In the Loop: Social Media and the New Landscape of Youth Mentoring  

Social media and social networking offer numerous ways to engage with volunteers, youth and staff and the majority of mentoring organisations report using some type of social media to connect with their stakeholders. Additionally, many of today's youth use social networking as one of their primary methods of communication and it can be a wonderful way of keeping the lines of communication open. In this installment of In the Loop, we share some key pointers on how to manage relationships transformed by new ways of connecting. Read more 

Social networking site use: Linked to adolescents' social self-concept, self-esteem, and depressed mood

Gender and level of 'investment' in social networking sites are more important than frequency of use when trying to understand how sites such as Facebook influence youth, according to Murdoch University researchers.

The new study - involving 1,819 years 9 and 11 students from 34 WA high schools - used a questionnaire probing how social networking sites (SNS) were used, frequency of use and emotional investment as well as social self-concept, self-esteem and depressed mood. Read more

AYMN'S new mentor training toolkit 

Planning and delivering your mentor volunteer training? Then this training toolkit, packed with over 20 hours of interactive learning activities, has all you need to prepare volunteers to become effective mentors. Aimed at program coordinators it is suitable for use in a variety of different settings and to underpin additional project specific or further specialist training that will focus on your own specific program. Read more

Australian Youth Mentoring Conference

Schools Mentoring Australia (SMA Inc)

With demand for in-school mentoring growing at a rapid pace, Victorian schools have welcomed in its newest mentoring incarnation, Schools Mentoring Australia (SMA Inc).

The SMA Inc. mission statement is to simply ensure the best possible positive outcomes for vulnerable young people in Victoria's secondary school system. Read more

The 2014-2015 Entertainment™ Book is now available!

Entertainment™ Books are packed with hundreds of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for the best restaurants, cafes, hotel accommodation, attractions and activities. You will receive $15,000 worth of valuable offers, so you can choose what you want to do and when you want to do it up until 1 June 2015. 

From every purchase, $13 will be donated to help support youth mentoring programs Australia wide. Purchase yours here

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