Informal mentoring helps everyone involved and happens all the time. It is not tracked or managed. Keep doing what you do and have fun! The following ideas and resources might be useful as you think about your need for training and mentoring or your desire to help others.
Informal mentoring ideas
- Ask a question in a Waze Forum.
- Ask for help in WME Chat.
- Send a PM to a higher-level editor you have seen around Waze, or an Area Manager, State Manger, or Regional Coordinator for that region (check on your for an Area Manager list..
- Utilize web conferencing/screen sharing to communicate with one or more editors while learning and editing on a project (there are many free tools for this, such as Google Hangouts).
- Establish a Google+ Communities area to help local or regional editors. For example, see Waze Arizona.
- Organize a local Meet-up of editors in your region for a Waze conversation over lunch.