Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference: Keeping Attention Focused on Volunteer-Based Tutoring and Mentoring Programs

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. 

The Fall 2008 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference was held on, Friday, November 21, 2008 at the Field Museum, in Chicago, Il.    Advance registration wasaround 110.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered time to be part of this conference.

The conference serves three purposes.

  • It connects leaders and supporters of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and education-to-career programs with each other.
  • It also builds visibility so that more volunteers and donors will choose to support tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago region
  • Helps T/MC maintain its Chicago Area Programs List of area tutor/mentor programs
While these conferences and the Tutor/Mentor Connection focus on the Chicago region, we encourage tutor/mentor leaders from other parts of the country to attend and share their own ideas, while borrowing concepts from Chicago that they can use in their own areas.  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 May 2008 Conference


View flash presentation from May 2008 Conference (this may take a few minutes to load, but it's worth it)
May 08 conference video on 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.