Create plan to generate more mentor / mentee pairs

 

            Deadline #3

                        -30 pairs of mentor / mentees

                        -Expand to 2 other Jain Centers

 

Kellogg Leadership Conference Peer Comments

 

 

 

Jain mentoring, very important role needed we lack here

This can start with professional or career counseling

Long term benefit, what method to use

WE/I NEED IT; everything it needs is ready to go

Mentoring is always welcome, suggestion with proper understanding

Novel approach, add Project # 1 target

Create a mentoring committee at JAINA conventions

will get Jains involved; people VIP are busy

Grow the youth; mentor process creation

Strengthens community ties and involves wider segment of young Jains; Needs time to build and committed volunteers

Good idea, we could easily pair up with rural areas, teaching projects, etc. Who would be a mentor? Would his/her personal view come in? If it does, is that good? Bad? Would they have to go through some training?

Excellent for networking; Take advantage of Dipak Jain's offer

We need to focus in this area to motivate and help our young adults. This is our future - combine with other projects with similar goals

Prepared next generation of Jain leaders; Needs training

Great value to participants

This should be piloted quickly and then taken to all centers.

Help our youth and maintain continuity to the next generation; Ensure that interactions are beneficial, i.e. - monitoring

Good idea; Should be a serious program otherwise will fail