August 2019 Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC eNews

August 2019 - Issue 181

Build Support for Youth Tutor and Mentor Programs as School Starts Again

The ideas shared in this monthly newsletter can be used by youth organization leaders, resource providers, political leaders, universities, volunteers and youth to help mentor-rich programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed.

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Help Recruit Volunteers

This graphic was created for the Tutor/Mentor Connection by volunteers from the Junior League of Chicago....in the 1990s! It's still a powerful message. You don't need to be Superman to be volunteer, or to help attract volunteers to youth programs in your city. Visit this page on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC web site and find tips for recruiting volunteers.

Use Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, etc to draw attention to your program. If I see your posts I'll try to share them with others.

Resources for Volunteers, Youth

Every youth tutor and/or mentor program will be hosting training and orientation sessions during September. The best programs will be providing volunteer coaching, training and support throughout the year.

The Tutor/Mentor Connection started building a library of resources in the 1990s and shares that freely with anyone who visits our web library.

Here are sections to visit

* Homework help - click here

* Training resources - click here

* STEAM learning - click here

* Youth As Leaders - click here

View this video to see how to navigate the library.

How Can We Do This Better?

When we start thinking we can't get better we've already started down a path to doing less than we need to be doing.

While there are some really great youth programs in Chicago and other places, there are too few of them and they reach too few kids.

Below are links to articles where I use this graphic. These and other articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog are intended to stimulate conversations in many sectors.

*Building communities - click here

* Increasing talent - click here

Influencing What Leaders Do

Every time YOU or someone else says "be a volunteer" or "be a donor" you need to point to on-line directories listing places where people can volunteer. You also need to point to places where people can find information showing where help is most needed and ways to make a difference.

The Connection/Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC web sites provide these resources.

Visit this page to see roles leaders can take to help programs grow in many places.

In the sections below are links that I point to often, and that I've added recently.

* Resources to find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs -click here

* Resources for fund raising -click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library -click here

* Chicago Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here

* Civic Engagement - resource map (recommend other links). -click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network -click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site,click here; blog -click here

* MENTOR Illinois, Annual Breakfast will be held in November. -click here

* To & Through Project web site -click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center -click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links -click here

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Recent articles on Tutor/Mentor blog:

Youth Development - Role of Leaders - click here

Using Maps in Planning, Media, Blogs - click here

Can Cities Reduce Violence Without Addressing Other Issues? -click here

Understanding Impact of Social Capital - click here

Library of Visual Essays on Tutor/Mentor site -click here

Recent additions to Tutor/Mentor Library

A story about network building (see graphic above). video - click here

"History of the Afterschool Movement in America" - video - click here

"How are Programs Building Students' Social Capital - key trends - click here

"Four Pathways to Greater Giving" - Bridgespan report - annotated - click here

"How to Challenge the White Walkers of NonProfit Life - article - click here

Browse the library to find many more links of value to you.

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September 2019 Tutor/Mentor eNews

September 2019 - Issue 182

Learning Resources for Youth, Volunteers, Educators, Donors, Policy-Makers

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Across the country schools have started and volunteers are connecting with youth in organized non-school tutor, mentor and learning programs. The big question each week is:

What do I do?

In this blog article I talk about creating a "learning" organization. That means your volunteers, youth, donors, etc. are regularly digging into online libraries of information for ideas that they apply to weekly tutor/mentor sessions, and that also apply to helping youth programs have all the talent and resources each needs to support on-going youth and volunteer involvement. The links in this monthly newsletter point to some of those resources and to web sites and blog articles which are entry points to a vast on-line library of information and ideas.

These links are a starting point

The Tutor/Mentor Connection started building a library of resources in the 1990s and shares that freely with anyone who visits our web library.

Here are sections to visit

* Homework help -click here

* Training resources -click here

* STEAM learning -click here

* Youth As Leaders -click here

* Blogs to learn from -click here

* Philanthropy issues -click here

View this video to see how to navigate the library.

Understand the Issues. Read the Research.

The 2019 Illinois KIDS COUNT Report was released recently by Voices 4 Illinois Kids. The report shows significant racial and ethnic disparities in economic status, education, health and housing for Illinois Kids. You can download the report at this link.

This is not new information. I've been collecting research articles and commentary for nearly 20 years, and hosting them in the Tutor/Mentor Connection/Institute, LLC web library.

I have more than 300 links in this section and just started updating it this week. That means I open each link to make sure it works, and see what it's pointing to.

I encourage others to do the same.In a section below I list some of the web sites I found on the first page of this part of the library.

Influencing What Leaders Do

As volunteers become part of organized tutor, mentor and learning programs our first job is to coach and mentor them, to help them become consistent, and effective volunteers.

However, at the same time we need to coach them to go back to their workplace, homes, colleges and faith groups to educate others on the value of organized tutor/mentor programs, the need for k-12 programs to operate in every high poverty neighborhood, and the need for consistent, on-going, unrestricted operating funds.

That's what this graphic visualizes. While part of the information we share is intended to be used by those directly involved, part of it is also intended to influence what resource provider, media and policy-makers do.

Open this link to find a series of articles using this graphic.

In the sections below are links that I point to often, and that I've added recently.

* Resources to find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs; use to find programs in other places, too. - click here

* Resources for fund raising - click here

* Social Justice, Poverty, Inequality, Housing resource links - click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library - click here

* Web Annotation - blog articles - click here

* 2020 Presidential Campaign - research issues and candidates - click here

* Civic Engagement - resource map (recommend other links). - click here

* Strategy visualizations -click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site,click here;blog - click here

* MENTOR Illinois, Annual Breakfast will be held in November. - click here

* To & Through Project web site - click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center -click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - conference was held Aug 28.click here for updates

* Chicago Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here
NOTE: can you help me update this map. Who are other intermediary organizations in Chicago area?

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Recent articles on Tutor/Mentor blog:

Yummy's story. New for you? Not for me. click here

Building Systems of Support for Urban Youth. What's it Look Like? click here

Looking Back 21 Years - Webheads and Tutor/Mentor Connection - click here

For Profit or Purpose-2006 article -click here

Connecting Leaders of Youth Tutor/Mentor Programs - click here

A Bridge Too Far. My Vision Since 1993 - click here

Library of Visual Essays on Tutor/Mentor site -click here

Articles on Page 1 of Research Section of Tutor/Mentor Library

‘Our Kids,’ by Robert D. Putnam - NY Times Book Review - click here

"Being Black is not a Risk Factor" - a strengths solutions in Illinois (pdf)- click here

21st Century Skills Every Student Needs - 2017 article - click here

America's Public Schools Highly Segregated - see maps - click here

Bridging and Bonding Social Capital - What is Difference? - click here

Disconnected Youth - IssueLab by Candid Resource Center- click here

Browse the library to find many more links of value to you.

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October 2019 Tutor Mentor eNews

October 2019 - Issue 183

School Has Started. Youth and Volunteers are Meeting in Non-School Programs. What's Next?

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This map shows non-school tutor and/or mentor programs operating in the far North part of Chicago. There are nearly 2100 youth, age 6-17 in the Rodgers Park area.

Is anyone asking, "Are there enough programs?"

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) was created in 1993 to help leaders ask and answer this question. Since 2011 the T/MC has been part of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC.

Over the past 25 years a huge library of information and ideas has been collected to help leaders make sure that a growing number of youth have access to well organized programs.

Browse that library at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net

View the full map, and my list of Chicago area youth tutor and/or mentor programs at https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2018/08/use-this-map-and-list-to-find-volunteer.html

Resources for Volunteers, Youth, Staff and Parents

These are sections on the Tutor/Mentor web library with resources that can be used weekly in organized tutor/mentor programs and independent learning.

Here are sections to visit

* Homework help - click here

* Training resources - click here

* STEAM learning - click here

* Youth As Leaders - click here

* Blogs to learn from - click here

* Philanthropy issues - click here

View this video to see how to navigate the library.

Chicago's Mayor Launches
#EveryYouthConnected Initiative

This graphic shows a Tweet I posted on October 11th as I attended a planning meeting at Chicago's Cultural Center, where Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched her #EveryKidConnected initiative (which may have become #EveryYouthConnected by the end of the event.)

I was one of at least 200 who attended and many were people I've known from 1994-2015 Tutor/Mentor Leadership & Networking Conferences.

I wrote about the event on the Tutor/Mentor blog, showing my concern that this not be just another new initiative and that the ideas and resources of the Tutor/Mentor Connection be included in the planning.

To stay informed, and get connected, search the #EveryKidConnected hashtag on Twitter and follow updates that I'll post on my blog.

Talent, Ideas & Experience - Needed At Every
Youth Tutor and/or Mentor Program

Helping every non-school program throughout the city and suburbs attract and retain talented staff and volunteers can be one of the best ways to help young people move through school and into careers and adult lives.

Is there a role that colleges and universities can take in preparing young people for careers in non-school programs, and in supporting them through their career? Is there a role they can take in educating alumni to generously and consistently support these programs? I think so.

Browse articles in this section of the Tutor/Mentor Blob and use as thought-starters.

In the sections below are links that I point to often,
and that I've added recently.

* Web resources to help you find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs; use to find programs in other places, too. -click here

* Resources for fund raising -click here

* Social Justice, Poverty, Inequality, Housing resource links -click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library -click here

* Web Annotation - blog articles -click here

* 2020 Presidential Campaign - research issues and candidates - click here

* Civic Engagement - resource map (recommend other links). -click here

* Strategy visualizations -click here

* Mapping for Justice blog -click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network -click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site,click here;blog -click here

* MENTOR Illinois, Annual Breakfast will be held on November 12th. -click here

* To & Through Project web site -click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center -click here

* National Mentoring Partnership - training events -click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links -click here

* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago -see agenda

* Chicago Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here NOTE: can you help me update this map. Who are other intermediary organizations in Chicago area?

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What are all the things we need to be thinking of is we want youth tutor mentor programs in all high poverty areas of Chicago.

Recent updates:

The Concept Map Library has a new page. click here

If you've been following the Tutor/Mentor blog, or @tutormentorteam on Twitter, you've seen many concept maps that have been created since 2005. The entire collection is available on one page, using the link above.

Use these as thought starters, and create your own versions, to share your own resources and blueprints for helping every youth in your community get the support she needs to move through school and into adult lives.

The Resource Links library has been updated! Over the past 3 months, every link (more than 2000) was opened to make sure it works, or updated if needed. New links are added weekly.

Follow @tutormentorteam on Twitter and see ideas and resources that I'm highlighting. See how I point to Chicago Tutor/Mentor programs with my Tweets.

Sample Articles in Tutor/Mentor Library

* The Fading American Dream. Raj Chetty at Metropolitan Planning Council Luncheon - click here

* Wealth Inequality in America - Brookings.edu -click here

* Upswell - a social sector community sponsored by The Independent Sector - click here

* Zooniverse - people powered research -
click here

* Digital Promise Research Map -click here

* The Fracturing of Gangs and Violence in Chicago - 2019 UIC research - click here

* How are Programs Building Student's Social Capital? - click here

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Nov. 2019 Tutor Mentor eNews

November 2019 - Issue 184

Supporting Youth & Volunteers is One Job.

Finding Donors is Another.

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Adopt a Tutor/Mentor Program

By now youth and volunteers are meeting weekly in organized volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs. Providing weekly coaching and support is an on-going role of staff and, in many programs, of senior volunteers.

However, now non profit program leaders are also focusing on finding money to pay bills and support program operations.

In the links below we point to sections of the Tutor/Mentor library that provide fund raising tips and that talk about roles your volunteers can take to help expand your donor rolls.

View this Role of Leaders article on Tutor/Mentor blog. Many need to take this role throughout the year.

Building a Learning Organization

While there are many resources available to youth, volunteers and donors, what are you doing to motivate them to spend time weekly looking at these? That's what happens in a "learning organization". If you can create that culture you dramatically expand the number of people helping your organization succeed.

Read homework help article on Tutor/Mentor blog and find links to web library.

Read blog articles on Tutor/Mentor blog about "learning organizations". There are many, written since 2005. Bookmark this link and use for discussion over coming year.

Raising Operating Funds. Everyone's Job.

Giving Tuesday will be December 3, 2019. Are you prepared?

Here's some resources for non profits and for donors.

Giving Tuesday web site search page.

Enter city, state, organization type, then click the search button. For Chicago you'll find a long list of organizations.

#ILGIVE web site -click here

The search feature on the #ILGIVE web site enables you to search for organizations by category or by name. For each organization there is a "profile page" that donors can use to send contributions. It's formatted the same for every program listed. This feature is not on the Global Giving site.

How might this be improved? Read article on Tutor/Mentor blog.

In the sections below are links that I point to often, and that I've added recently.

* Web resources to help you find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs; use to find programs in other places, too. - click here

* Resources for fund raising - click here

* Philanthropy articles on Tutor/Mentor blog - click here

* Social Justice, Poverty, Inequality, Housing resource links - click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library - click here

* Web Annotation - blog articles - click here

* 2020 Presidential Campaign - research issues and candidates - click here

* Civic Engagement - resource map (recommend other links). - click here

* Strategy visualizations -click here

* Mapping for Justice blog -click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Giving Tuesday, December 3 -click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site,click here;blog - click here

* MENTOR Illinois. - click here

* To & Through Project web site - click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here

* National Mentoring Partnership - training events -click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links -click here

* Chicago Public School Locator -click here

* Issue Lab, by Candid - Free research from social sector organizations -click here

* Resilient Chicago: A Plan for Inclusive Growth -click here

* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see agenda

* Chicago Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:

* Movement Building. Afterschool Conference and more - click here

* Can You Help Tutor/Mentor Programs Grow? - click here

* Influencing Change. - click here

* Using Celebrity Power More Effectively - click here

* Tutor/Mentor articles on Tumblr - this is a collection of key concepts - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Exchange on Wordpress - click here

* Join me on Twitter - click here

The Resource Links library has been updated! Over the past 3 months, every link (more than 2000) was opened to make sure it works, or updated if needed. New links are added weekly.

Sample Articles in Tutor/Mentor Library

* American Poverty is moving from the cities to suburbs - click here

* Combating Inequality: Rethinking Policies - click here

* Ideas for Project Based Learning - click here

*The Price of Real Change - Chronicle of Philanthropy article - click here

* What Does Youth Civic Engagement Have to do With Inequality? article

* Catalyzing Networks for Social Good. A Funder's Guide -click here

* Strategic Doing - a new way to collaborate - click here

* Nepris - skills based on-line tutor/mentor platform - click here

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Strategy Visualizations by Interns

Projects done by interns to help clarify and share our strategies - Page 2 of many

Many of the ideas that we share are in the form of pdf essays that were originally created using Power Point. Many of the graphics and maps are included in blog articles to illustrate strategies that we hope others will support and/or adopt.

Since 2005 interns from different universities have been converting some of these to flash animations, which help viewers build a better understanding of volunteer-based tutoring/mentoring programs, and the information that is shared by the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. Please view these and apply the ideas. Share the presentations in your network. Invite students in your own school, college or tutor/mentor program to create their own interpretations.

See additional Strategy Presentations by intern: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 View strategy videos created by interns.

Note: Several of these projects were created using Flash animation, which no longer is supported by most browsers. If you want to view the presentation, download a swfplayer from a site like this. A YouTube video has also been created to show the animation.


This animation can be viewed on this YouTube site. It can also be seen in this Video This STRATEGY MAP animation was built using this concept map as the original idea. Visit this forum to see how projects are introduced to interns and how they are coached to complete them.	This graphic is from an intern project completed in Feb. 2012. Parts of it were included in this video.
This animation can be seen in this YouTube video. This 2010 presentation, created by a University of Michigan Grad student, explains how volunteers grow as a result of longer-term involvement in a tutor/mentor program. Note: you may need to download swfplayer to view animation. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/vol_leadership.swf	View this presentation video to see the many resources available in the Tutor/Mentor Connection Learning Library. See Flash Animation using link below. Note: you may need to download swfplayer to view animation. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net//images/flash/resourcesmap.swf
Year Round Strategy of Tutor/Mentor Connection. See in YouTube video. See new version in this 2017 YouTube Video. This Flash Animation presentation was created by an intern from South Korea, via IIT, in 2010 It illustrates the Tutor/Mentor Connection's Quarterly Events strategy. Creating year round visibility. You may need to download swfplayer to view the animation.	Role of Many Leaders - video version Flash animation version, This was created in 2010 by an intern from South Korea.. Illustrates the power of individuals, businesses, faith groups and colleges. Download swfplayer to view.
This Learning Path concept map can be seen here. in 2015, Wona Chang, an intern from South Korea, created this video to guide you through the map. (Wona originally created this using Prezi, and created a Korean language version, too. That is no longer available)	View video of this presentation. Download swfplayer to view animated view of this push pull graphic., shown in this blog article.
This graphic was created in 2007 by one of our first interns from Hong Kong borrowing from ideas in this PDF essay. The animation is no longer available, but you can see it's development in this 2007 blog article.	See video of this Flash animation. This is a revised version of the animation created in 2007. The new version was created by In Hee Cho in 2011. Flash animation is no longer available.