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First Week and Introduction

As the title of this post indicates, this is my first week with T/MC, and as such, I will begin my blog posts with an introduction to who I am as well as the networks that I am currently involved with.  For starters, I am an intern from the Adler School of Professional Psychology where I am a first year student in the Marriage and Family Therapy program.  This program emphasizes a systematic way of thinking, and to identify problems not just individually, but to be able to look at them on a…

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Added by Joseph Kreul on January 11, 2011 at 5:06pm — 2 Comments

Example of communicating ideas via animation and visualization

This video is important because if focuses on education, and because it demonstrates a way to use animation to communicate complex ideas and keep the viewer involved.  This would  be a skill that would be valuable in communicating the ideas of the Tutor/Mentor… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on January 10, 2011 at 9:58am — No Comments

How to generate "feel good" messages that support growth of tutor/mentor programs

As we enter 2011 the economy is still a mess and the competition for resources to fund non profits continues to grow. Thus, we need to be more creative, think smarter, and keep learning from the wisdom of others.

This article is one that I encourage you all to read. It talks about how your Twitter, email, or Facebook post can generate more response if it can connect…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on January 9, 2011 at 12:07pm — No Comments

Introduction

Hello. My name is Jonathan Lloyd, and this is my first day at Cabrini Connections. The staff here is outstanding. They are extremely knowledgeable, and extremely helpful. I'm horrible with names, so I haven't learned everyone's name yet. Right now the information is overwhelming, because there is literally a treasure trove of information concerning this organization. So I'm going to have to digest it little by little. Once I learn most of the information, I'm going to create a contact system… Continue

Added by Jonathan Lloyd on December 6, 2010 at 5:38pm — 2 Comments

A different kind of Philanthropy

I encourage you to read Sean Stannard-Stockton's article on the Stanford Social Innovation Review. He leads off with "What if foundations mostly gave unrestricted funding instead of

dictating how grantees could spend their grants? What if foundations

kept supporting grantees who performed instead of ending funding

because the “grant cycle” had ended? What if foundations ditched the

whole… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on November 30, 2010 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Consistency in Funding: Toward a New Funding Model

These past few weeks of soliciting donations for TM/C's Mapping Solutions event have been an education of sorts. At times, it's seemed that my attempts to spread the word, in person and through mail, add up to nothing more than exercises in preparation for future failures. These weeks have illustrated why perseverance is a necessary trait for anyone who wants to get into the nonprofit business.

But along with perserverance, this experience has also taught me a fundamental…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on November 17, 2010 at 1:04pm — 6 Comments

Testing an important part in SDLC

Software testing is an investigation of the code and overall product functionalities of the system done to make sure that a high quality of product is developed. There are various approaches to software development of which the most common approach is normal waterfall model or the SDLC approach.

The normal Software SDLC process includes the following process -

  1. Requirement Gathering/Planning phase - In this phase the goal and scope of the software is determined.…
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Added by Radhika Shrivastava on November 3, 2010 at 7:38pm — 2 Comments

The Discipline of Mentoring (Part I)

“There must always be room for judgment, but judgment aided—and even enhanced—by procedure.” Dr. Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on October 29, 2010 at 5:07pm — 1 Comment

Social Network Analysis of May 09 and Nov 09 Conference

Here is the link to my next blog http://kalyanimisra.blogspot.com/2010/10/social-network-analysis-of-may-09.html that talks about the SNA analysis of May 09 and Nov 09 conference. I have mapped both the conferences on the basis of conference attendees,geographical distribution, tutor/mentor programs, donors, speakers and tutor/mentor program participants from different poverty areas of Chicago.

Added by Kalyani Misra on October 27, 2010 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

CORPORATE MENTEESHIP CONCEPT

www.menteementor.blogspot.com

Added by aliyu solomon barnabas on October 26, 2010 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Senator Moynihan's Redux


Like other intellectuals whose legacies have been marginalized, even mired, when the conditions of the world proved not very amenable, or outright hostile, to their theories, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan spent some time in the valley of… Continue

Added by Michael B. Romain on October 20, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Goal Management Resources for Mentors and Youth

Every day, youth in mentoring and tutoring program are setting goals and trying to reach them. Whether it’s earning an A in Biology, making the marching band, applying to colleges, or learning how to cook something other than grilled cheese, talking about goals is an important part of any mentoring relationship. Research from around the world has shown that youth with strong goals and strong goal-directed behaviors have the most positive development and the least negative…

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Added by Mimi Arbeit on October 15, 2010 at 12:29pm — 1 Comment

Strained Suburbs

In the suburbs, where I live, there is an entire shadow population of impoverished citizens that is rarely mentioned in studies on poverty—an issue that most people seem to associate with the inner-city. But poverty is no respecter of jurisdiction. Dan’s recent blog…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on October 8, 2010 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment

Analysis of November 08 Conference

I have created a set of maps to analyze the November 08 conference and to compare it with the May 08 conference. The maps show geographical distribution of the organizations with respect to T/MC and various attributes such as programs, speakers and relative distance are mapped in those plots. Here is the link to the blog http://kalyanimisra.blogspot.com/2010/10/analysis-of-november-08-conference.html.

Added by Kalyani Misra on October 5, 2010 at 12:51am — No Comments

Waiting for Superman...In Vain

The issue of education reform has gained considerable traction in the media, thanks in no small part to the documentary that Dan mentioned about a week ago called “Waiting for Superman”. I haven’t seen it yet, but apparently the scene on which the film’s raw emotional power hinges takes place…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on October 1, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

A Personal Introduction to Social Networks

Consistent with TM/C's emphasis on social networking, I created my own network of affiliations using CMAP. This is rough in comparison with others who've posted theirs, but it's a start. From here, I'll start making connections among the various affiliations, digging even deeper into the ways in which they relate and exposing even more nodes of…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on September 21, 2010 at 11:21am — 1 Comment

Change We've Been Waiting For

In his September 8 blog post , Dan put Mayor Daley's historic decision not to run for reelection in the context of tutor/mentor interests throughout the city. During his over 20-year tenure, Daley enacted educational reforms such as the adopt-a-school initiative that, while laudable, weren't far-sighted enough. Daley's myopic focus on school performance worked to the detriment of a more holistic, community focus.…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on September 15, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Engaging the resources of universities, and their alumni



I've led Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection since 1993. That was well before the internet became such an important tool. I've used computers to organize and communicate my ideas since around 1980. Thus, much of what I've created in the past is stored on floppy disks that may never be opened again.



Most…

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Added by Daniel Bassill on September 4, 2010 at 9:39am — No Comments

The Future of Wealth

In Harvard Business Review’s September issue, there’s an article—“A New Alliance for Global Change”—that predicts nothing short of a paradigm shift toward a new business-nonprofit partnership: “Collaboration between corporations and CSOs [citizen sector organizations] has reached a tipping point: It is…

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Added by Michael B. Romain on September 3, 2010 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Tutor/Mentor Collaboration and Brainstorming Meeting

Yesterday, Bradley Troast and I led a meeting for leaders of tutor/mentor programs to share updates about their programs while also brainstorming ways programs might work together in the coming months. I was excited that we had ten program leaders attend. I think this alone--the fact that these busy people took the time to come into our office for an hour and a half--shows how much leaders value the opportunity to collaborate with other programs and share best practices.



In addition to… Continue

Added by Karina Walker on August 31, 2010 at 11:33am — No Comments

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