Visual Essays - pg 4

Since the 1970s Dan Bassill, founder of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (led by Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC since 2011) has used visualizations to share strategies and resources. The visual essays on this page focus on starting and operating a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program.

The original collection of PDFs are listed on this page

Create your own versions and focus the strategies on your own city.  Show your support with a contribution. click here

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Steps to start a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program (and keep it going) - click here
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Mentoring youth through school into careers: Success Steps - click here
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I led a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program for 35 years. What were my operating principles?  - click here
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Planning year-to-year growth of a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program - click here
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Strategies for recruiting volunteers for a tutor/mentor program - click here
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Building a Team. Recruiting Talent. Strategies to  use - click here 

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Ideas for volunteering and service. Created by intern in 2011 - click here
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Resources on this website to help people build on-going programs  - click here
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Learn about the resources available on this website. This shows site prior to 2025 upgrade. Content is same. Look is slighly different - click here
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Role athletes, celebrities, CEOs, etc. can take to mobilize volunteers and donors - click here
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View some of the visualizations used in Tutor/Mentor essays and blog articles - click here
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Build your own map-based directory of youth serving programs. Follow media with map stories - click here
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After negative news stories who keeps attention focused on area where the news happened? See use of maps - click here

View more of the maps created between 1994 and 2015 on this Ning.com site.

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Tutor/Mentor Connection used this survey from 1994 to 2010 to learn about Chicago tutor, mentor programs -  click here

View more of our visual essays:  Page 1   Page 2   Page 3  Page 5