Good news! We've just released a plethora of new features on the Microsoft Humans of IT Community Mentors App to enhance your mentorship experience, and help you connect more effectively with other Humans of IT on our mentorship platform.
NOTE: You will need to install latest Version 3.0 of the app to gain access to these new features.
Here are some of the newly-released features that are now available on v3.0:
1. Featured stories
We're thrilled to introduce Featured Stories, a powerful way to discover your new connections. Featured stories will help highlight and share unique stories from different community members in your network. You will see the stories flagged as Featured Stories on the "Discovery" tab on the app.
How do I use this new feature?
2. Mentorship Enhancement: Offer Mentorship Option
Some of us are more introverted than others, and may have previously struggled to make the first move in requesting mentorship from others. If you're a mentor with skillsets to offer prospective mentees who may be too shy to ask, you can now offer mentorship to anyone in the app! Mentees will then get to decide if they want to accept your offer based on what they are looking to get out of the mentorship. This update also allows users looking to mentor others to actively connect with people they are inspired by and whom they think they could help as well.
Are you a mentor going through a particularly hectic season? We understand that life happens! Mentors can now also set more granular mentorship availability preferences to help balance work-life priorities, providing more flexibility over the time you can commit to mentoring others. Previously, the default was 5 open mentorship spots, but mentors now have an adjustable slider to determine how many mentees they can reasonably accommodate at any one point in time.
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3. Reactions
Remember the days when you could only either read or comment on posts? Did you read a post that really resonated with you and wanted to express your support as well? With the new Reactions feature, you can! Let others know you support them by hitting the "Applaud" button. Mentees and mentors now also have the option to add a reaction when reading a reflection or community post. This lets you show your solidarity and support to others in the community, and build your network.
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4. Notifications
We've now also added a holistic notifications center, replacing the existing Messages tab within the app. Never miss a notification or be left hanging again!
How?
COMING SOON: Desktop version - due to popular demand, we will be launching the desktop version of our mentorship app very soon, so stay tuned!
Become a mentor/mentee on our Community Mentors app today!
We hope that you enjoy exploring these new features!
Have ideas on new features you’d like to see, or experiences to add? Submit your ideas here, or feel free to drop us a note at msftcmp@microsoft.com.
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