Mentorjam

Jam out with YOUR community

Comments: Mentorjam has allowed me to create a community where we share online courses, collateral, have conversations, share events, and use the structure to enrich the mentoring experience. These things differentiate from traditional social platforms and we own it so we can't get locked out or lose our people. The privacy and exclusive nature of the community also allows people to come as they are and connect authentically.

Pros:

Everyone knows facebook or meta can change any minute. The times of parking your content all over social media sites is ending and it is critical to own your platform for community connection. For us, we wanted to build the largest ongoing online community for women in technology. We saved a lot just dropping Kajabi for our courses. This platform is more user friendly, flexible, and I feel like we are able to grow with it over time. The mentoring capabilities are super amazing. The customer support and buy in from the team to help you achieve your vision is also great! Highly recommend.

Cons:

I think just adjusting it to what you need is key. The software is like a canvas, so you have to add the paint. That part is harder, but not related as much to the software.

Sweet, not sticky

Comments: Positive. In all honesty it revolutionised how we organise, mentor and match. Feeling of stepping out of a 'kitchen table' environment and into a professional arena. Members noticed the improvements immediately, perfect timing for our distance-events and attempts to create a sense of community and involvement between individuals and groups.

Pros:

Mentorjam properly revolutionised our mentor program and promises to continue to improve with us. The software has huge potential to take our various regional and country-level programs into full global, using our global membership. As a pilot, the Dutch-based first phase has gone well. Minor hiccups were identified and when they were raised, solved virtually immediately. Most of all, we simply liked bringing the program into one place, where we could easily have an oversight, and up to date dashboard to connect, respond and match our mentors and mentees.

Cons:

I least liked the presentation on cms. I found it basic and look forward to better formatting for newsletters and other messaging. Tiny changes will make all the difference (header types/fonts and images currently are basic, but growing).

MentorJam is a great product!

Pros:

The ability to see all mentoring relationships at a snapshot

Cons:

The lack of notifications that come through to the users and the video features.

Great Mentoring and Community Building Platform Out There.

Comments: Excellent experience so far (2+ years), exceptional customer service and the platform is a game-changer.

Pros:

Our audience is built up of users who grew up around technology and those that did not - and both find it relatively accessible, straightforward and extremely helpful for mentoring. I like how the team has put a lot of thought behind the options users would want/need in the platform. Many of the questions one would have when using the platform (e.g. can I video call from it? etc) have all been answered which is super helpful.

Cons:

This is difficult to say given the pros.

Mentoring programs - as part our Diversity & Inclusion practice - easy to manage with Mentorjam!

Comments: See above. Apart from the tool itself, I would like to compliment te Mentorjam staff on their outstanding support during te setup and use of the program.

Pros:

We could tailor it to our specific requirements, using it simultaneously for different groups all as a white label SW tool under our own company name.

Cons:

Nothing seems to be missing; they’ve thought of everything. The only thing we needed to do, was translate everything to Dutch, because this is the company language of the organizations we work for (and everything at Mentorjam was set up in English). But the support in all aspects and this translation, was super!