MentorString – DEMO-E

How to Build a Mentoring Program That Works, a Complimentary Downloadable Guide from Prositions

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DES MOINES, IOWA (PRWEB) JANUARY 16, 2017

Since 2012 Prositions has been at the forefront of the growing movement to help automate and facilitate mentoring in the workplace. In honor of International Mentoring Day (January 17, 2017) they are giving back to the mentoring community by offering their new How to Build a Mentoring Program Guide complimentary to the public and announcing the release of the new MentorString mobile application.

“Mentoring spans more than just a month, but to honor this occasion we’re happy to offer our comprehensive mentoring guide to help organizations create or improve their mentoring programs,” stated Frank Russell, CEO of Prositions, Inc. “A mentoring program is one of the most effective and valuable tools an organization can implement to increase employee engagement and improve employee performance on the job.”

However, building a mentoring program that works can be challenging. Prositions’ new workbook, How to Build a Mentoring Program that Works, will help human resource professionals understand the critical components of a successful mentoring program and step through the process of creating and implementing it in their organization. The workbook starts by helping users identify clear goals and create buy-in from senior leadership and support from stakeholders. Then users work through the design of their mentoring program to fit with their organization’s needs and culture, while identifying how to prepare mentors and mentees for their new roles. Additional steps include planning the launch and implementation process and determining how to measure the impact and success of the program. To download a complimentary workbook to use individually or with a team, visit: www.prositions.com/how-to-build-a-mentoring-program-guide

Along with this free guide, Prositions is also releasing its new MentorString mobile application. It is built for use with the cloud-based version of the software to access notifications, development/action plans, and profiles from anywhere and at any time. The MentorString software helps organizations facilitate and automate a mentoring program, connect and develop employees in an organization of any size, and deliver individual action/development plans to accelerate learning.

“The MentorString app has been in development for almost a year, and the entire team is excited to finally see it in the app store,” said Quinten Powell, Senior Product Developer at Prositions, Inc. “We’ll continue to create and add new features as we get feedback from our customer base. The app is yet another convenient way users can access all the valuable tools, connections, and resources available in MentorString.”

About Prositions
Prositions, Inc. is a leading provider of learning content and performance support libraries and offers a complete range of consulting, software, and service solutions. MentorString, their award-winning, cloud-based software application enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring, engage in secure collaboration, and access high-quality individual development plans with integrated training content from industry-leading authors and producers. For more information about Prositions, visit http://prositions.com

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How to Mentor Veterans at Work – A New Webinar Hosted by Prositions

Webinar DES MOINES, IOWA (PRWEB) January 28, 2015

On Wednesday, February 17th from 11:00am to 12:00pm CST, Prositions is hosting a free webinar titled “How to Build a Veteran Mentoring Program in 5 Easy Steps.” The webinar is based on extensive research, observations, and best practices gleaned from dozens of Prositions’ successful veteran initiatives. It is designed to provide valuable takeaways for veteran program managers, HR professionals, and other interested participants to use in the creation and adoption of their own veteran mentoring initiatives.

“We believe creating a mentoring program is one of the most valuable tools an organization can use to help veterans,” stated Frank Russell, CEO at Prositions, Inc. “A well-designed and supported program can deliver significant benefits and ROI for the organization. The challenge is knowing which actions are effective and results-driven. That’s where this webinar can help.”

Mentoring programs tailored specifically for veterans have proven to be effective in supporting their success in the civilian workforce. This webinar will outline five key steps to help organizations build an effective mentoring program along with strategies to implement this type of veteran initiative.

“This new webinar will provide value to every participant, regardless of where they are in the mentoring program process,” assured Craig Robbins, webinar leader and Director of Talent Development Solutions at Prositions, Inc. “We are going to discuss the challenges veterans face when transitioning back into the civilian workforce and how an employer-provided mentoring program can help bridge that gap. I know from personal experience, having transitioned back into the civilian workforce more than once, that it is extremely important to have someone who can answer your questions and provide guidance and support in the areas you need it most.”

Since 2011 Prositions has been at the forefront of the growing movement to mentor in the workplace. Additionally, the benefits of mentoring can have a significant impact on the veteran populations within these organizations. In 2012 Prositions launched its original ProVeteran Program to help returning veterans find jobs in the civilian workplace. The program’s success led to its endorsement by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). In January of 2015, Prositions expanded this outreach program to offer its new software application, MentorString, free to any organization that wants to coach and mentor veterans on the job. To date, the ProVeteran Program has assisted thousands of veterans nationwide.

To register for the limited-seat webinar, please click here.

About Prositions
Prositions, Inc. is the world’s leading mentoring consulting firm and the only company to offer a complete range of consulting, software, content and service solutions. By combining the power of technology with an international network of mentoring experts, Prositions is revolutionizing the way organizations grow and develop talent. MentorString, their award-winning cloud-based software application enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring, engage in secure collaboration, and access high quality individual development plans with content from industry leading authors and producers. Their latest self-paced training program, Make Mentoring Count by author Dr. Lois Zachary, is rapidly becoming the industry standard for the development of mentoring skills. For more information about Prositions, visit http://prositions.com

Prositions Releases MentorString Version 2.8 at Three Trade Shows

DES MOINES, IOWA (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Prositions announces the release of the latest version of its award-winning software platform,MentorString. Some of the most significant updates include enhanced mobile responsiveness, SCORM and Tin Can (xAPI) compliance, and a new searchable cataloging system that allows administrators and users to host, manage, share, and deliver a wide variety of off-the-shelf and custom content.

“It’s been a busy and exciting time for us,” said Corey Paul, Vice President of Product Development and Support for Prositions. “After winning several awards for our existing version of MentorString, we’re even more excited about this new release. Based on our customer feedback, our team has put a lot of time and energy into making these new additions, and we believe this latest version will be a real game changer in our industry.”

MentorString Version 2.8 will be featured at three upcoming tradeshows. First October 7-9 in Des Moines, IA at the Iowa SHRM State Conference, then the HR Technology Conference and Exposition October 18-21 in Las Vegas, NV, and finally the HRSouthwest Conference in Fort Worth, TX from October 25-28.

Founder and CEO, Frank Russell, has also been selected to speak at the Iowa SHRM State Conference and the HRSouthwest Conference. He will deliver training presentations on The Effective Use of Technology for Mentoring Programs.

“I’m very excited to be working with the HR professionals who will be attending the conferences,” said Frank Russell. “During my sessions I will show a variety of practical tips and techniques organizations are using to improve and streamline their coaching and mentoring programs. Social and mobile technologies are rapidly changing the talent management landscape and people are hungry to find out how to leverage these new capabilities.”

In addition to showcasing and providing complimentary demos of MentorString at their booths, Prositions will also provide attendees with a chance to win a patriotic Les Paul electric guitar, free access to Make Mentoring Count, as well as several other prizes and courses. Make Mentoring Count is a new mentoring skills program narrated by and based on the works of author Dr. Lois J. Zachary, industry veteran and mentoring expert.

About Prositions
Prositions, Inc. is a rapidly growing talent transformation company that provides career transition assistance, learning and development content, and virtual mentoring software and services. It delivers these capabilities using a highly effective new paradigm called the True Development Model. By combining the power of technology with an international network of coaching and mentoring experts, Prositions is revolutionizing the Talent Management industry. MentorString, their award-winning cloud-based platform, enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring, engage in secure social collaboration, and access high-quality individual development plans with content from industry-leading authors and producers. For more information about Prositions and their solutions, visit http://prositions.com.

HR Technology Conference and Exposition
HR Technology covers all the latest trends – SaaS, The Cloud, social, mobile, analytics, video, gamification, Big Data and MOOCs – as well as the more traditional technologies. Whatever is changing the way work and HR gets done is what is featured. It is also home to the world’s largest Expo of HR technology products and services.

The HRSouthwest Conference
The HRSouthwest Conference (HRSWC) is the premier regional human resources conference in the United States – a true don’t-miss event, providing more than 100 educational sessions from thought-leading speakers, an abundance of networking opportunities and an exciting Marketplace of more than 200 HR solutions and services.

Iowa SHRM State Conference
Each year the Iowa SHRM State Council sponsors one of the largest conferences in the Midwest for HR professionals. The conference invites top-talent leaders from across the country to share their expertise and knowledge in all areas of Human Resources. Offering a wide range of programming from entry level to senior leadership, the conference is packed with insightful resources in benefits, compensation, recruitment, selection, retention, safety, leadership, strategic management, organizational development, training, and talent management.

Need Better Mentorship? Look to Better Tech

MentorString HR TECH Covered by: HR Daily Advisor

Among the attendees at the conference was Prositions, a software and technology company based out of Iowa that specializes in products for talent acquisition, development, retention, and transition. One of the products they brought to the forefront this year was MentorString™, a virtual mentoring and social collaboration platform.

Prositions says that MentorString was created to address a very specific and high-priority challenge—human capital shortage. While over 60% of companies cite “leadership gaps” as a top business challenge, a mere 13% rate themselves as “excellent” in providing leadership training programs. With a majority of companies not prepared to develop their next generation of employees, MentorString is meant to fill this gap as a new internal collaboration tool to rival historically superior external tools such as Facebook and Linkedin.

Democratized Coaching

In a model Prositions refers to as “democratized coaching,” MentorString allows all employees within a company to build mentoring relationships and collaborative connections regardless of tenure or level of responsibility. Not only does this model improve communication at all levels and facilitate faster onboarding, but it’s also a great way to keep everyone engaged—freshly recruited talent can count on receiving wisdom from longtime members of the company, and upper level managers can collaborate with high-potential newcomers.

All of these connections are laid out for each individual via the most unique feature of MentorString, the String Diagram. The diagram’s visual map of the user’s connections can be sorted by a variety of filters, showing how groups, mentors, and peers are coming together in the organization’s virtual collaborative environment. Prositions says the product is ideal for companies ranging in size from a few hundred employees up to 100,000 or more.

Mentorship is important—but so is compliance. If you’re a California employer who provides mandatory harassment prevention training to supervisors under AB 1825, you are now also required to provide abusive conduct prevention training under AB 2053, which was passed on September 9, 2014 and takes effect on January 1, 2015. But not to worry—the definitive best practices report is here!

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Complimentary Mentoring Software for Veterans

Veteran Program DES MOINES, IA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Prositions, Inc. today announced a new program to help veterans succeed on the job. The company is offering its newest cloud-based mentoring and collaboration software, MentorString, free to any organization that will use it to help veterans who need coaching and mentoring at work. According to a study published in the Journal of Psychology, research has shown that employees who receive mentoring are more likely to be promoted faster and receive more frequent pay raises than employees who don’t have access to these services.

“We started offering complimentary career coaching and mentoring services to veterans in 2011, when they started returning from Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Robin Salsberry, President of Prositions, Inc. “This program was very successful, so we expanded our offering in 2012 and 2013 to include any veteran who needed assistance.”

First released in 2014, MentorString is a revolutionary new software application that enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring and secure social collaboration technology. The platform supports most types of mentoring programs, including career mentoring, performance coaching, leadership coaching, performance improvement, and on-boarding programs. It also includes built-in mentoring tips and a brand new library of MOOC-style videos based on the leading industry experts in mentoring skills, leadership skills and supervisory techniques.

“Now that many veterans have successfully entered the civilian workforce, they need to have continued encouragement and support from experienced leaders and mentors within those organizations,” said Craig Robbins, Director of Leadership Services and head of Prositions’ Veterans Program. “MentorString helps organizations automate the mentoring process and makes it much more cost effective and convenient for both the veteran and mentor to work together.”

Organizations that are interested in obtaining more information about, or participating in, this free program to support their internal employee veteran groups should contact Prositions at info@prositions.com or visit http://prositions.com.

About Prositions
Prositions, Inc. is a rapidly growing Talent Transformation firm that offers career transition assistance, leadership development, performance coaching, and retirement planning. It does this in a unique and advanced way, by combining the power of cloud-based technologies with an International network of coaching experts. Its latest software application, MentorString, enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring and secure collaboration technology.

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New Leadership Development Technology to Launch in Washington, DC

ASTD 2014 Exhibitor Prositions DES MOINES, IA, (PRWEB) APRIL 24, 2014

Prositions, Inc., will be launching MentorString, at the 2014 American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Conference and Exposition May 4th through May 7th at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

The conference gathers training and development professionals to share and provide best practices and attracts more than 9,000 participants from several countries around the world.

Keynote speakers at this year’s conference include Arianna Huffington and General Stan McChrystal. ASTD will also provide more than 250 educational and networking sessions and a world-class EXPO with the latest products and services from more than 350 top suppliers.

“We are extremely excited about introducing our new mentoring and collaboration platform, MentorString at ASTD this year,” said Jill Dillenburg, Director of Sales for Prositions. “We invite people to stop by our booth #1739 to see a demo and also spin for a chance to win a Les Paul electric guitar.”

Prositions will also have world-renowned leadership expert and speaker John Parker Stewart, author of LEAD NOW!, at their booth to discuss how his leadership development system is being integrated into the MentorString system.

“It is such a privilege for us to be partnering with the Prositions team,” said John Parker Stewart. “It is amazing to see what the marriage of cutting edge technology like MentorString and our latest leadership content from LEAD NOW! can do to revolutionize the leadership development industry.”

MentorString enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring and secure social collaboration technology. It has a number of unique features that allow administrators and users to actually architect communication “strings” between those who have information and knowledge and those who need it. This streamlining of what was once a very tedious and manual process dramatically increases employee adoption rates and significantly reduces the overall cost of implementing coaching and mentoring programs for organizations of all sizes.

Prositions

Prositions is a rapidly growing Talent Transformation company offering leadership development, performance coaching, talent coaching, career transition and retirement planning. Prositions does this in a distinct way by combining the power of advanced technology with an international network of leadership and career experts. For more information about Prositions and their unique solutions, visit http://prositions.com.

For more information on the conference visit http://www.astdconference.org.

2014 ASTD Conference
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mt. Vernon Place NW
Washington, D.C.

Leading Talent Transformation Firm Adds New Sales Executive

DES MOINES, IOWA (PRWEB) JANUARY 16, 2014

Prositions, Inc., the leading provider of next-generation talent transformation and engagement solutions, has named former Dice Holdings, Inc. Director of Sales, Jill Dillenburg, as its new Director of Sales. Jill brings to Prositions over 20 years of sales and leadership experience and a solid track record of building winning sales and marketing teams in the Human Resources market.

“We are delighted to welcome Jill to our growing team,” said Robin Salsberry, President and founder of Prositions. “We know that both her expertise and record of strong leadership in building sales initiatives will be valuable assets as we continue to grow.”

Dillenburg was responsible for building the sales groups at Dice Holdings that allowed it to grow and become a public company. Her sales teams were responsible for adding 15,000 new customers per year and doubling sales revenues over a three-year period. She also successfully grew the corporate sales team from five to fifty salespeople during her tenure.

“I am very excited to be joining Prositions,” said Jill Dillenburg. “Their unique offering in the market and solid track record for building winning talent solutions are a perfect match for my experiences and career direction. I believe their new software product, MentorString will revolutionize the way people engage and collaborate in organizations.”

Before Jill joined Dice Holdings she held various sales positions and was a Sales Territory Manager for Klockner Namasco Corporation, a multi-billion dollar steel fabrication company.

“As a serial entrepreneur, I’ve hired a lot of very successful salespeople and sales leaders,” said Frank Russell, CEO and founder of Prositions. “Jill ranks with the best-of-the-best and is perfect to take us to the next level of growth as we launch our new software platform MentorString.”

Prositions Inc. is a rapidly growing consulting and software company that offers a variety of solutions for Full Talent Lifecycle Support. These solutions include talent acquisition, leadership development, career transition and outplacement support. Prositions’ latest software product, MentorString, enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring and secure social collaboration technology. It has a number of unique features that allow administrators and users to actually architect communication “strings” between those who have information and knowledge and those who need it.

For more information about Prositions and MentorString, visit them on the web at http://prositions.com.

New Talent Transformation Technology to Debut in Las Vegas

MentorString HR Tech (PRWEB) OCTOBER 02, 2013

Prositions, Inc., will be introducing MentorString, at the Human Resource Executives 16th Annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition from October 7th-9th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The HR Technology Expo provides knowledge and information on HR issues, covering areas such as: retirement, talent management, training and development, and a wide variety of other topics. Participants are able to earn re-certification credits and learn about a wide range of new products and services.

“We’re looking forward to sharing MentorStringTM with everyone attending the show,” said Corey Paul, Director of Operations, Prositions, Inc. “Stop by booth #106 for a demonstration, free goldfish, as well as, a chance to win an iPad Mini and a grand prize worth $2500.”

“We are excited to show the world MentorString. It’s the latest technology solution that helps connect individuals and groups within the organization,” said Robin Salsberry, President, Prositions, Inc., “We believe it’s going to revolutionize the talent management industry.”

Prositions Inc. is a rapidly growing consulting firm that offers a variety of solutions for Full Talent Lifecycle Support. These solutions include talent acquisition, leadership development, career transition and outplacement support. By combining high tech with high touch, Prositions creates the most effective and advanced talent transformation solutions in the industry. For more information about Prositions, visit them on the web at http://prositions.com.