Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) hosts the biannual Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference as part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality and availability of tutor/mentor programs in areas of Chicago with high concentrations of poverty. 

You are invited to attend the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference to be held on May 29 and 30, 2008, at the Northwestern University School of  Law, in downtown Chicago.   

The conference serves three purposes.

  • It connects leaders and supporters of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and education-to-career programs with each other.
  • Helps T/MC maintain its Chicago Area Programs List of area tutor/mentor programs.
  • It also builds visibility so that more volunteers and donors will choose to support tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago region.

Business, educational and philanthropic leaders are invited to participate and connect directly with tutor/mentor program leaders.

We hope the networking and collaboration started at each conference continues in the weeks and months between conferences, and that many people and organizations will use the information on the Tutor/Mentor Library to help support their efforts to connect youth with mentors, learning, workforce development activities, jobs and careers.

View pictures from the November 2007 Conference

Interview with Conference Participants (YouTube)

View pictures from past conferences.  View speaker and workshop lists from past conferences.

Attending a conference is just part of the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy. Putting the ideas  you learn to work in the months between conferences is what helps build strong, volunteer based tutor/mentor programs. 

Read the Role of Leaders  .  Organize a communications campaign to help mobilize volunteers and donors for your program.