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Help Is Just Around the Corner! Professional Development Committee Mona Calhoun, PhD, PRP, Chair
Do you need a mentor? Are you a Registered Parliamentarian (RP) studying to take the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) to earn the Professional Registered Parliamentarian (PRP) credential? Are you a Professional Registered Parliamentarian (PRP) studying to take the Professional Renewal Certification (PRC) to renew your credential? Would you benefit from having a trusted adviser guiding you through the learning process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, help is just around the corner! The Professional Development Committee (PDC) is here to help. According to Greek mythology, the tradition of mentoring can be traced back to the book, “The Odyssey” and 32 National Parliamentarian • Spring 2022
to the character called Mentor who became a guide to Odysseus’s son— a trusted adviser. In modern times, we refer to trusted advisers as mentors. The PDC sponsors the MentorMentee program by securing PRPs willing to mentor and matching them to RPs who request a mentor. As of January 2022, there are nineteen mentors actively mentoring twenty-five mentees. And there are over twenty-five mentors just waiting to help you. The PDC is grateful to the fortyfour PRPs who have volunteered their time, talents, and knowledge in the Mentor-Mentee program. What are the benefits of having a mentor? So glad you asked! • Gets you organized? Yes. When the mentor first contacts the mentee, they discuss a strategy
