Men in Mentoring: Recruitment Toolkit

Michigan Mentor is offering a research-based tool to help recruit male mentors, Men in Mentoring Recruitment Toolkit. The toolkit provides mentoring program staff and trained recruiters with a step-by-step process, as well as talking points and tips, to use when asking men to become youth mentors. It also takes into account a variety of settings and addresses the main components of an effective recruitment message.

Amber Troupe of Mentor Michigan said, "Programs tell us that recruiting men is one of their biggest challenges. Most of their mentors are female, and they find that traditional recruitment techniques don't seem to motivate the male audience to become mentors. So, we worked closely with Michigan-based Kahle Research Solutions and Pace & Partners to create this research-based toolkit to address the need."