A c t L o c A L Ly – t h i n k G L o b A L Ly With Ao we encoUrage new article ideas For the ao now. PLEASE CONTACT michael stern international editor msstern2478@gmail.com OR heidi weber association director hweber@ao.org TO SHARE THEM. keep in toUch 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 dental 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. The Beta test feedback from our participants was positive and we are 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 SPEAkErS bUrEAU: WE WELcoME nEW SPEAkErS to oUr LiSt oF SUbjEct MAttEr EXPErtS. contAct hEiDi WEbEr At hWEbEr@Ao.orG volUnteers are needed! ao london sUkkot Alpha omegan Alpha omegan now available online at ao.org for members only! www.ao.org a l p h a o m e g a | a o n o w 5