T/MC Conference Expands to On-line Learning and Networking, and Blog Exchanges

T/MC recognizes that no organization can attend every conference that is offered. Few  people will ever attend the T/MC conference. Thus, our goal is that before and after the May and November Conferences people connect through the Internet. 

There are a growing number of ways to connect. Facebook, Linked in, Twitter, and on-line groups like http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com are now available.  A Blog Exchange, or carnival, is another way to connect tutor/mentor programs, volunteers and supporters in on-line interaction around the topics that will be discussed during the Chicago conference.

Blogs can be stand alone web pages, or part of on-line communities.  The Tutor/Mentor Connection blog is http://tutormentor.blogspot.com. The Cabrini Connections blog is http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com

Our goal is to encourage as many members of our own staff and volunteer networks as possible to use blogs to tell the story of tutoring/mentoring to their friends, and to tailor the message to events that we organize at different times each year.

In addition, we hope to mobilize bloggers from all over the world, to blog tutor/mentor concepts, along the same schedule of events as we lead to mobilize volunteers and draw leaders together in Chicago.  If we can get hundreds of bloggers to connect during these time frames, our blogs will build public attention and draw volunteers and donors to our web sites, then to the web sites of individual tutor/mentor programs and partners around the country. This flash presentation illustrates this strategy.

At the same time, we also seek partners who can host webnars and other forms of on-line learning and networking that systematically build understanding of the ideas on the Tutor/Mentor Institute web site and in the Links Library on the Tutor/Mentor Connection site.. These events could be hosted from anywhere in the world. If you would like to present a workshop or partner in the Blog Exchange or other on-line forums, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to discuss your involvement.

View the T/MC eConference Goals Introduction to learn more about our on-line learning and collaboration strategy. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to be part of a future T/MC conference or eConference.