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Round Robins
   

CDAA Round Robin runs are held once a year from August to March. Five artists are grouped together and work on various parts of each other's dolls. The process is broken down into 5 steps, and each particpant does one step on each of the five different dolls. In the end, the final doll returns to the person who originally started it - and it's theirs to keep!

These were the dolls made during the August 2006 - March 2007 run
The dolls where made by Charie Wilson, Carol Boyer, Deborah Downey, Janet Peter, Kathy White


 
Myths on Mentors


1. YOU NEED A TOGA TO BE A MENTOR.
Gone are the days of protégés sitting at the feet of the 'wise one'. You never know who might be a powerful learning influence.

2. MENTORING ONLY HAPPENS ON A ONE-ON-ONE, LONG TERM, FACE TO FACE BASIS.
With modern technology, mentoring cam take place by phone, e-mail, fax, and may only take a few hours or a few days

3. A MENTOR NEEDS TO BE 5-10 YEARS OLDER THAN THE PERSON THEY MENTOR.
Innovations happen so quickly and personal experience is such a great teacher that younger people often have opportunity to mentor older people; peers are often effective mentors.

4. MENTORING IS A RARE EXPERIENCE AND ONLY OCCURS IN A FEW GREAT PEOPLE.
Informal mentoring is probably the most frequent method of transmitting knowledge and wisdom in society. Virtually everyone has experienced it.

5. THE PERSON BEING MENTORED IS THE ONLY ONE WHO BENEFITS FROM THE RELATIONSHIP.
For mentoring to be effective, all parties must perceive benefits. As previously mentioned there are ways to ensure that the benefits are mutual.

 
       
 

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