Social Network Analysis Project with T/MC and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) are connected to several thousand people. Understanding our network and influencing its actions is critically important. This group was created in 2010 to focus on using Social Network Analysis technology to build this understanding. While the group is not currently active, it's goals remain in place.

When you first enter this group, browse the discussions posted below. In one you'll find links to many articles showing ways social network analysis can be used. In others you'll see ideas for how we seek to apply SNA in mapping the growth of networks working together to support youth.

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Daniel Bassill February 17, 2026 at 11:12am

Scroll down to the Discussions section and follow our connection with the IVMOOC project at Indiana University.
Daniel Bassill September 6, 2015 at 1:53pm

This graphic is from an article I posted today, titled "Mapping Social Media Networks - NodeXL Tutorial" In the article I post links you can follow, to this map, and to articles that help you make sense of what the map is showing.
Daniel Bassill May 11, 2014 at 4:50am

I posted a blog article showing my contact with people who do network mapping and analysis. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/05/mapping-networks-plenty-of.... I hope that by sharing the work others are doing and showing how this could support the growth of social benefit organizations in many places, a coalition of organizations, talent and benefactors might emerge to support this work. On anyone's map showing the network they are working with, I hope I'm included.
Daniel Bassill May 10, 2013 at 5:21am

This shows the value of networks and potential of creating a network of people and organizations who work to help young people move from birth to work with the help of extra adults and various types of organizations. Finding volunteers, talent, technology to build, map and connect our network is a challenge we need to overcome.
Daniel Bassill October 20, 2012 at 1:22pm

This is a map of my Facebook network, created at this link. https://apps.facebook.com/challenger_meurs . This site has a lot of flexibility. For instance I can zoom into any one of the major groups. I can highlight individual nodes and see who they are connected to. I can get names of people. It has a lot of the features of Gephia without needing to know how to use a SNA tool. Try it.
Daniel Bassill May 22, 2012 at 7:42am

These articles on my blog show my thinking about social network analysis as a tool to measure growth of networks. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/network%20analysis

This article has a video showing how Gephi can be used.
Daniel Bassill March 21, 2012 at 4:20am

Received this complement today (3/21/2012) on Facebook, from Jean Russell who co-hosted a workshop on SNA at the Nov. 2009 conference in Chicago.

Jean Russell ‎Daniel F. Bassill this is off topic, but very top of mind. Yesterday I was looking at resources for social network development for Iiro Niemi, and I pointed to the work we did at the Tutor Mentor conference. And I want to publicly say how much I admire your persistence and devotion as well as the work you have built. Good for you! Go Daniel! Quite the ecosystem developer you are.
Daniel Bassill February 10, 2012 at 3:45am

This graphic and many others are inthis essay that describes how the growth of networks focused on a common goal are essential to community problem solving.

I would love to map the growth of our Ning community, and show how your networks connect us to an even wider world of ideas and resources. To do this I need volunteers/interns/talent.
Daniel Bassill December 12, 2011 at 11:23am

This slideshare provides an effective overview of Social Network Analysis. I'm still looking for people to help me with this project.
Daniel Bassill April 5, 2011 at 9:59am

This video posted on Facebook introduces the concept of network weaving.

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Spring 2026 IVMOOC project goals

I've been invited to submit a proposal for the Spring 2026 IVMOOC which I've done. I've asked the team to build on what was created by IVMOOC last fall. Specifically, I'm hoping a new version of the Kumu map will be created (or an update to the current one), using a cleaned up version of the Excel spreadsheet the teams used in the fall. I'm almost finished going through 20 years of conferences, mostly to create consistency among program names. It the team uses this I hope they can build a…

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Future IVMOOC projects

Since the last Indiana University visualization project in 2015 much has changed. I'm no longer hosting conferences, due to lack of funds. Several new and powerful network analysis tools have emerged, such as Kumu.io and NodeXL. In this article I describe my vision for network analysis. I'd like to propose having a IVMOOC team build an open source template that anyone could use to collect data about who is participating in their events, and easily create network analysis maps that show this…

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Using KUMU to do social network analysis

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Information for 2016 Information Visualization MOOC hosted by Indiana University

I've been included in the 2016 IVMOOC. I was part of this in 2015. Below is how I introduced this a year ago: I've been invited to submit a project for the 2015 IVMOOC hosted by the Information Visualization department at Indiana University. Visit the GooglePlus page for the IVMOOC to see more videos and learn how to participate in the project. In the video above I provide some information about the project. This is the web page for the course. Here's some background information, and…

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