Co-founder Jean Rhodes to deliver keynote address at the European Mentoring Summit

April 24, 2024

Mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. But how can programs expand their reach while retaining quality and effectiveness. Striking this balance is not easy—and there has been a tendency, particularly in the US, to privilege rhetoric and growth over reality and rigor. The truth is that mentoring programs have the capacity to be enormously effective, and to bridge service gaps in ways that democratize wellness and opportunity. Nonetheless, far too few programs are sufficiently grounded in science to deliver on this promise. This talk will provide an overview of past failures and successes and provide a blueprint for expanding effective mentoring without sacrificing quality.