Comments - Review: Chip Conley's "Measuring what makes life worthwhile" - Tutor/Mentor Connection2024-03-29T06:50:04Zhttps://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=783429%3ABlogPost%3A12814&xn_auth=noOver the past 35 years of lea…tag:tutormentorconnection.ning.com,2010-07-02:783429:Comment:128172010-07-02T14:45:38.000ZDaniel Bassillhttps://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profile/tutormentor
Over the past 35 years of leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program I've learned that the volunteers gain as much from their involvement as the young people do, and that the benefits grow geometrically the more time and talent a volunteer contributes to this work.<br />
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Below is a graphic from a <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/vol_leadership.swf" target="_blank">volunteer-involvement animation</a>, created by another one of our interns last spring.<br />
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The goal of this…
Over the past 35 years of leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program I've learned that the volunteers gain as much from their involvement as the young people do, and that the benefits grow geometrically the more time and talent a volunteer contributes to this work.<br />
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Below is a graphic from a <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/flash/vol_leadership.swf" target="_blank">volunteer-involvement animation</a>, created by another one of our interns last spring.<br />
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The goal of this volunteer-involvement is to build the emotional connections, the believe in the vision, the intangibles, and the ownership in the vision, that will result in more volunteers becoming willing to devote a lifetime of time, talent and dollars to helping people from disadvantaged areas overcome the challenges they face to experience more of the joys of this world.<br />
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