I have been doing a bit of research on mentoring between the young and older generation and good reasons for transferring these old traditional values, and visa versa

See: http://ezinearticles.com/?Mentoring-The-Younger-Generation—Reasons-To-Transfer-Old-Values&id=1657120

On what applications there are on online mentoring , and why online mentoring using the Internet is effective see:

http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=95-1

A good example of online mentoring is a site which and service which is more for education, but could be using in our Christian context of bridging, see:

http://www.icouldbe.org/standard/public/in_international_programs.asp

on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/icouldbeorg/180289083079

Also take a look at http://www.caringbridge.org, as an example of care and mentoring.

http://www.bridging.org/ mission is to provide the economically disadvantaged with a one-time gift of quality furniture and household items which helps to stabilize and improve their lives while effectively using community resources. Through a network of over 180 social service agencies, eligible clients are referred to their warehouse for shopping for these needs

Some of the ideas on purpose are:

See a good example with www.kiva.org. Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. This is a fine example of co-creation.

Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending, with purpose.

Jesus gave of himself, and mingled with all types. He did not judge and gave with love and purpose. We should see this type of social network give this to communities and  the world with purpose. God’s gift of love, care, life and prosperity. Prosperity can come in all different forms, one of them being mentoring.

So, what could be the 3 B’s for a bridging social network?

Bridging: Communities, poverty, cultures, age gaps, rich & poor, countries

Breaking: Perceptions, poverty, class distinction, the young and the old

Building: hope, dignity, people and communities

We need to refine a strategy and get it down to:

The What? For e.g. connecting people with God,s purpose using the 3 B’s

The How? For e.g. Through a social dignified network platform, to mentor between all ages, to encourage the word of God and enhance His God given gifts (Intellectual Capital), of music and art writing (blogs) and Christian education. (Underlying this is a philosophy of community service to help spread the Word, in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, mentorship and the arts which could be written in the business plan)

The Who? -> a user-generated database of the global community.