As a resource to promote best practices throughout Nebraska, MENTOR Nebraska provides several fundamental training and assessment tools at no cost to mentoring programs. These training opportunities help mentoring & youth-serving professionals, mentors, youth counselors, and educators gain the support and resources they need to provide high quality mentoring experiences.
Upcoming No-Cost Trainings
Nothing About Us, Without Us: A Podcast with Mentor Nebraska’s Youth Advisory Board
Date: January 15, 2025
Time: 11 AM - 12 PM CT
Location: Streaming live on MENTOR Nebraska's social media channels
Facilitators: Youth Advisory Board Members
Audience: Mentoring & youth-serving professionals, mentors, youth counselors, educators and caregivers
Get ready for an honest, youth-led conversation you won’t want to miss. Members of MENTOR Nebraska’s Youth Advisory Board will share their perspectives on everyday mentoring, what real support from adults looks like, and why feeling seen matters. Tune in to hear their stories, insights, and the powerful reminder that young people deserve a seat at the table — and a mic.
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Mentoring Best Practices: Intro to the EEPM5
Date: February 17
Time: 12-1 PM CT
Location: Virtual
Facilitator: Melissa Westbrook
Audience: Mentoring professionals
High-quality mentoring doesn’t happen by chance—it’s built on proven practices. Join us for a high-level overview of the brand-new 5th Edition of the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, a comprehensive guide offering evidence-based standards for creating and sustaining quality youth mentoring programs. This updated edition reflects the latest research and collective wisdom from the field. Whether you’re launching a new program or refining an existing one, you’ll gain an understanding of the most current mentoring best practices and how your program can use them to strengthen mentoring outcomes.
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Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Monthly on the 3rd Thursday
12 - 1:30 PM CT
Format: Webinar
Audience: Mentoring & youth-serving professionals
This webinar series is hosted by MENTOR National and facilitated by MENTOR and a planning team of MENTOR Affiliates, including MENTOR Nebraska. Through ongoing planning and evaluation of the latest developments in the field, this team delivers a webinar each month focused on strengthening mentoring practice, sharing new resources, and helping the field put research into practice.
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No-Cost Services
MENTOR Nebraska provides capacity building support (called technical assistance) to mentoring programs throughout the state. Our team of mentoring experts can provide up to 50 hours of free consulting based on your program’s individual needs.
Examples include:
- Guidance on mentor recruitment
- Creating a program logic model
- Developing mentor training materials
- Strengthening volunteer screening practices
- Implementing diversity, equity & inclusion practices
Contracted Services
We also contract with youth-serving programs, schools, nonprofits, and government/community organizations across the country to develop custom trainings based on their specific needs.
Recent projects include:
- Nebraska Dept. of Education
- South Dakota Dept. of Labor & Regulation
- Nebraska 4-H
- Latino Center of the Midlands
- My Brother’s Keeper
- Omaha Performing Arts
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