We have collected some tools and resources you might find useful for your mentoring sessions. If you are new to mentoring, or would like to be better, we invite you to read and share these.
If you would like to add/share your resources to this list, please contact the mentoring team at mentoring@ixdasydney.org
IxDA Sydney Mentoring Guides
Use the following guidelines to help you get started. These are guidelines; not rules!
- Mentor guidelines (PDF)
- Mentee guidelines (PDF)
- Mentoring 101 presentation slides (PDF) – Slides from the Mentoring 101 Workshop
- IxDA Sydney Mentoring Circle Guide (PDF)
- Mentoring Checklist
Tools
- Mentoring Canvas – Alistair Simpson
- Skills matrix template (.xlsx)
- Remote Tools List (Google doc)
- Mentoring Tomorrow’s Design leaders – Kevin McCullagh
- Podcast: How to be a Great Mentor
Articles
- How to find a UX Mentor – UX Beginner
- UX expert Caroline Jones on how mentor others and why you should mentor non-creatives too – Digital Arts
- A Case for Mentorship – Scott Baldwin, UX Magazine
- The value of Modern-Day Mentorship – Ximena Vengoechea, UX Booth
- A Growth Plan for Designers – Ludwig Wendzich
- A matrix to help you self-evaluate on 18 different skills a UX designer needs – Daniel Birch
- Designing design mentorship – Liana Dumitru
- How to be a great design mentor – Anne Higgins
- A Teacher Explains, a Mentor Inspires – Tobias Van Schneider
- Mentorship Manual – Bloom Season