July 2013
In the Loop
What's new
NRGize
Leadership Series
Working with Children Check
Count Me In!
Mentoring Stories
Events

  

Tincan Telephone  

In the Loop

Since the introduction of the subscription fee in June, we have had a strong uptake of programs that now have full and complete access to the suite of Australian Youth Mentoring Network resources and services. We now count some of Australia's smallest and largest mentoring programs as members and this is great news for our sector to see a range of programs with access to best practice information.
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What makes a good mentor  

What's new

Six Qualities that Make You a Good Mentor for Youth: An article recently published in Psychology Today discusses that research has shown that in young people mentored by adults, some common and important themes emerged. Young people agreed that you are more likely to influence their life path if you possess the following six qualities.
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NRGize  

NRGize Perth

Registrations for NRGize Perth are now open for Western Australian mentoring programs. The NRGize Workshop will be held on 21-22 October 2013.

NRGize is a two day workshop designed to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to run a successful youth mentoring program.


Subsidies are also available for WA programs with transport costs of greater than $400.
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john eales  

Leadership Series 

The AYMN's Leadership Series will place you in front of some of today leading business minds to talk about topics from developing an innovation culture within your organisation through to how to plan a strategy and how to manage the media.

 

Speakers include former Wallabies captain John Eales and Campaign Director of One Big Switch and former Director of Campaigns and Communications for CHOICE, the Australian Consumers' Association Christopher Zinn.  

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New Working with Children Check for NSW 

The NSW Government has introduced a new working with children check. Before you hire a new, paid child-related worker, you must verify the status of their Working With Children Check online to ensure they have a clearance to work with children, or have completed an application for a Check. A phase in period will apply to current employees and volunteers.
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Count Me In! 

A new campaign has been launched called Count Me In which encourages young people to enrol and vote in the up coming federal election.  If you would like to be involved in the campaign, click here for more information

  


 

Mentoring Stories  



Share your Good News Stories!

Do you have a great story about mentoring? Do you know of a mentoring pair who has worked fabulously together?
Click here to submit your mentoring story

  

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Other Events

Check out the AYMN Events page for upcoming forums, workshops and conferences. Upcoming events include:

Investing in Youth
25-26 July 2013

AYAC 2013 National Youth Affairs Conference
5-7 August 2013

Stepping Out, Breaking Through: Choices and Challenges in Education

27-28 August 2013
 


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Sincerely,
 
Australian Youth Mentoring Network

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