A c t L o c A L Ly – t h i n k G L o b A L Ly NEW 877 Toll FrEE NumbEr pLEASE notE thAt thE 877-677-8468 (or 877-mrS-tint) iS no LonGEr in SErvicE. north AmEricAn mEmbErS cAn USE fall mentoring program The Alpha Omega mentoring program Beta test was launched in January 2013 and lasted until the end of April 2013. In our Beta test, 11 practicing dentist mentors and 11 student mentees were paired geographically. We had participants from Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Jerusalem, Louisville, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Vancouver. 877-368-6326 Sorry For thE inconvEniEncE. The Beta test feedback from our participants was positive and left us ready to implement the next phase of the program on September 30th. We will also broaden the scope of the mentor and mentee relationship to include: • Practicing dentist mentoring another practicing dentist; • Chapter president mentoring another chapter president; • 3rd year dental students looking for guidance about choosing a residency and program or about going into practice; • Suggest what type of mentoring you need or want to provide. We will make matches in September and officially launch the next phase on september 30th. We hope you will take full advantage of this opportunity to connect with one another in a program which will bring networking within AO to a whole new level! Please contact me at vforestier@ao.org to sign up as a mentor or mentee. Virginie Forestier AO Association Manager volunteers are needed! thank you for reneWing your ao memBership dues ao goes to dental meetings www.ao.org great 2 attending the ada annual meeting in neW orleans? Join ao for a hospitality mixer ao will have a mixer during the ada annual meeting october 31 - November 3 more details to come but please contact hQ to inform us that you are going to new orleans. Ao is planning an event during the Greater ny dental meeting to bring together local Aos and those coming into nyc. international president marcy Schwartzman will be making a presidential visitation. please contact hQ if you are interested in the Ao get together. more details soon. November 29 - December 4 a l p h a o m e g a | a o n o w 10