Chronus

Avantages

Its easy to access all the links related to different concepts/ topics related to the course.
Easily co-ordinate with your Pod members and schedule meetings.
Progress can be updated within the same interface and can be seen/ tracked at a single glance, and this all helps in planning and estimating your completion.
Can be accessed on Mobile too.
With minor changes to the filter, you can see the progress of your Pod members too.

Inconvénients

Meetings scheduled are not synced with Teams in-time, and have to navigate using the link to navigate to browser and then redirect to Teams. If this sync is improved, it will be helpful for easier communication among Pod members.

Avantages

It provides the opportunity to connect with individuals that are doing what you are wanting the develop into. Also, it gives the opportunity to hear perspective that can aid in your development.

Inconvénients

If you miss a deadline for task assigned between two people, you cannot go back and modify it.

Avantages

One of the best aspects of Chronus is its intuitive user interface, which makes it simple to navigate and manage mentoring programs. I also appreciate the matching algorithm that connects mentors and mentees effectively based on skills and interests, ensuring a productive mentoring experience. The platform's reporting tools offer useful insights for tracking progress, which is helpful for both participants and program managers.

Inconvénients

The platform could benefit from more customization options, as some features feel limited for unique program needs. Occasionally, the notifications are delayed, which may hinder timely communication between mentors and mentees. Additionally, initial setup and integration with other systems could be more seamless.

Avantages

Chronus is user friendly and has a simple interactive platform.

Inconvénients

At times Chronus was lengthy in how many clicks it took to get to specific pages I desired.

Avantages

The platform is intuitive and helps to keep you engaged.

Inconvénients

I haven't found anything that I do not like.

Avantages

Making a new connection and lasting friendship

Inconvénients

Sometimes connecting because we are super busy

Avantages

I like that it is very easy to use and the people on here are very friendly.

Inconvénients

There was nothing i did not really like, everything was almost exactly as you would expect.

Avantages

Very intuitive and easy to use, you can basically do everything within the app.

Inconvénients

There's an issue when setting a meeting time where I have to select a few minutes prior to actually get the time I want and I don't know how to change my timezone.

Avantages

The brains behind it is fantabulous. The really put a lot of work into and one can easily tell.

Inconvénients

None. There is really nothing bad about it as long as you have good internet connection.

Avantages

Organized - keeps the mentoring partnerships focused and is a good record of activities

Inconvénients

Needs to sync with Outlook calendar better

Avantages

User Friendly and the contents are well-articulated!!

Inconvénients

I don't find anything least about Chronus ! because it's very easy to use.

Avantages

it is very good program to learn, learnt more about supervision.

Inconvénients

less assignments , questions should be more engaging

Avantages

easy to navigate and update better than before.

Inconvénients

doesn't have a mobile app would be easier to update and use throughout mentorship

Avantages

It was easy to navigate. There were a lot of leads for the next step
Few clicks revealed a lot of information about my potential mentor
Intergration with my Outlook emails which I check more often

Inconvénients

Reply tab in Microsoft Outlook doesn't take me straight to the Chronus/mentoring page

Avantages

What I liked about Chronus the user-friendly interface that is easily navigated, also the customizable mentorship that helped me connect to tutors that are aligned with what I need help with.

Inconvénients

It felt a bit rigid at times and the user experience could be even smoother than it is currently.

Avantages

I am yet done with my mentoring programme, but so far I like how the match finding is done and how you keep track of our progress

Inconvénients

What I like least about Chronus is how complex the application sometimes is. I sometimes struggle navigating through the application.

Avantages

Its very seamless and quite accurate with matching the mentors to the mentees. Its also saves you the trouble of going over the long list to search for a good match and gives you very close options to pick from.

Inconvénients

AM not sure i found what i least liked about Chronus

Avantages

It´s very intuitive, easy to understanding for us to use on a daily basis

Inconvénients

Whenever I accessed to read the details of a mentor, when I returned, I returned to the home page

Avantages

Getting to map people easily.
Ease of connection and prompt reply

Inconvénients

Not well known across the bank.
Need to add more features on the app for example: type of GP.

Avantages

it is very user-friendly and straight to the point

Inconvénients

so far nothing comes to my mind as it is a new tool

Avantages

the intuitive functionality of the platform

Inconvénients

A lot of information, but it is easy to access

Avantages

Clarity & efficiency! Very efficient and easy to navigate. Kept me informed.

Inconvénients

N/A. Not applicable as I didn't encounter roadblocks

Avantages

Easy to use platform which presents information in a logical manner

Inconvénients

Nothing to complain about. It’s my first time using it.

Avantages

Getting connected to the right resources without a lot of redtape.

Inconvénients

its faster if we could just use WhatsApp to be honest

Avantages

I have found Chronus to be intuitive and easy to use. It can be overwhelming to pursue a mentorship but the Chronus application has made the process seamless from beginning to end.

Inconvénients

I have not had any concerns or issues with using Chronus.

Avantages

This platform is very user-friendly, both for the mentor and for the mentee. It keeps progress on track to achieve the objectives very smartly.

Inconvénients

The generation of reminders could be improved.

Avantages

Application is easy to use, makes scheduling and completing tasks easier.

Inconvénients

There wasn't anything I didn't like about the application.

Avantages

This platform meets our needs for a learning management circle. It's mostly self serve and intuitive. It has great surveying capabilities and bulk exports to Excel. I also use the Slack integration.

Inconvénients

It's pretty fixed, so I would encourage them to think about other use cases that might be able to leverage the platform

Avantages

I really like it from an administrative standpoint (matching and running reports). Very easy to manage and the system functions as expected.

Inconvénients

We struggle to get users to interact with the software on a regular basis. Many users choose to schedule meetings and communicate with their mentor/mentee outside of the system

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Chronus

Avantages

It was an easy platform to set up and use.

Inconvénients

The number of emails I receive about Chronus.

Avantages

Implementation Team was amazing. Matching works well - only used admin match so far, excited to use AI match.

Inconvénients

Biggest challenges for implementing Chronus were on our end, internally.

Avantages

We run several different mentoring programs at organization through Chronus and it offers the flexibility we need. We have different audiences, program cadences, and different ways of matching. Chronus gives us the flexibility to customize for our program needs, but also look at data consistently across all programs to measure collective impact on the organization. The matching capabilities have saved us hours of manual matching, which frees up the time of our staff who are already over committed.

Inconvénients

For the most part I think it's great, but there is a lot of information/features in a lot of different places on the administrator side, and not always intuitive on where to go for certain administrative functions.

Avantages

We were able to dramatically increase the capacity for participation in our mentorship programs through the ease of matching and communications provided by Chronus.

Inconvénients

The program is on the expensive end and it took a while to get buy-in for broader implementation. Getting set-up on the platform can take longer and require a few more coding skills than expected and there are so many functions that sometimes it can be overwhelming to track everything.

Avantages

1. Chronus is nimble enough to grow with our program. Unlike other software vendors we considered, Chronus was able to provide the technology we needed today as young program and will want down the road as our programs grows. We can trust that as we evolve to meet the needs of our participants, our technology will easily evolve with us.

2. Chronus has been unbelievably invested in innovating ways to adapt the technology platform to accommodate the unique work flow of our mentoring program. It has been fantastic to move to a technology platform without having to give up the personal, unique touches our program prides itself on providing our users. Our program doesn't 'fit the mold of most corporate mentoring programs and Chronus has been able to adapt their technology, problem solve, and develop creative ways for our work flow to be successful in a software based paradigm.

3. From day one, Chronus has felt like a partner to our program not just a vendor. We have a dedicated team of people who have taken the time to actually understand our program; its goals, its operations, etc and our Chronus team is as invested in our program's success as we are. They ask the right questions, provide valuable suggestions and insights, and genuinely seem to take an interest in making our program better.

Inconvénients

There aren't many downsides to the software. If I had to give it one criticism, I wish it would retain the metrics on users who we ultimately remove to open up seats for new users. As it is now, when a user is removed from the system, the metrics collected on that user are removed as well.

Avantages

Matching tool worked great. Appreciated the reminders.

Inconvénients

Scheduling can be challenging within the platform.

Avantages

The most substantive value in mentoring (or coaching) can be found in the dynamics of the relationship. As such, the most labor intensive, but critical step, is creating this relationship. The Matching Algorithm and the flexibility to tailor the weighting of the various criteria is highly effective in guiding the participants to the relationship that would be most suitable. The assumption, of course, is that people complete their profiles honestly and not how "they imagine others would want them to answer."

Inconvénients

Organizational elements. We would like the capability for alphabetical sorting in all areas/functions, we would like the system to retain the mentoring ranking preference once submitted (for ease of reference) by the mentee, we would like an archive functionality for surveys of previous time periods, we would like more functionality for attaining data segments from the Executive Dashboard (aka survey and data from a single track rather than all licensed users).

Avantages

Intelligent matching, connection plan, admin tracking, admin reporting, and ease to "invite" new members

Inconvénients

Would like to see aggregate satisfaction scores on the admin dashboard

Avantages

That the tool is easy to use and has both a url and app for users. That we have tech support through a very engaged manager. That there are multiple features to help with keeping our matches/users engaged. The virtual conferencing feature has been a huge added bonus during social distancing. Very much enjoy that the messaging feature has the ability to include attachments.

Inconvénients

Would like if the video conferencing feature worked in the App. Recommend that it is more visually appealing/engaging for youth programs.

Avantages

Chronus is highly customisable, from the fields you want to appear in participants' profiles, to the connection plans that support participants through their mentoring relationship. This means you can easily develop a program that is totally bespoke to your clients.

Inconvénients

There is quite a learning curve, with a lot of settings and form fields to take into consideration. Some of them have a major impact on the operation of a program, which you may not realise until you experience it. However, the support and advice is excellent and very effectively accelerates this learning curve.

Avantages

The program was easy to customize to our needs. It is intuitive for the team to use, and has communication benchmarks in place to notify the mentors and mentees to follow up on conversations.

Inconvénients

It's been a solid program, with great customer support.

Avantages

The system is intuitive, which is helpful when working with individuals with varying levels of technical experience.

Inconvénients

Everything that I have thought of or suggested for improvements, they have either developed or are in the process of developing.

Avantages

The site is extremely user friendly for the administrator, mentors and mentees. Recently, I did bench marking with other school mentor programs and Chornus was an extremely popular program. It is efficient and we are able to use the program to take our engagement with alumni and community members a step further.
Also the support time is incredible - kind, knowledgeable and responsive. I appreciate all their hard work.

Inconvénients

I have had incidents where mentor or mentees have had trouble with their user name and passwords. They were able to email the help desk and resolve the issue quickly.

Avantages

The software is very easy to use and provides a lot of structure for your programs. There are a lot of mechanisms built in to take the day to day administrative duties out of program management. There are great features that allow for you to measure the program's engagement levels across participants. The system has a great streamlined design that is very intuitive, yet complex enough to make mentoring connection matching sophisticated and smart.

Inconvénients

There are some great reports built into the system that allow users to gauge the overall health of the program. I would love it if there could be a bit more flexibility with the design.

Avantages

The matching capability is absolutely wonderful! The system itself is easy to use and has so much functionality- it's all inclusive. This platform fits all needs- if small or large capacity of participants, this software can manage it.

Inconvénients

n/a. There are always new ideas on how to make the platform better; and the eMentorConnect team is open to hearing ideas and implementing.

Avantages

Chronus is an easy-to-use, cloud-based mentoring solution, used to increase employee engagement. The system will match mentors with mentees, then has a pre-loaded communication and report system that enables the admin to view progress. The pre-loaded communications can be totally customizable. As a marketing tech executive, and not in HR, this mentoring UX is extremely intuitive from both an end-user perspective and an admin perspective. We launched 01/2018, and the first mentoring class has provided positive feedback regarding this program.
The launch team support completely exceeded expectations from a customer service perspective. The team was engaging, supportive, and provided great use cases during the initial discussions.

Inconvénients

I have not had any cons to the software throughout the entire process. From demo, to the contract process, then to set-up and launch, everything has been stellar.

Avantages

Our organization has a robust mentoring culture, but it was not reaching as many people as we wanted or demand dictated. eMC is allowing us to expand our reach within the organization. Our previous mentoring was manually tracked and our mentoring resources were not well-organized or centralized.

Inconvénients

As we are just getting started with wider particpation, we have no real cons to report at this time.

Avantages

-Ease of use, templates, mentoring connection plan and emails available to use to guide mentoring for participants
-Easy to communicate with participants
-Has multiple ways for students to request a mentor, admin match and recommend mentors to students
-Open to feedback and updating product in timely manner
-Customer support is a great resources to offer best practices and keep up on mentoring trends

Inconvénients

Need better admin permission levels
Search features could be improved
Email system could be improved to more easily track emails/messaging to determine effectiveness

Avantages

The platform does a fantastic job of matching participants, providing resources to guide the connection, and measuring satisfaction

Inconvénients

Some features were just less valuable, like scheduling meetings.

Avantages

The flexibility, customer service and customization of this software is what makes it unique to any other mentoring software on the market.

Inconvénients

I would like to see phone/text integration with the platform so notifications can me sent to mobile devices outside of the app.

Avantages

Mentees and mentors in our mentoring programs appreciate the transparency offered and the ability to select their own mentoring partner.
As an administrator, I value the easy customisation of mentoring tracks, the capability to recommend mentors to mentees, the ability to create a partnership plan which acts as a road map to guide each partnership through to completion and the ability to monitor partnership progress.

Inconvénients

The software is "off-the-shelf" which comes with it's limitations. It may not suit the mentoring process flow that an organisation has in place. We have adapted our program structure and processes to work well under on Chronus.