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T/MC Ohats: Event Duration
Event Duration is one of the charts on the T/MC OHATS metrics page - http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/OHATS/Metrics.aspx
Though a given event or action may be powerful enough to produce behavior or organizational outcomes after a single exposure, experience suggests that this is not the norm. The longevity of any given event can determine the opportunity for exposure to that event or change. And, exposure to an event is a prerequisite for producing an outcome.
The vast majority (82%) of changes facilitated by T/MC between 2000 and April 2008 were intended to be ongoing. Some examples are the citywide recruitment fair held every August/September since 1995 and the training and networking conference held every May and November since 1994. The building of OHATS is an example of an ongoing event that will be enhanced and engage new partners over the years. Another on-going event is the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program locator, which demonstrates the T/MC’s fundamental commitment to help tutor/mentor programs in every part of the Chicago region get volunteers and donors.
Another ongoing event s the Lend A Hand program which began in collaboration with the Chicago Bar Association/Foundation in 1994. From a single award of $2,000 given to one T/MC program in 1994 this program is now a growing marketing and fund raising activity, led by lawyers and judges leading the Lend A Hand Program. Since 1995 more than $2.5 million has been raised and more than $750,000 has been granted to over 40 different programs (some receiving repeat grants over multiple years). In early 2002 the Cluster Tutoring Program in Chicago received a $25,000 contribution from a donor who came through the CBA web site. This program received another sizable donation via the T/MC web site in 2007. These are examples of an outcome that began to germinate in 1994 when the T/MC reached out to the CBA to form a partnership. It is expected that as the CBA and similar professional groups continue to market programs like the Lend A Hand, in partnership with the T/MC, more and more donors will make similar contributions to tutoring/mentoring programs in poverty areas of the Chicago region.
Each of the actions and accomplishments facilitated by T/MC only shows up as a few listings in this report. However, each grew out of multiple, interconnected actions by T/MC staff, volunteers and partners that began in October 2002 with the creation of Cabrini Connections and the T/MC by a small team of volunteers. The ability of T/MC to stimulate, repeat, and sustain a strategic set of events and actions over time – and in the country’s third largest city – is one of its key strengths, and greatly increases the likelihood of contributing to Chicago-wide change in the availability, distribution and quality of comprehensive tutor/mentor programs
Though a given event or action may be powerful enough to produce behavior or organizational outcomes after a single exposure, experience suggests that this is not the norm. The longevity of any given event can determine the opportunity for exposure to that event or change. And, exposure to an event is a prerequisite for producing an outcome.
The vast majority (82%) of changes facilitated by T/MC between 2000 and April 2008 were intended to be ongoing. Some examples are the citywide recruitment fair held every August/September since 1995 and the training and networking conference held every May and November since 1994. The building of OHATS is an example of an ongoing event that will be enhanced and engage new partners over the years. Another on-going event is the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program locator, which demonstrates the T/MC’s fundamental commitment to help tutor/mentor programs in every part of the Chicago region get volunteers and donors.
Another ongoing event s the Lend A Hand program which began in collaboration with the Chicago Bar Association/Foundation in 1994. From a single award of $2,000 given to one T/MC program in 1994 this program is now a growing marketing and fund raising activity, led by lawyers and judges leading the Lend A Hand Program. Since 1995 more than $2.5 million has been raised and more than $750,000 has been granted to over 40 different programs (some receiving repeat grants over multiple years). In early 2002 the Cluster Tutoring Program in Chicago received a $25,000 contribution from a donor who came through the CBA web site. This program received another sizable donation via the T/MC web site in 2007. These are examples of an outcome that began to germinate in 1994 when the T/MC reached out to the CBA to form a partnership. It is expected that as the CBA and similar professional groups continue to market programs like the Lend A Hand, in partnership with the T/MC, more and more donors will make similar contributions to tutoring/mentoring programs in poverty areas of the Chicago region.
Each of the actions and accomplishments facilitated by T/MC only shows up as a few listings in this report. However, each grew out of multiple, interconnected actions by T/MC staff, volunteers and partners that began in October 2002 with the creation of Cabrini Connections and the T/MC by a small team of volunteers. The ability of T/MC to stimulate, repeat, and sustain a strategic set of events and actions over time – and in the country’s third largest city – is one of its key strengths, and greatly increases the likelihood of contributing to Chicago-wide change in the availability, distribution and quality of comprehensive tutor/mentor programs
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