I’m working on a presentation for my conference this week. It’s on building mentoring networks. Rather than the one-to-one hierarchical expert/apprentice model, I argue that building a network based on shared interests, mutual benefit, and through a series of relationships and alliances, we can change what we think of when we hear the term. mentoring. In another post, I’ll discuss the fabulous mentoring I’ve been lucky to be on the receiving end of, but now that I’m in a position to do some of this mentoring for others, I am also wanting to reflect on the best ways to do it.

And then I came across this quote, and it reminded how important communities are to change.