ASPRS YPC Mentoring:The BetaRyan Elizabeth Bowe, GISP

Photo Science, a Quantum Spatial Company

Agenda

• Overview of the Program• Statistics• Feedback

• Next planned steps• Working session• Comments• Suggestions• Feedback

• Social: Bluegrass Brewing Company tonight at 7:30PM

Important Dates

• Mentoring E-mail from Kim on June 24, 2013• Adds in PE&RS• Matches made in Fall 2013• Letters sent September 2013• San Antonio Conference October

27-30, 2013

ASPRS Young Professional Council website

The Numbers

• 51 people currently involved in mentoring• 31 Mentors• 21 Mentees

• Rate of response• Members / Non-members• Divisions• Regions• Time commitments• Interests

The Mentoring Forms

Mentor Recruiting• Basics• Region; ASPRS Number• ASPRS Division Affiliation

• Time Commitment• Why?• Skills• Similar questions

• Employer

Mentee Recruiting• Basics• Region; ASPRS Number• ASPRS Division Affiliation

• Time Commitment• Why?• Skills• Membership• Proposed Mentor

Rate of Response

June July August September October November December January February March0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Mentor Mentee

Mentor v. Mentee

32

20

Mentors Mentees

Divisions14

96

13

10

GIS LiDAR Professional Practice Remote Sensing None

Divisions By Type

GIS LiDAR Professional Practice Remote Sensing None

Mentor 3 5 5 10 9

Mentee 11 4 1 3 1

1

3

5

7

9

11

Mentor

Mentee

Mentor Mentee

Regions

Regions - Mentors

Regions - Mentees

Region by Type

At Large Central New York

Eastern Great Lakes

Florida Mid-South

New England

NorCal Ptmc Puget Sound

Rocky Mtn

St. Louis Inter-Mtn

W Great Lakes

None

Mentor 3 1 1 3 6 1 3 6 1 1 1 1 1 NaN

Mentee 1 0 0 3 5 1 2 5 NaN NaN NaN NaN 2 NaN

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

4.5

5.5

MentorMentee

Mentor Mentee

Time Commitment9

23

17

2

1-2 Hours a week 5 hours a month As Much as needed No Response

Time Commitment by Type

1-2 Hours a week 5 hours a month As Much as needed No Response

Mentors 6 16 7 2

Mentees 3 7 10 0

1

3

5

7

9

11

13

15

Mentors

Mentees

Mentors Mentees

Interests29

26

2219

28

1711

6

Management Analyst Career Development - Academia Career Development - GovernmentCareer Devemopment - Private Sector Research - Proposals Research - Grant Writing Other

Interests by Type

Management Analyst Career Devel-opment - Academia

Career Devel-opment - Gov-

ernment

Career Dev. - Private Sector

Research - Proposals

Research - Grant Writing

Other

Mentor 21 14 12 10 15 11 5 5

Mentee 8 12 10 9 13 6 6 1

2.5

7.5

12.5

17.5

22.5

Mentor

Mentee

Mentor Mentee

Mentor Employment Type6

1

14

5

1 1 12

Academia Other Private SectorPublic Sector / Government Public Sector / Government, Private Sector Public Sector / Government, Private Sector, RetiredRetired No Response

Mentee Membership

2

13

2

3

Membership

No Student Associate Active

6

3

Join

Yes Maybe

Survey Results14 of 50 replies

The Survey Itself

• Have you communicated with your mentor/mentee?• How many times have you contacted your mentor/mentee?• Please tell us about your meetings or why you haven’t contacted your

mentor/mentee.• How would you rate the value of your experience with the mentoring

program?• Were there too many or too few communications from the YPC Mentoring

Working Group?• What forms of communication would you like to see YPC Mentoring Working

Group use?• In general, how understandable was the Mentoring Program to you?

Making Contact

13

1

Yes No

5

13

3

11

5+ 4 3 2 1 0

Rate the value

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

Resources

• E-mail most important• LinkedIn• ASPRS Website• Other (GoToMeeting)• Facebook• No one wants us to use Twitter

If I had to give us a grade…

• 45+ contacts were made• Majority say we are doing well on communication• We were on the upper side of being understandable• Adding all the answers to how would you rate the value, we received

a 97 out of a potential 140. • We still have room for improvement, which is why we do beta tests,

right?

Known Problems

• People become too busy to participate.• “Matching” mentor/mentee is time consuming and there is no “right”

answer• Sustainability• Impersonal letters• Need to improve “profiles”• Structuring?• Tracking• Intimidating?

Commentary

• Mentors learn from mentees! • Several people found internships / jobs• Field trips• Connection to other members when not “right” mentor for the job• Good ice-breaker• Fantastic resource; priceless• Strong support continues• Personalization and responsiveness appreciated

Suggestions

• Success Stories to encourage participation• Brown-bag webinars (web-based seminars)• Self-service process• YPC troubleshooters• More Guidelines (FAQ page)• Make it spatial (face to face)

QR Codes

Mentors Mentors

http://www.asprs.org/Young-Professionals-Council/Young-

Professionals-Council.html#mentoring

See you tonight!Bluegrass Brewing Company

300 West Main Street; Louisville, KY 40202-2945

Thank you to our sponsors: Woolpert and Mid-South Region ASPRS