Mentornet – Reframing practice: creating social learning networks
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Executive Summary
The MentorNet program provides an intimate business social network that supports entrepreneurial women to grow their businesses through education, networking, and mentoring over a period of six months. MentorNet was the first national mentoring program for women in business to be launched in Australia and the first to use Web2.0 technologies (blogs, wikis, social networks, webinars, photo-sharing and social bookmarking) to provide education and mentoring in an enriched technology enabled experience. In June 2006, the Australian Business Network (ABN) won a government grant to develop a
national mentoring program for businesswomen as part of the Australian Government’s Building Entrepreneurship in Small Business program. Since January 2007, 6 programs have been successfully completed by 127 Mentorees, together with 29 Mentors.
Basic data
Tools: Wiki, WebEx
Technology: Confluence, WebEx
Number of users: 200+ mentorees / 45 mentors / 6 subject matter experts
Industry: Education
Keywords: wiki, e-learning, mentoring, Australia
Timeframe: 2007 – 2009
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