Dan and I talk about ways to break generation poverty in the community
This is my first time as a blogger so I may not have it right yet. I was encouraged by Dan to participate and become familiar with it. So here it goes although I don't have any experience yet.
As a non profit organization in the N. Lawndale area of Chicago. I am concerned about the welfare of our youth and young adults. Dan shared with me some very useful information on the ways that we can promote our community development and youth development. We talked about youth in our…
ContinueAdded by MITCHELL SHOLAR on April 28, 2013 at 9:04pm — 1 Comment
Community Wealth-Building, Anchor Institutions, Tutor/Mentor Programs
In every high poverty neighborhood there are one or two anchor institutions, like a hospital, university, bank, etc. that could provide leadership and strategic support to strategies that support the growth of youth mentoring programs.
If those same institutions also focus on community…
ContinueAdded by Daniel Bassill on April 27, 2013 at 11:43am — No Comments
http://lukenyapillars.org/
Building a resourceful support for the above Lukenya Pillars of Transformation a community based organization that empowers in the community in several ways
Added by Collins Kipkoech Togom on January 20, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
If we agree on importance of non-school programs reaching youth in high poverty areas
Added by Daniel Bassill on December 17, 2012 at 9:11am — No Comments
If we agree that connecting a youth and adult mentor is a good idea....
I created this graphic last week to illustrate the progression of thinking that I've followed for the past 20 years.
I know from my own experiences and those of others, and from much reading, that connecting youth with caring adults can have a positive impact.
I also know that…
ContinueAdded by Daniel Bassill on November 24, 2012 at 11:34am — No Comments
Recruiting Talent
Here's a presentation you all might share to recruit talent to help your own organizations.…
ContinueAdded by Daniel Bassill on September 28, 2012 at 2:54pm — 1 Comment
Youth Workshop to Mobilize the community in Kuria district to work on Aggro forestry trees species
In this topic, the youth disused in length on trees species (nitrogen fixing) appropriate in a particular region that…
ContinueAdded by Evans Magwe on September 18, 2012 at 7:30am — 2 Comments
The Kuria Community in Kenya Need Water
Due to the recurring droughts and chronic water shortages in many areas, communities pay an increasingly high price for water the lack of water. Groundwater resources are crucial for communities particularly during the dry season and in large arid zones. We needy your support to support them. Anyone with an Idea? This photo show the hostility, this community endures in search of this pressures commodity.…
ContinueAdded by Evans Magwe on September 18, 2012 at 7:30am — 1 Comment
Effective story telling - volunteers needed
I just read this article on the Stanford Social Innovation review and I'm guilty of leading with problem statements and scaring off people who might want to help.
However, teaching old dogs new tricks is something that's hard to do, as is breaking long-term habits.
Thus, my solution is to recruit volunteers who might help shape the messages in ways that don't…
ContinueAdded by Daniel Bassill on September 15, 2012 at 12:14pm — No Comments
Helping At Risk Students Connect
Added by Nancy White on August 30, 2012 at 9:11pm — 1 Comment
Anyone feeling like assisting our cause?
Nyabohanse Children Rescue Centre reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local churches, Community and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong commitment to the young people who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.
Added by Evans Magwe on August 3, 2012 at 4:00am — No Comments
Free knowledge, learning opportunities to anyone with internet access
I've been reading Curt Bonk's book titled the World is Open and have put in dozens of sticky notes on pages with links to on-line learning resources that he mentions. I intended to go back and find these, one at a time, and add them to my own library on the Tutor/Mentor Connection site.
However, Curt's already done much of the work of building a list of resources. Visit this page and …
ContinueAdded by Daniel Bassill on July 7, 2012 at 9:01am — No Comments
What You Should Know About Becoming a Mentor
You can do it. Most kids love to talk about themselves and are thrilled when adults give them their full attention. You might be surprised to hear what they want to be when they grow up.
You can provide mentoring through a volunteer program such as those sponsored by the National Mentoring Partnership, Tutor/Mentor Connection, The Boys & Girls Club, Read Aloud America, America’s Promise, the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation and many other…
ContinueAdded by Susan Schneider on July 5, 2012 at 9:36am — 1 Comment
After my work.
It's almost 6weeks, and I have been work here as an intern.
At first, I don't know well about this company, but now I know more than before.
This company tries to teach poor children. I think this is very important thing, because children are our future.
Moreover, we try to make social network between our members.
Social network have very powerful tools in these days, i think.
So, I start to make the graph that we can see the…
ContinueAdded by Chul Wan Park on June 27, 2012 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
My Internship during 6 weeks.
From the first day, my main job was creating presentation. For creating presentations, I used Prezi.com. That was my first time to use that tool. My very first presentation is introduction of myself. After that, I made a introduction of T/MC presentation. And then, I made 4 presentations about T/MC strategies. And I'm working on creating Social Network Map presentation. At the first, I didn't know well about T/MC,…
Continue
4th of 4 strategies
URL : http://prezi.com/lrfhrmqdpdaa/4th/?auth_key=1bc68c36b3d5b60c42ec445525396dbb14f058a1…
ContinueAdded by Mina Song on June 7, 2012 at 3:40pm — 2 Comments
3re of 4 strategies
URL : http://prezi.com/vzfrfvhdvvnb/3rd/
This is my the other strategy presentation file.
This is about 3rd strategy of 4.…
Continue
2nd of 4 strategies
Hello.
During last Wed, Thr, and today, I made a presentation file of 2nd strategy.
It may not hard to understand clearly, but I hope you can understand our purpose.
Here is my presentation URL :…
ContinueAdded by Mina Song on May 29, 2012 at 2:28pm — 2 Comments
1st of 4 strategies
During last Fri, Mon, and today I made a power point for 1st strategy details.
It was little bit hard because there are so many links that involved with 1st strategy.
Here is a link :
http://prezi.com/lxqtellgyhpd/1st-/
That is…
Continue
The website members information
members.xlsx 2010version.
tutormentoringconnection.xml 2003version.
This is the information of tutormentorconnection.ning.com…
ContinueAdded by Chul Wan Park on May 22, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
© 2013 Created by Daniel Bassill.