Events & Trainings
MENTOR Georgia provides a variety of events, trainings, and grant-supported monthly webinars to strengthen the mentoring community. Through our diverse range of events, MENTOR Georgia aims to educate and prepare mentoring providers with the skills they need to serve Georgia’s youth. To get the most up-to-date information, make sure to signing up for our newsletter. Email Executive Director Leslie Hale at lhale@uga.edu for support with any of these opportunities.
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Monthly Webinars To view the current calendar of webinars, click here.
MENTOR Georgia provides two monthly webinar series: Bagels & Best Practice and Lunch & Learn. These trainings are offered via Zoom at no cost to the attendees. Registration is required at least 24 hours in advance for each session in the series, and registration for each session typically opens approximately 3 weeks ahead of time. Use the links below to register for the next webinar in each series.
Bagels & Best Practice – Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™ training, focusing on one to two standards for quality mentoring each month. You can view the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring Fifth Edition™ (EEPM) here. We’re retooling this training series after the release of the updated EEPM in early 2025; stay tuned for information about a newly updated version of this training series coming in fall 2025.
Lunch & Learn – A different professional development topic focused on organizational best practices each month! Each month’s topic will be announced 4-6 weeks prior. Previous topics have included strategic planning, individual fundraising, board development, and program evaluation. Sessions are hosted from 12 – 1:30 p.m. Register here.
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Virtual Coffee Hours MENTOR Georgia hosts a virtual coffee hour every third Thursday of the month as a space for mentoring providers to discuss recent learnings from MENTOR Georgia, address current needs, and contribute your learned experience to our growing network. It’s a power hour of networking with fellow mentoring programs from all over the state, and the only thing missing is you!
Make sure you have access to future coffee hours by RSVPing here. To access recordings of past coffee hours, check out our archive here
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On-demand Training MENTOR Georgia provides training and/or consulting to meet the needs and mission of your organization. To view a list of training topics we offer, click here. To discuss these trainings or any of your needs, email Leslie Hale: lhale@uga.edu.
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Annual Summit – Registration is now open! 
Join us in Athens this June for Summit:IGNITE.
The Summit takes place in Athens on Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28. Day 1 will be a full day for those working in and on behalf of the youth mentoring field. It is open to professionals, volunteers, board members, partners of youth mentoring organizations, and young people themselves. Day 2 is aimed at young people ages 14 to 24, with some program staff expected to attend with their mentees and other youth participants. For the first time, the Youth Summit will be a full day including lunch, with expanded content curated and presented by young people.
To learn more about the MENTOR Georgia Summit, peek at an early agenda, and register for either day, visit our summit page here.
MENTOR Georgia hosts an annual professional development and networking event in Athens, Georgia, at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel. The day consists of networking, speakers and workshops that drive conversations about strengthening mentoring programs throughout the state.
Registration is now open for the 2025 Summit, taking place June 27 and 28. Visit our Summit page to learn more and register.
Thank you to our generous sponsors who supported last year’s summit:
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