--- title: Mentor Resources' Mentoring Blog | Mentor Program description: Mentor Program | Proven Mentoring Best Practices A blog by and for talent managers, leadership development experts and organizational development professionals on managing effective mentoring programs. image: https://www.mentorresources.com/hubfs/WisdomShare-Logo.png --- [Skip to content](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/topic/mentor-program#main-content) # Wisdom Share Mentoring Blog [![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hubfs/DistanceMentoringHowtoOptimizeyourConnections.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/197240/distance-mentoring-how-to-optimize-your-connections) ### [Distance Mentoring: How to Optimize your Connections](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/197240/distance-mentoring-how-to-optimize-your-connections) [Kim Wise](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/kim-wise) [Mentor Program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-program)[Global Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/global-mentoring)[Global mentor program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/global-mentor-program)[Employee Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-mentoring)[Virtual Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/virtual-mentoring) Before the Internet and the advent of mentoring software, it was difficult to connect people from di... 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