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Definition of Problem - Why and Where Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Programs are Most Needed

1. Tutor/Mentor, Same Words, Different Meaning - defining the terms
2. Role of Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Connections
3. Role of Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Programs – We’re all in the TO WORK Business
4. What will it take to assure that all youth entering careers by age 25? How can your industry help?
5. Education to Careers Blueprint

Understanding Availability and Distribution of Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Programs in Chicago

1. Using Internet to Find Resources that help support the growth of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs
2. T/MC On-line Resources - and webinar version
3. No General would go to a war without a map - Understanding T/MC use of maps; flash version.
4. Neighborhood Analysis – prepared by the Turor/Mentor Connection
5. Use of maps. 7th Congressional District
6. Use of maps, Il 14th Senate Dist.

Case for Strategic Business Investment and Employee Involvement

1. The Tutor/Mentor Connection Logic Model
2. Tutor/Mentor Connection’s Theory of Change
3. Tipping Points
4. What will it take to assure that all youth now living in poverty are entering careers by age 25? A Workforce Development Strategy
5. Tutor/Mentor Connection – Case for Business Involvement
6. The T/M Connection - a Retail Business Model

Leadership Strategies

1. Role of Leaders
2. Role of leaders flash
3. The SunTimes, Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lawyers Lend-A-Hand Program strategy
4. Tutor/Mentor Hospital Connection
5. Model of Business Leadership Team for Tutor/Mentor Connection - Suggested Strategy
6. University Connection PDF
7. Strategy for Faith Leaders PDF
8. Students as Leaders, PDF

Collaboration and Capacity Building

1. Creating a Network of Purpose – The Tutor/Mentor Connection; add animated version
2. Role of Tutor/Mentor Connection, and Intermediaries, in a Community Building Strategy
3. Tutor/Mentor Learning Network - Tutoring/Mentoring as a form of Service-Learning; add animated version
4. Growing the Tutor/Mentor Learning Network
5. Collaboration Goals; add animated version
6. Tutor/Mentor Leadership e-Conference – Introduction and Overview

Volunteer Recruitment Strategies

1. How sports, media and arts celebrities can help mobilize volunteers - Make the Connection
2. Maximize Value from Civic Engagement
3. Recruiting Talent for volunteer-based organizations
4. Volunteer Recruitment Ad to be used by business leaders to mobilize volunteers
5. 2008 Chicagoland Tutor/Mentor Back to School Volunteer Recruitment Campaign

How to Start and Sustain a Volunteer Based Tutor/Mentor Program

1. Steps for Starting and Building a new Tutor/Mentor Program
2. Operating Principles
3. Annual Planning Calendar
4. Volunteer Recruitment Strategie

Research and Recommended Reading

1. How School-Community Partnership Contribute to Widespread Volunteer Mentoring with Youth: A Study of Environmental Change in Three Communities, by Stergios Tsai Roussos
2. Children, Computers and Reading Skills, prof. Edna Aphek, Jerusalem, Israel

Presentations from past Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conferences

1. Tutor/Mentor Networking Conference Presentation, May 26, 2006 – Successfully Transforming Teens to Career
2. T/MC Introduction to Pathways Into Health Conference, September 14, 2007
3. Sharing Knowledge and Bridging Gaps: Children Teaching Children Computer Skills / Theoretical Background, by Prof. Edna Aphek
4. Use of Maps Presentation at Wired.org event

Vision and History of Tutor/Mentor Connection and Cabrini Connections

1. Growth and expansion of the Tutor/mentor Connection and Cabrini Connections
2. Tutor/Mentor Connection – About us 2-page pdf
3. Blueprint of Tutor/Mentor Connection Knowledge Network
4. Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection Annual Report

How do We Evaluate Impact?

1. Read the pdf essays titled Theory of Change, Logic Model, Tipping Points (see above, Case for Business Involvement)
2. View Chart of T/MC Goals and Strategy
3. 1994-2008 Growth of T/MC (pdf)
4. View Metrics Chart - Concept Map
5. View Organizational History and Tracking System (OHATS) articles