Using the Findings

Evaluating your mentoring program can be a substantial undertaking. It is therefore important to get maximum benefit from this effort by mining all the prospects of the findings. Have a look at some of the ways that your program can use its research results to its greatest advantage:

• Program improvements
• Accountability
• Planning and decision-making
• Funding
• Recruitment
• Promotion

As you can see, inspecting the end products of the program you have built can be well worth the time and effort. Not only does evaluation allow you to ensure that the program is sound, but it also sets the stage for further growth and development.

Let's move on to prepare your program to endure and grow in the midst of the trends, challenges and complexities that are likely to come its way. Let's explore some of these current issues now.

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