Volunteerism as a Workforce Development Strategy

Volunteerism as a Workforce Development Strategy

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This is a meeting place for volunteers who have been part of tutor/mentor programs hosted by Montgomery Ward, or Cabrini Connections. It's goal is to share ideas, network,... more »
This is a meeting place for volunteers who have been part of tutor/mentor programs hosted by Montgomery Ward, or Cabrini Connections. It's goal is to share ideas, network, and innovate new ways to create business support for tutor/mentor programs in Chicago and other cities around the country. « less

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NobleHour's service-oriented social platform helps volunteers and organizations connect for social change.

Proud to announce NobleHour's official launch. Here's a link to our press release!

NobleHour's service-oriented social platform helps volunteers and organizations connect for social change. (PRWeb January 17, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/noblehour/online-community-software/prweb911162

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Daniel B. 10 hours ago • Edit • Thank you for becoming a sponsor of the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference. I have posted your logo and web site on http://www. ... »
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Announcement from Volunteerism as a Workforce Development Strategy

Thanks for joining this Tutor/Mentor Connection group on Linked in. It's goal is to connect workforce development strategies with ...

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Daniel B. 23 days ago • Edit • Pia, please go to this sponsor page and pick a level of sponsorship. http://www.tutormentorconference.org/sponsor.asp ... »
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Finding Talent to Achieve Mission tutormentor.blogspot.com

The chart below shows the range of different talents I'm trying to recruit to help achieve the goals of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and Tutor/Mentor Connection. See the actual chart here. I read an article today about Yoxi:...

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Daniel B. 4 months ago • Edit • This blog shows how Staples is supporting mentoring in Massachusetts. http://massmentoring.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/15701_v1/ ... »
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How can one person change the future? tutormentor.blogspot.com

I draw upon 35 years of experience leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago. My aim is to help communities create and sustain strategies that make more and better non-school tutor/mentor programs available to...

posted 8 months ago

Daniel B. 5 months ago • Edit • This blog includes a video created by an intern last June. http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2011/12/share-your-talent.htmlThis is an example ... »
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Networked Learning via MOOC tutormentor.blogspot.com

I draw upon 35 years of experience leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago. My aim is to help communities create and sustain strategies that make more and better non-school tutor/mentor programs available to...

posted 10 months ago

Daniel B. 10 months ago • Edit • I encourage folks to review this article and learn what a MOOC is. Right now we're just posting ideas on a bulletin board (Linked in, Facebook ... »
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Birth to Work White Paper - have you read it? What are leaders in your company doing to engage?

One of the papers I found as a result of attending the Nov. 4 Drop Out Prevention Summit was one titled Ensuring Workforce Skills of the ...

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Tutor/Mentor Program Outcomes - What if? tutormentor.blogspot.com

I have links to close to 200 Chicago area youth serving programs in the library on the Tutor/Mentor Connection web site. The goal is that leaders from business, media, religion, politics, etc. would find a way every day to...

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Daniel B. 15 days ago • Edit • Volunteers from businesses throughout a community can bring the data analysis and tech skills to volunteer-based programs and can help build ... »
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Volunteerism as a Workforce Development Strategy is now an open group

I am pleased to announce that, as the owner of this group, I have just switched us to an open discussion group. All future discussions ...

posted April 5, 2011

Daniel B. 10 months ago • Edit • I encourage you all to read this article titled "Managing the 21st Century Corporation" http://orgnet.com/Managing21CenturyOrganization.pdf. ... »
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Tutor/Mentor Conference May 19 and 20 in Matteson, Il.

This week we're hosting the 35th Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference that we've offered since May 1994. The goals can be ...

posted May 16, 2011

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What can members of this group do to support volunteer recruitment for tutor/mentor programs as school starts in the fall?

Over the past 18 years the Tutor/Mentor Connection has developed a calender of events intended to create more awareness of volunteer ...

posted 12 months ago

Daniel B. 11 months ago • Edit • The Tutor/Mentor Connection will no longer be part of the Cabrini Connections organization after July 15 so we need to figure a new structure ... »
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How do you convert volunteers into leaders?

This link shows a flash animation done by a University of Michigan grad student this week. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/fla ...

posted 11 months ago

Daniel B. 2 months ago • Edit • I started this discussion last fall but I'd like to try again to enlist some thinking and comments on this topic. I attended a couple of ... »
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Announcement from Volunteerism as a Workforce Development Strategy

Excuse the cross posting if you are part of the other Tutor/Mentor group on Linked in.

Every six months since 1994 I've hosted a ...

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There’s a natural connection between the holidays and community service. After all, winter is often called the “season of giving. ” All the same, it’s easy to forget the good that’s going on in our world. Luckily for us, we surround ourselves with social good. Every day we interact with

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Daniel B. 5 months ago • Edit • This season does encourage more people to think and act charitably. Our challenge is to motivate more people to think and act this way every ... »
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Volunteering - A Great Way To Learn Real Executive Leadership

This article on the Forbes.com blog is a great one to start our 2012 discussions. http://www.forbes.com/sites/karlmoore/2011/12/21/volun ...

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Announcement from Volunteerism as a Workforce Development Strategy

This is National Mentoring Month and today mentors from all over the country are sharing their stories on Facebook. Why not join in! ht ...

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Concept maps used to show reasons for corporate involvement

I've created a variety of concept maps to illustrate reasons for strategic business involvement in non-school volunteer-based ...

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