Best speaker Magazine Issue 2 - December 2017 | Page 77

you take up the responsibility of passing
on this knowledge to a new member. It is
only by completing a number of manual
speeches and taking part in different club
roles that you are able to gain hands-on
experience in public speaking skills. The
more knowledge you have gathered, the
more you are capable of nurturing your
mentees.
Be Confident; New members expect
a certain level of confidence-boost and
self-belief in joining a club. The mentor
must reflect the confidence that they are
expecting to achieve in the long run.
Be a Good Listener; The mentee
must be given the opportunity to speak,
structure his or her ideas, and find
answers for questions. It is vital that in
such a situation mentors provide them
with the required time to do so and be
good listeners in order to craft effective
future leaders.
Show Concern for Others; A true
mentor is a genuine individual. He or
she must be willing to step up to another
person’s aid without being asked to. He
or she must take a genuine interest in
another person’s life and personal growth.
Once a new member has been assigned
to a mentor, it is important that the
mentor carries out the activities in a
methodical and planned manner. The
first meeting with the mentee could vary,
based on the newness of the member to
the club. The mentor must introduce the
club and the club procedures and explain
about the manuals that they can complete
In meetings held overtime, the
as a member. The most important task to mentor can develop a more inspirational
be ticked off from the checklist on the first relationship with his or her mentees by
day is to encourage the members to do sharing personal experiences and goals.
their Icebreaker. The Icebreaker could be The mentee must then also be introduced
terrifying to new members, because not to speech contests and officers’ duties as
only are they relatively new to the concept well.
of public speaking but
The mentor and
“I’ve experienced a
they are also expected
mentee
relationship
to speak in front of stronger bond forming is often described as
complete strangers. It
a finite relationship.
between the mentor Although the mentor
is in the hand of the
mentor to create the
is expected to commit
and mentee over
enthusiasm
within
for the development of
time and once the
the new members and
the mentee and held
eradicate their initial reins are let go of, the responsible for his or
fear of speaking in front
mentor and mentee her performance, once
of an audience.
the mentee has gained
The next meeting relationship transforms adequate
experience
could be arranged to into a strong kinship” and is confident enough
explain the mentees
to make independent
about the resources that are available decisions, the reins are let go of so that he
to each member of a club, ranging from or she can perform and be the leader he
past magazines, manuals, and also soft or she is meant to be. Except, for in my
copies of past manual speeches. Mentors experience, I’ve experienced a stronger
must provide the mentee with positive bond forming between the mentor and
feedback and articulate the points to mentee over time and once the reins
improve in such a manner so that they are let go of, the mentor and mentee
do not feel incompetent. It is important relationship transforms into a strong
that the member feels benefited by joining kinship where they watch over each other
the club and feels his or her importance and supplement their accomplishments in
in the club. The mentor can move on to life.
explain to the mentee about his or her
Gavelier NABILAAH
responsibilities as a member, apart from
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completing the projects in the manuals;
Faculty of Commerce and
that is, to gradually accumulate the
Management
qualities that are important for a mentor.
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