ELECTRONIC PROFESSIONAL MENTORING FRAMEWORK
First Claim
1. A method for implementing mentoring in conformance with a mentoring framework comprising:
- establishing a plurality of mentoring relationships between mentors and proté
gé
s within mentoring data maintained in a database structure that is digitally encoded in a storage medium, wherein the mentoring data conforms to standards of a mentoring framework;
for each mentoring relationship establishing a mentoring path, each mentoring path comprising a plurality of defined phases, each phase having a bounded beginning and ending, each phase further comprising at least one goal, at least one activity completion of which marks a progression towards achieving an associated goal, and timelines associated with at least one of the activities;
presenting interactive user interfaces upon network attached client devices to users assigned a mentoring role who participate in at least one mentoring relationship for which the mentoring data is maintained in the storage medium, wherein each of the interactive user interfaces presents mentoring path information to a user in a manner customized for the mentoring role of that user, wherein said mentoring roles comprise at least a mentor role and a proté
gé
role;
receiving performance input via the interactive user interfaces from a set of users, wherein the performance input is associated with a phase, goal, or activity of the mentoring path corresponding to the mentoring relationship of or being overseen by the user of the interactive user interface;
updating the mentoring data based upon performance input; and
potentially changing a progression along the mentoring path based upon the updated mentoring data.
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Abstract
Mentoring relationships between mentors and protégés can be established within mentoring data that conforms to standards of a mentoring framework. For each mentoring relationship, a mentoring path can be established. Each mentoring path can include a set of defined phases, each phase having a bounded beginning and ending, each phase further including at least one goal, at least one activity completion of which marks a progression towards achieving an associated goal, and timelines associated with at least one of the activities. Interactive user interfaces can be presented upon network attached client devices to users assigned a mentoring role who participate in at least one mentoring relationship for which the mentoring data is maintained. Performance input can be received via the interactive user interfaces, which results in the mentoring data being updated. “Web 2.0-style” techniques can be leveraged to gather rating and access information associated with content or electronic assets, thereby augmenting “conventional” approaches that rate only the delivery of the mentorship relationship itself A progression along the mentoring path can be changed based upon the updated mentoring data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for implementing mentoring in conformance with a mentoring framework comprising:
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establishing a plurality of mentoring relationships between mentors and proté
gé
s within mentoring data maintained in a database structure that is digitally encoded in a storage medium, wherein the mentoring data conforms to standards of a mentoring framework;for each mentoring relationship establishing a mentoring path, each mentoring path comprising a plurality of defined phases, each phase having a bounded beginning and ending, each phase further comprising at least one goal, at least one activity completion of which marks a progression towards achieving an associated goal, and timelines associated with at least one of the activities; presenting interactive user interfaces upon network attached client devices to users assigned a mentoring role who participate in at least one mentoring relationship for which the mentoring data is maintained in the storage medium, wherein each of the interactive user interfaces presents mentoring path information to a user in a manner customized for the mentoring role of that user, wherein said mentoring roles comprise at least a mentor role and a proté
gé
role;receiving performance input via the interactive user interfaces from a set of users, wherein the performance input is associated with a phase, goal, or activity of the mentoring path corresponding to the mentoring relationship of or being overseen by the user of the interactive user interface; updating the mentoring data based upon performance input; and potentially changing a progression along the mentoring path based upon the updated mentoring data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing an electronic professional mentoring environment comprising:
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a mentorship path configured to define a series of interactions between at least one mentor and at least one proté
gé
to achieve a predetermined end-goal for the proté
gé
(s), wherein said mentorship path is supervised by potentially one or more mentorship administrators, and, wherein the series of interactions of the mentorship path comprises a plurality of phases, each having at least one activity to be performed; anda mentorship framework configured to enable the at least one mentor, the at least one proté
gé
, and the potentially at least one mentorship administrator to perform a plurality of operations within an electronic environment, wherein said plurality of operations signifies progression of the proté
gé
along the mentorship path, and, wherein mentorship data generated by the plurality of operations is captured to create a knowledge base for use by the potentially at least one mentorship administrator to improve subsequent mentorship paths. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for implementing mentoring in conformance with a mentoring framework comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code configured to establish a plurality of mentoring relationships between mentors and proté
gé
s within mentoring data maintained in a database structure that is digitally encoded in a storage medium, wherein the mentoring data conforms to standards of a mentoring framework;computer usable program code configured to, for each mentoring relationship, establish a mentoring path, each mentoring path comprising a plurality of defined phases, each phase having a bounded beginning and ending, each phase further comprising at least one goal, at least one activity completion of which marks a progression towards achieving an associated goal, and timelines associated with at least one of the activities; computer usable program code configured to present interactive user interfaces upon network attached client devices to users assigned a mentoring role who participate in at least one mentoring relationship for which the mentoring data is maintained in the storage medium, wherein each of the interactive user interfaces presents mentoring path information to a user in a manner customized for the mentoring role of that user, wherein said mentoring roles comprise at least a mentor role and a proté
gé
role;computer usable program code configured to receive performance input via the interactive user interfaces from a set of users, wherein the performance input is associated with a phase, goal, or activity of the mentoring path corresponding to the mentoring relationship of or being overseen by the user of the interactive user interface; computer usable program code configured to update the mentoring data based upon performance input; and computer usable program code configured to potentially change a progression along the mentoring path based upon the updated mentoring data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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