Supercharge Your Career With Micro Mentoring
Find resources, opportunities, and initiatives to kickstart your mentoring journey! Enable excellence through mentoring with the IEEE Student and Young Professionals (SYP) Community.
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Three vital roles are crucial in every engineer’s journey: mentors and coaches.
- Mentors provide invaluable guidance by speaking with you and sharing wisdom and experience.
- Coaches offer personalized support by speaking to you and offering advice and strategies for growth.
Micro Mentoring
Micro Mentoring blends the core elements of traditional mentoring with a focus on conciseness and efficiency. In this approach, mentoring relationships are condensed into a 3 month period (Cohort), with a minimum of three structured sessions.
Nano Mentoring
The IEEE CS SYP Micro Mentoring initiative offers a condensed version of the Micro Mentoring program for young professionals and students in computing fields attending events and congresses, called the Nano Mentoring program. It organizes meaningful interactions between experienced professionals and aspiring individuals through a flexible 3-hour session, divided to provide immediate, actionable feedback and help mentees address specific challenges or questions.
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Jihen Chouaib
2025 Team Lead
Uthej Kalathila
2025 Team Co-Lead
Anand Jagadeesh (AJ)
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Michel Adelino
Media Cluster Lead
Madushan Ilangakoon
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Taieb Jemal
Nano Mentoring Cluster Lead
Victor Xavier
Nano Mentoring Coordinator
Ranjeetha Anegundi
Mentoring Cluster member
Vishnu Gopal
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Micro Mentoring blends the core elements of traditional mentoring with a focus on conciseness and efficiency. In this approach, mentoring relationships are condensed into a 3 month period (Cohort), with a minimum of three structured sessions.
Pass on your expertise and knowledge to students and young professionals eager to learn, innovate and shape the future of the technology.
Expand your professional network by connecting with other Mentors and Mentees within the broader IEEE community.
Enhance your leadership, communication, and coaching skills through mentoring.
- Learn from experienced professionals who can guide you in your academic and career journey.
- Expand your professional network by connecting with Mentors and other Mentees within the broader IEEE community.
The main difference lies in the format, focus, duration, and goals. Traditional mentoring is often a long-term, group-based relationship focused on broad, gradual development. In contrast, the IEEE CS SYP Micro Mentoring program is a short-term, three-month initiative designed for one-on-one sessions. It concentrates on highly specific skills or challenges to provide immediate, actionable outcomes for young professionals and students in computing. Check the link for more details.
Nano Mentoring is an even more condensed version of the Micro Mentoring program, specifically designed to take place during events and congresses. While Micro Mentoring is a 3-month online program focused on specific goals, Nano Mentoring consists of a flexible 3-hour session during an event. Its purpose is to provide quick, concise advice on a single, highly specific issue or question that a mentee is facing. Check the link for more details.