Mentoring

Karla Dillon

Does NetCommunity have mentoring capability for alumni and students -- a system that, once set up, can allow the students/mentors to make selections and communicate with each other, etc. without staff having to manually handle it?

Crystal Bruce

Karla Dillon:

Does NetCommunity have mentoring capability for alumni and students -- a system that, once set up, can allow the students/mentors to make selections and communicate with each other, etc. without staff having to manually handle it?

Hey Karla,


First.. fabulous profile pic! This is a great idea for the BBNC team - would you mind sharing it in our ideas bank? https://community.blackbaud.com/products/netcommunity/ideas


Thank ya thank ya!

Julie Gibson

Hi Karla,


You can setup the User Login, targeted content for Directories (mentors viewing mentees and vice versa), Profile Display, and Profile Update parts/pages for this communication tool.  Content uses Roles to identify who can see what parts/pages.  The interests are collected as Constituent Attribute(s) in RE, which are captured in dynamic RE queries, looping back to query-based Roles in BBNC.  And the Directory allows for 'blind messaging' between individuals, if you wish - or you can display email addresses for mentors/mentees to have direct communication.  Additionally, you can allow mentors to post topics in Discussion Forums, which mentees can then respond to in-kind.  These BBNC parts and roles allow you to build a fairly solid portal for mentors and mentees.


Thanks,

Julie

Karla Dillon

Thanks for the info, Julie.