Goal · Learn, mentor or grow a community

Find mentors and grow a community around your work

Learn from people a few steps ahead and help people a few steps behind. TapForNetwork keeps these relationships warm without it becoming a chore.

Strengthen my relationships See how it helps

01How it helps

What TapForNetwork does for you

The work of remembering, spotting and timing, done for you. You stay in charge of every message.

Finds mentors and peers Opening soon
People a few steps ahead, and people at your stage.
Shows who to give back to Opening soon
People who helped you, and people you could help now.
Keeps contact light and regular
Gentle reminders, so nobody quietly fades away.
Private progress
Practice and follow-through, visible only to you.

02Who it is for

Made for people like you

People early in a career looking for guidance.
Experienced people who want to mentor or give back.
Community builders, organisers and meetup hosts.
Anyone who wants a small group of peers to learn with.

Sample data: a made-up new engineering manager.

Today · Mentors and community

Sample

1Ask one question about running your first team retro
Grace Fischer · VP Engineering · Halcyon Labs
- Further along your path
- Your note: “great talk on feedback”
2Offer to review his conference talk draft
Omar Aziz · Engineer · Quillstack
- He helped you last spring
- Tag: first-time speakers
3Invite her to the monthly peer call
Léa Martin · Engineering Manager · Cobalt
- Same stage as you
- Connected 3 months ago

03Your playbook

Ask for advice before mentorship

Four steps. Each takes minutes, not hours.

1
Start with one question
Instead of “will you be my mentor?”, ask one specific question you think they can answer well.
2
Follow up with what you did
Tell them what you tried and how it went. That is how a one-off answer becomes a relationship.
3
Mentor someone yourself
Offer an hour to someone a few steps behind you. Teaching is one of the fastest ways to learn.
4
Build a small peer group
Three to six people at a similar stage, meeting monthly. Tags help you keep track of who is in which group.

04Messages

Example messages

Examples to adapt, not to paste. Make the details true for you and the person you write to.

An advice request

Hi Grace, I have just become a manager and I am about to run my first retrospective. Your talk on feedback stayed with me. What is one thing you wish you had known before running your first one?

One question, easy to answer in a few minutes.

Reporting back

Grace, I tried your suggestion to start the retro with what went well. The team opened up much more than I expected. Thank you. Could I ask one more question next month?

Show that their advice mattered.

A peer group invite

Léa, a few of us new managers meet online for an hour once a month to swap what is working. Would you like to join the next one?

Small, regular and low-pressure.

05Rhythm

Keep it alive with light touches

Small and steady beats big and rare.

One learning step and one giving step a week is a good start.
After every conversation: note what you learned and what you promised.
Monthly: peer call, and a quick look at who you have not spoken to in a while.
Progress shows private points for practice and follow-through, never a public ranking.

Mistakes to avoid

Asking a stranger to be your mentor in the first message.
Taking advice and never reporting back.
Letting a peer group grow too big to talk in.

06Plans

Free, or with AI help

Free with an account and a verified e-mail. Paid plans add AI message drafts and conversation practice, from Basic up.

Free, no AI

Free includes suggestions from your export, tags, notes, reminders, private progress and up to six explained steps a day, with templates.

Paid plans, optional AI

Paid plans add AI practice for difficult conversations, AI drafts built from your notes and Find new people: people on the public web who fit your goal, each with their public page, so you check them before you write, within a monthly credit allowance.

Good to know

Seniority is guessed from titles and is only a rough hint.
The export shows your own connections only.
Progress points are private and are not a score of anyone's worth.

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Questions

Is the progress public?

No. Progress points are private to you. There are no leaderboards, and nobody else can see your points.

Can I use it to run a community?

It helps you keep in touch with members as individuals. It is not an event or mailing-list tool.

How often should I contact people?

Light and regular beats intense and rare. A short note every few months keeps most relationships warm.