Protege / Mentor Program
Protégé Mentorship Program Goals
Protégé Goals
- Advance professional career and gain maximum benefit through association participation to enhance abilities to deliver quality blood services.
- Gain access to association network through association membership, committee participation, and annual meeting attendance.
- Learn new skills through association participation in submitting PULSE articles, participating in SCABBinars, and submitting an abstract for the annual meeting.
- Develop leadership skills through exploring association and employer leadership opportunities.
Mentor Goals
- Hone coaching and leadership skills while helping educate and mold future leaders for the Association.
- Support Association Mission by providing Protégé’s opportunities through coaching and guidance to enhance their abilities to deliver quality blood services.
- Provide information and opportunities to Protégé’s to become more active within the Association through committee membership, PULSE articles, SCABBinars, Annual meeting attendance, abstract submissions.
- Identify and nominate Rising Star Award nominees.
- Groom strong candidates in support of the Association’s leadership succession plan.
- Provide opportunities for Protégé’s to increase their network through their Association membership and participation to enhance their personal career goals.
Association Goals
- Attract new members
- Increase member retention
- Increase Annual Meeting attendance
- Strengthen networking alliance
- Improve the variety and number of workshops, abstracts, Pulse articles
- Identify Rising Star Award Nominees
- Increase committee participation
- Groom strong candidates in support of leadership succession plan
Protégé Mentor Team Objectives
- Annual Meeting Orientation and Support
- Minimum of One Contact Per Quarter
- Complete One Protégé Project Per Quarter
- Quarterly Activity Report to Protégé Task Force
Suggested Protégé Projects
- Article Publication
- Abstract Publication
- Workshop Presentation
- Inservice/ Vendor Presentation
- Host Journal or Antibody Club
- Host Case Study
- Benchmarking Project
- Committee Membership
- Present Topic at Association Board Meeting
- Challenge Resolution
- CV Enhancement
- Identify Career Development Opportunities