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Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference

May 28-29, 2009





I attend to the conference for two days in Northwestern University Law. I had attended several conferences while I was in the work shop, and I spend my almost time to take a picture of process about conference.



First of all, there were many kind of people in their and each of thwy have many different environment, background, education, face… Continue

Added by Gunwoong Go on June 1, 2009 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Tutor/mentor leadership and networking conference

I attended the Tutor/mentor leadership and networking conference from may 28 to may 29,2009. The conference was



held at the Northwestern University School of Law. I was worried about talking with many people because I can't speak



English well. I realized that I don't need to worried about what I worried because most of them told me first. I can have



courage about talking with people. There are impressive workshop for… Continue

Added by SungJoong Kim on June 1, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Photos from May 28 and 29 Conference

Three of the guests at the Chicago conference last week were interns from Korea and China, by way of the Illinois Institute of Technology. Here are photos taken by Kg.







Find more photos like this at…
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Added by Daniel Bassill on June 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Gunwoong's first post

Hi everyone,



My name is Gunwoong Go and just call me 'Kg'. I'm from South Korea and exchange student in Illinois Institute of Technology. My majors are media and mathematics, and specific skills are game development and team management. I can use programming languages, C, C++, Direct X, but those are not my talent. I can use some software, Illustrator, powerpointer, and etc. I was working in a game company named 'NCsoft' where is the most big and famous game company in Korea during… Continue

Added by Gunwoong Go on May 27, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

My first day at Cabrini Connections

My first day started a little nervous in the morning. Because it is my first time to work for the America company in U.S.

In fact, I already had two-years working experience in Shanghai, which specialized in media industry. But I am still looking for working for different sectors and full fill my life.



Dan,who is the president of Cabrini Connections ask me to introduce myself. I just want to let other staff know their new members. My name is Liye Lin, who was born in the east of… Continue

Added by LIYE LIN on May 27, 2009 at 1:58pm — 1 Comment

SungJoong's first working day

Hi everyone



My name is SungJoong Kim. You can call me Karse. I'm from south korea. I'm here for exchange student in IIT. My major is computer science. I'm Junior in University. I am accustomed to handle computer, that means I can learn anythings faster than other people. Also, I like computer programming which can handle Java,C language. I've been stayed here for 4month. I'm going to work with cabrini connection for 6 weeks. I'm really interested in working with cabrini connection.… Continue

Added by SungJoong Kim on May 27, 2009 at 1:50pm — 2 Comments

Making Every Day Count: Boys & Girls Clubs' Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Teens

I encourage you all to download and read this study from Public/Private Venture's. It's a report from a three-year study of the role Boys & Girls Clubs play in the lives of the youth they serve. Making Every Day Count examines how Club participation is related to youth's positive and… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on May 14, 2009 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Role of Network in Expanding Capacity



This graphic illustrates how non profits are all competing with each other for a limited pool of resources. Most are not as successful at getting resources as they need to be, or at keeping these for many years needed to have a social impact, such as helping a first grader move through high school graduation and into a job.



The graphic illustrates the role Tutor/Mentor Connection is taking, to try to draw donors and volunteers… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on May 7, 2009 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Collaboration tools

Here's a link to a Community Collaboration web site that might be a useful networking tool for many of the people who are members of the Tutor/Mentor Connection on ning.

Added by Daniel Bassill on April 15, 2009 at 11:55am — 2 Comments

Interns from Asia, South America and US Universities

Most non profits are chronically short of dollars to hire all of the staff they need, and during this economic turmoil, this is particularly true. Thus, it's great when the non profit can recruit interns to help do important work.



If you browse the groups section you can see how interns from Korea, Michigan and IIT have been helping the Tutor/Mentor Connection visualize some of its ideas. You can connect with interns who were… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on April 13, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Volunteerism in multiple ways and settings . . . .

Hello All



In response partly to an earlier message from Dan Bassill regarding raising support on behalf of grassroots organisations in the developing world.



I am co-founder of a small trust operating in Zimbabwe. We provide drama and arts based activities with young people living on the street.

Would anybody like to consider volunteering in this country in the not too distant future?

I am currently engaged in remote fundraising support by way of project bids… Continue

Added by James Robinson on March 28, 2009 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

Afterschool Job

At Kids Learning Adventure, I help by giving them snack and after snack I help them with their Homework. When they are playing I just make sure everything is okay.

Added by Lori Beth Burstein on March 27, 2009 at 7:36pm — No Comments

Public Allies Chicago : Forum for Nonprofit Leaders NOTES

Public Allies Chicago Presents: A Forum for Nonprofit Leaders

March 25, 2009

NOTES



What can we expect from the philanthropic community in this new economic environment?



Consuella Brown, The Woods Fund

The bad news:

• Don’t rely on government stimulus money – most of it has been or will be spent to plug up deficits.

• Foundations have experienced significant drops in assets. It’s serious enough that they are having to consider cutting staff. While… Continue

Added by Nicole Sutton on March 27, 2009 at 7:32pm — 1 Comment

March 2009 Tutor/Mentor Connection eNews now on line



This map is one of the images I shared in the March 2009 Tutor/Mentor Connection eMail newsletter, which you can find on the T/MC web site.



This map can also be seen at the Mapping for Justice web site, along with an article explaining… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on March 26, 2009 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Summer Jobs RFP's

Dear Community Partners,



This summer, the Youth Ready Chicago program will provide up to 7,300 youth

with a government-subsidized paid work experience operating via a system of hubs

and worksites. The Department of Family and Support Services (FSS) is seeking

proposals from qualified organizations to serve as hubs for the Youth Ready

Chicago program.



Successful respondents will be able to demonstrate strong experience with

Workforce Investment Act… Continue

Added by Marcus Flenaugh on March 24, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments

508 Chicago Kids Shot in Just 16 Months

Children cannot focus on learning when they are worried about living.



Editorial from Chicago SunTimes



March 9, 2009



In this school year alone, 25 Chicago Public Schools children have been murdered. As shocking as that is, that number doesn't begin to tell the real story of how deeply violence is a part of the everyday life of Chicago's children.



Try this… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on March 10, 2009 at 9:44am — No Comments

Role of teams from universities, businesses, faith groups

Chris Warren, who is serving a one year fellowship with Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection, has written a blog post showing how the T/MC seeks to work with teams from universities, professions, businesses, hospitals, etc.. You can read this at http://chrispip.blogspot.com/2009/03/campuscatalyst-cabriniconnections_07.html



We have many groups growing within the Tutor/Mentor Connection Ning.com page, and our aim is to help each group adopt the ideas Chris is writing about, so… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on March 8, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Role of Interns and volunteers

I encourage you to visit the groups section to see work done since January by interns from Korea and India (by way of Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan.



The work one team did was to convert the graphic on this page to an animated presentation which you can view from the UMichigan… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on March 5, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

Find your best rated guru teacher tutor professor and rent books online

Softscripts was established in the year 2003. Our main motto is to help in eradicating illiteracy from the world ,so we developed a platform connecting tutors ,teachers and professors with students and renting books online in an easier way . Teachers can showcase their classes to the world. Students can reach teachers in a better way .



Find-guru.com started online quiz for students, teachers. Any one can play weekly quiz and win exiting… Continue

Added by Srinivas nunna on March 2, 2009 at 8:26am — No Comments

Review of Links on T/MC web site

In May 2008 I invited interns from Korea who were spending a month in Chicago as interns with the Tutor/Mentor Connection to look at the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Programs listed on the T/MC web site, as a first-time visitor.



Here are questions we've asked them to consider:



* Home page features "mentoring or tutoring" with headline words and/or pictures



*… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on February 4, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

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