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# Talking Drupal #341 - Mentoring at DrupalCon
Today we are talking about Mentoring at DrupalCon with AmyJune Hineline.

[www.talkingDrupal.com/341](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/341)

## Topics
- Mentoring at DrupalCon
- Why is mentoring important
- How can people help
- Why do people become mentors
- How does a mentor get started
- How does mentoring help the community
- Do mentors get contribution credits
- What is being done to convert periodic mentors to consistent mentors
- What makes you passionate about mentoring
- Discover Drupal
- Were there any lessons from virtual events that will persist to live events

## Resources
* [Drupal Providence Video on Drupal.org Merge Requests](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y4IAN76P_w&feature=youtu.be)
* [Contributor guide](https://www.drupal.org/community/contributor-guide)
* [Discover Drupal](https://talkingdrupal.com/336)
* [Project Browser](https://talkingdrupal.com/305)
* [Mentoring Open Social](https://drupalcontributions.opensocial.site/welcome)
* Mentoring at DrupalCon
    * #mentoring in Drupal Slack
    * Mentored Contribution is on Wednesday and Thursday
* Lunch Dinner Supper
    * https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page2.shtml
    * https://www.dictionary.com/e/supper-vs-dinner/ 
    * https://www.agupdate.com/midwestmessenger/opinion/columnists/barb_bierman_batie/supper-vs-dinner-reveals-regional-mealtime-name-divide/article_e6b91f58-6c22-11e9-b253-e3df3da90082.html


## Guests
AmyJune Hineline - [@volkswagenchick](https://twitter.com/volkswagenchick)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
Mike Anello - [@ultimike](https://twitter.com/ultimike)

## MOTW
[Layout Builder Section Navigation](https://www.drupal.org/project/lb_section_navigation)
Adds a new block available to layout builder that displays a list of anchor links for other components of the same section.