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Mentorship tracking tool suggestions?

I've just about completed my first month of mentoring on MentorCruise 🎉

I've mentored a lot at work and had structured plans for progress that were managed on google sheets and docs. For my personal mentorships I would love to know if there's an easy tool to track conversations, progress, things to discuss in the next call (and so on) that me and my mentees could see and contribute too.

Any suggestions for something like this? or even templates you have used that have worked well?

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    Hi! We have created a similar app where there are mentors - https://whipcake.com. You set a task, find a mentor, and within 7 days he motivates you to act. In my opinion, it looks very much. You can also motivate other people and be their mentor.

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      Nice! will check it out, thanks!

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    Congratulations on completing your first month of mentoring on MentorCruise! It's great to hear that you're looking for a tool to help you track conversations, progress, and discussion points with your mentees. There are several tools that can help you with this, depending on your needs.

    One popular tool for mentorship tracking is Trello, which is a project management tool that allows you to create boards, lists, and cards to organize your tasks and conversations. You could create a Trello board for each of your mentees and use cards to track progress, conversation points, and other important information. Trello also allows you to add comments, attachments, and due dates to cards, which can be helpful for keeping track of discussions and deadlines.

    Another tool you might consider is Notion, which is a powerful note-taking and organization tool that allows you to create pages, databases, and other elements to track information. Notion has a number of templates specifically designed for mentorship and coaching, including templates for goal-setting, progress tracking, and meeting notes. You could use Notion to create a centralized hub for all of your mentorship activities, including progress tracking, discussion points, and action items.

    If you're looking for something simpler, you could consider using a Google Sheets template specifically designed for mentorship tracking. There are several templates available online that allow you to track progress, discussion points, and action items, and some even include built-in analytics and reporting features.

    Overall, the key is to find a tool that works for you and your mentees, and that makes it easy to track progress, conversations, and action items. Whether you choose Trello, Notion, or a Google Sheets template, the important thing is to use a tool that allows you to stay organized and focused on helping your mentees achieve their goals.

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    Hi Krishan, could you please elaborate on this:

    " easy tool to track conversations, progress, things to discuss in the next call (and so on) that me and my mentees could see and contribute too."

    I'm working on something along these lines, but I would like to hear a bit more of how this should work. For instance, do you think a thread system will be a way to have tracked conversations?

    Thank you!

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    I'd love to know how you are structuring this, I'm doing mentoring on Mentorcruise, would love to develop my processes better too.

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    Notion or OneNote would be affordable solutions for this. They are both better than flat-file systems and let multiple users collaborate. Your ideal bet would be a relational database of some sort, but those can get pricey unless you roll your own and then it’s a time commitment.

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