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Tutor/Mentor Conference Planning Committee

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We are in the process of planning the nextTutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference. Let's share ideas and make this conference better than ever!

Website: http://www.tutormentorconference.org
Location: Chicago, IL
Members: 6
Latest Activity: Sep 21

Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago

Every six months since May of 1994 we've hosted a conference in Chicago to invite people in the Tutor/Mentor and Cabrini Connections network to come together to share ideas, build relationships and innovate ways to draw resources to each of us so we can all do our work better each year. Visit the web site and see more about the conference. Join the discussion here and help shape what happens, and what you can get out of it.

The next conference will be November 19 and 20 at Northwestern University in Chicago. We need help finding funding to pay for the conference, just as much as we need speakers to volunteer their time.

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November 19 and 20, 2009 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference

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Comment by Nicole White on September 21, 2009 at 10:56am: Sue - I will keep you up-to-date with all the conference planning and see if we can do a webnar of sorts for you.
Also to anyone who is interested in helping plan the conference, we're having a planning meeting tomorrow, September 22nd at 2pm at Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection, 800 W. Huron, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60642.

Comment by Daniel Bassill on September 20, 2009 at 4:57pm: Sue, there are many options, and they don't need to come from me in Chicago. The things we focus on at the conference are topics that others could push out from different places, via webnars. They can also be topics that get discussed in forums like this. Do you or any others in this forum have the capacity to host a live webnar during November?

Comment by Sue RCYF MY Hero! in Austin on September 20, 2009 at 2:55pm: Are there any options to attending the conference "virtually" by webcam?

--Sue Cole, River City Youth Foundation MY Hero! Mentoring Partnership in Austin, Texas, 512-440-1111, ext. 16

Comment by Nicole White on September 1, 2009 at 3:37pm: Hi Everybody! The Tutor/Mentor Leadership and networking Conference is going to be Thursday and Friday November 19th and 20th at Norris University Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. We are currently putting together a November Conference Planning Committee and are hoping to meet the 2nd or 3rd week in September. Let me know if you would like to be a part of the conference planning committee and help make this the best conference yet!

Comment by Daniel Bassill on April 23, 2009 at 11:02am: I updated the conference home page based on some suggestions sent by Angel. We need to encourage those who are registering to present workshops and sit on panels to stay for the entire day, or half day so that they share what they know as part of other discussions.

Comment by Daniel Bassill on April 7, 2009 at 9:25am: The conference web site registration form and attendee list is now ready to be used. If you're planning to attend the conference, as a speaker, or participant, I encourage you to register.

We'll be adding new speakers to the roster over the coming weekend.

Since this conference is marketed by email networking, please begin to reach out to encourage people to sign up to attend.

Comment by Nicole White on March 31, 2009 at 9:52am: Chris,
Congratulations on your new position! Let me look at my e-mail, sometimes things go into the spam box that shouldn't. Would you be willing to perhaps do a workshop on what the Chicago Housing Authority is doing to give youth better opportunities? I will shoot you an e-mail about this.

Comment by Daniel Bassill on March 31, 2009 at 9:28am: Congratulations Chris. I hope that in your role with the CHA you might encourage them to become a sponsor and supporter of the Conferences and the T/MC because of what we're doing to help tutor/mentor programs grow in high poverty areas of the city.

Comment by Chris James on March 31, 2009 at 7:37am: Nicole, I have changed positions. I am now the director youth opportunities for Chicago Housing Authority. I'll reach out to you today, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. I've tried your email but I may have used the wrong one. My new contact information is:

djames@thecha.org
312-786-6628; wrk direct

Comment by Daniel Bassill on March 3, 2009 at 5:53pm: I attended an Illinois Afterschool Collaboration meeting today and a couple of ideas came up that I think would be good conference workshops. Can you guys find someone who can lead workshops in these:

a) Logic Models - the foundations are now asking for organizations to have logic models. Here's what I use as the T/MC logic model. Do any of you know someone who can do a workshop on what a logic model is, and why and how to create one?

b) Edutopia has created a focus area titled "A new day for learning" on their web site. On another site you can read about A Broader, Bolder, Approach to Education. Both of these promote the opportunities to create learning and mentoring in the non-school hours and challenge non-school programs to integrate these ideas. Can we get someone from Edutopia to be a keynote to talk about this?