Editing Community Organizing (section)

=== Mentor Barriers ===

* Personal
** Handling a large number of mentees
** Difficulty in switching context
** Difficulty in time-management
** Difficulty in managing different accounts

* Interpersonal
** Adjusting interaction style to different mentee personalities
** Difficulty guiding mentees who are resistant to coaching
** Providing constructive feedback based on the mentee’s background
** Convincing people to start small rather than big
** Ensuring that the mentees finish their work
** Difficulty in creating an inclusive community
** Difficulty to keep the mentees engaged
** Cultural differences
** Communication issues related to time zone and place
** Lack of English language skills
** Lack of mentor’s interpersonal skills
** Harsh project atmosphere

* Process
** Not having a formal procedure for introducing the community
** Difficulty in identifying appropriate tasks for Newcomers

* Technical
** Difference in the devices, environment, communication channels that mentors and mentees use

* List of strategies suggested by mentors to overcome the barriers
** Working on a bug or issue together with mentee
** Holding training sessions for Newcomers
** Flagging Newcomers so others are welcoming to them
** Communication through different channels/means
** Giving the Newcomers small / interesting tasks
** Giving Newcomers rewards to keep them motivated
** Having Newcomers share their work to have more exposure
** Tagging the tasks according to their complexity
** Having local groups in each country
** Keeping documentation concise and updated

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