Social Media Week Lagos

Networking is considered as an essential professional competency for entrepreneurs and career professionals at all levels. Beyond networking, there is need to deepen conversations that create, cultivate and capitalize on the cross-functional relationships that get things done, affect the bottom line and transform their individual perspectives.


Mentorship is a personal enhancement strategy whereby an experienced person facilitates personal development in an inexperienced individual by sharing knowledge, resources, guidance, wisdom and insight in order for the recipient to minimize risks and mistakes in their career or enterprise endeavors.


In a world where we are connected by the power of technology, mentoring conversations and relationships can be fostered across any distance. This can be achieved real time or asynchronously. However, there is a huge challenge amongst career professionals and entrepreneurs in the best possible way to reach out to their role models via the internet and convert them into mentors. There is also a common challenge in prospective mentors knowing the best practice and tools available in facilitating personal development via social media and technology platforms.


Revaluating Mentorship In The Digital Age: Blueprint & Prospects For Mentees & Mentors Master Class will birth an awareness and possibility of engaging in quality mentoring relationships online and help the participants to foster mentoring practices offline and online. Participants will learn how to differentiate developmental relationships: Knowing the roles Trainers, Coaches, Counselors, Role Models and Mentors play in their career path. Participants will learn how the available technology and social tools that can be optimised for telementoring.


Participants will learn how to transform their reality by attracting quality mentors and leveraging on those relationships. Mentoring participants will learn how to identify suitable candidates for mentoring and how to nurture and deliver quality relationships. Participants will also be engaged in real time interactive sessions where they will experience role play peer mentoring.


This off-campus event is free and open to the public.