While every volunteer-based tutor/mentor program seeks resources to operate, volunteers from business could take on roles similar to those that big companies use to support hundreds of store locations operating near potential customers. The impact of a "Virtual Corporate Office" on the availability and quality of non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs would be dramatic if more volunteers were encouraged to take on these roles.
While every volunteer-based tutor/mentor program seeks resources to operate, volunteers from business could take on roles similar to those that big companies use to support hundreds of store locations operating near potential customers. The impact of a "Virtual Corporate Office" on the availability and quality of non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs would be dramatic if more volunteers were encouraged to take on these roles.
While every volunteer-based tutor/mentor program seeks resources to operate, volunteers from business could take on roles similar to those that big companies use to support hundreds of store locations operating near potential customers. The impact of a "Virtual Corporate Office" on the availability and quality of non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs would be dramatic if more volunteers were encouraged to take on these roles.
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Maps show distribution of stores such as Wal Mart,
Walgreens, Bank of America. Find these on Google.com
These stores are supported by corporate and regional office teams.
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Every store offers a selection of merchandise and
services based on local customer needs. Corporate office teams, consisting of buyers, merchants, store planners, human resource professionals, researchers, advertisers, mangers, etc. make sure each store has products customers seek, and well trained people to support store operations.
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A site-based tutor/mentor program is a store that
offers various services to youth and volunteers.
Maps can show
where tutor/mentor programs in a city like Chicago are needed and where existing programs are located.
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A site-based volunteer-based tutor/mentor program is a store with stuff for many
customers. Each list below represents products and services needed at every tutor/mentor program in every high poverty neighborhood of cities like Chicago.
Tutor/Mentor
Stuff for Donors Why we are needed Needs of youth in neighborhood we serve What we do How this influences learning, school performance, work readiness Our Leaders Other donors What we accomplish Who we network with Who we collaborate with How well we use their donations What is our impact
Parents, Teachers, Community Leaders
STORE
Stuff for
Stuff for
Youth
Volunteers
Mentors, Tutors Fun activities New experiences Technology Books Safe Place Arts Social & Emotional Support College & Career Job Skills Network Staff support Friends Long-term involvement
Very few programs
offer all of these!
Stuff for
STAFF Vision, Mission Training On-Going support Fun Activities Social network Career Network Financial reward Health care Retirement Safe, nurturing place to work
Youth Training On-Going support Fun Activities Social network Career Network Sense of purpose Technology Books Safe Place Job Skills Staff support Friends
What we do What we accomplish How do enroll a youth How to make programs like this available to more kids in more places How this helps kids
Stuff for Industry, Universities What we do What we accomplish How do volunteers get involved Impact on volunteers, business goals Impact on diversity, workforce development etc.
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A well-organized tutor/mentor program needs a
team of skilled leaders & workers Board of Directors Recruitment and Development
Director/CEO
Admin analyst
Tutor/Mentor Program Operations
Marketing and Development
Secretary
Information Technologies
Human Resources
Database Development & Maintenance
Policy Development and Training
Web site development & Maintenance
Staffing/ Training
Facilities Mgr.
Legal & Accounting Student Recruitment & Support Manager
Volunteer Recruitment and Training
School and Community Liaison
Coordinator for tutor/mentor sessions
Supply/Food Service
Events & Activities
Security
College & Career Readiness
Board Development
Communications Manager
Grants Manger
Newsletter (print and email versions
Special Events
Public Relations
Direct Mail
Annual Report
Web Site Internal Communications
Transportation
On-line Documentation Systems On-line elearning (for staff, students, volunteers)
Employee Records
Payroll and Benefits Management
Database mgt Business Liaison/ Vocational Training Computer Learning Center Data Collection and Analysis
Internal Network and Server set up and maintenance Hardware & software upgrades (technology plan Technology Support Technology Training
Computer Technology Center. If available
Very few programs
have all of these!
Every box on this chart represents a role that a corporate volunteer with specific talents and experience could fill in a volunteer-based tutor/mentor organization. Every box needs to be filled if the organization is to provide effective service to its community. Similar charts should be developed to show the organizational structure of different types of charities and service organizations. Pg 6
The Case for a more comprehensive form of
tutoring/mentoring: Many leaders, including the President of the United States, already support the concept of mentoring. However, very few have business plans that answer these questions: What are all the things we need to do to assure that youth born in poverty, and participating in tutor/mentor programs, are starting jobs/careers by age 25?
How do we increase the number, and quality of places where
youth access these services? Read more. This is what the Tutor/Mentor Connection* focuses on every day. Contact us at tutormentor2@earthlink.net *since 2011 the T/MC has been a program offered by Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Pg. 7
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No corporate office yet exists to support tutor/mentor
programs in multiple locations. Leaders Needed. The purpose of this T/MC essay is not to convince you that tutoring/mentoring is an important education-tocareers and civic engagement strategy. The purpose is to recruit leaders from industry to share their skills and experiences to make more and better tutor/mentor programs available in all places where they are needed. to provide the operating and innovation dollars needed to fuel efforts like the T/MC in Chicago, and similar structures in other cities. and provide resources to support collaborations which bring Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Math mentoring into existing tutor/mentor programs
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In a big city like Chicago, hundreds of non-profits have similar
organizational needs. Few are adequately staffed.
Corporate Leadership needs to draw volunteers, talent and donors to t/m programs in all poverty neighborhoods, not just a few visible places.
Chicago Shaded Areas have poverty levels of 20% or greater. Dots on this map are poorly performing public schools.
Since every shaded area on this map
needs a variety of comprehensive tutor/mentor programs, the Tutor/Mentor Connection leads a public awareness campaign aimed to draw dollars, volunteers, and training directly to tutor/mentor programs in every part of the city and suburbs of Chicago. Wed like to see this strategy duplicated at the national and local level by leaders in every industry, and by leaders of the Points of Light Foundation. See maps and search for Chicago area programs: www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net
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Tutor/Mentor Programs are not available
in all places where they are needed There is a perception that many organizations offer tutoring/mentoring or youth development services. In reality, in many neighborhoods there are few programs that offer tutoring and/or mentoring. When the availability of programs is looked at by age and time of day segments, it is obvious that a contributing factor to the high drop out rate of teens is the lack of programs to mentor them to careers. View Chicago Community Area maps 2013 showing number of high poverty youth in each area: http://tinyurl.com/TMI-communityareamaps Property of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection, Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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Not all programs are equally effective
There are wide differences between the type of tutoring and/or mentoring programs that are available. number and age group of children served number of volunteers involved quality of staff available to support youth or volunteers uneven availability of arts, technology, career mentoring The Tutor/Mentor Connection has been building a master database of programs in Chicago since 1993. As the T/MC builds its database of programs, it seeks to build an understanding of the various types of programs, dividing them by age served, time of day services is provided, and type of tutoring/mentoring offered.
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To support growth and operation of
multiple programs, borrow strategies from proven business practices Successful companies try to put stores where there are large numbers of potential customers; Some companies have thousands of stores distributed throughout every state in the country Economies of scale are used to increase quality and lower the operating costs per location
See more graphics like these at
http://pinterest.com/tutormentor/boards/
Volunteers from business can
help collect and maintain information used to support tutor/mentor program growth by every industry.
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It is not realistic to expect one
organization to have enough money to do everything that a corporate office of a company like Wal Mart, Sears, Apple, etc. do to support thousands of retail stores. However, it is possible that thousands of volunteers from different industries might take on roles similar to corporate office teams, supporting a group of programs in a geographic area, or all of the tutor/mentor programs in an entire city like Chicago. Property of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection, Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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A Virtual Corporate Office
Human Resources Research & Development Marketing, Sales Advertising, PR Finance & Legal Supply & Logistics Philanthropy & Employee Giving
Talent and resources from many
industries supporting program growth in many places.
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A Learning Distribution System
STEM Learning Communications Skills, Arts
Technology, Digital skills Leadership, Team Building Finance & Legal Social, Emotional Philanthropy & Volunteering
Important learning activities
should be made available in every high poverty neighborhood.
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Example Museums as Vendors
Science & Industry John. J. Shedd Acquiarium
Field Museum of Natural History Chicago History Museum Chicago Botanic Gardens Adler Planetarium Others....
Each museum should be putting
icons on map showing where it's learning programs are a part of a school, or non-school, program's on-going strategy. Each museum should think like a company like Proctor & Gamble, who wants its products on the shelves of thousands of retail stores. They not only have a great product, but they also offer incentives, like training, advertising dollars, point-ofpurchase displays, etc.
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Corporations and Military Leaders build strategies to distribute resources and support stores in many locations. Teams of talent volunteers could take this role to help make tutor/mentor programs available in all high poverty neighborhoods of Chicago and other cities. Feed & Analysis Equip Our army better than enemy
Public Commitment To sustain effort and recruit troops How do we educate and inform public so we can maintain support for revenue needed to support war effort?
This is a supply chain issue.
We need to feed, cloth,
arm and re-supply our troops and logistics providers for as long as war is in progress.
Of enemy Strength & weaknesses Understand needs & plan resource allocation, e.g. strategic planning
Recruit & Retain
Organize & Train
US forces
US forces
How to replace forces
that are lost with new solders trained and ready to pick up from where previous left off
Direct engagement
Enemy sites
What resources do we need to implement the plan? How to prepare them?
Revenue
Logistics
To support these efforts
To get forces in place
How do we raise money needed to pay for this entire effort?
Forces
How do we distribute needed resources and troops to multiple locations where they are needed?
Forces Include tutors & mentors
Poverty in city is enemy
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How do we increase number of people
who focus on same issue who connect, learn, share in on-line learning so we achieve long-term results? Health
Education
Result focus
Government World of Knowledge
Justice
Recreation Work & Economy MAP OF ISSUES Boston Innovation Hub is example of pie-chart showing potential users & collaborators.
Growth of involvement
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Most programs cant get enough resources on their
own. We need the help of many leaders. Everyone (students, and adults) could take this role on a daily basis.
faith
business
media volunteers dollars
college
you
Talent & technology
Elected leader others
The main idea of this presentation is to show
actions that many people can take to support program growth. YOU can do this!
Thousands of volunteers, business and faith leaders, students, etc. can use personal and organizational leadership, web sites and communications to connect members of their network to information showing why certain types of volunteer programs are needed, and where they are located. They can point to databases that enable volunteers, community members, media and donors to search and find programs where they can get involved. Learning to stimulate such actions on a regular basis, the way advertisers draw customers to retail stores each week, it a lesson we need to teach. We can do that by giving recognition to those already doing this well. Property of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection, Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 Email for permission to use: tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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Many ways to volunteer
volunteers are needed to create innovative strategies that increase visibility for tutor/mentor programs and increase the flow of operating dollars to every tutor/mentor program in Chicago and other major cities business partners are needed to develop strategies using employee volunteers, company assets & dollars to PULL youth from poverty into jobs & careers. people and organizations are needed to organize and provide curriculum, training,and ideas, to help educate all stakeholders in the movement.
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Build Involvement based on where
need for programs is greatest. Create advertising and public awareness that seeks to educate resource providers to make choices of involvement, drawing from a menu of ways individuals and organizations could be involved, and using GIS maps that show where the need for tutor/mentor programs is greatest, and where existing programs are located in these areas. Such a strategy will lead to a more even distribution of resources to all neighborhoods where tutor/mentor programs are needed, not just to those with a visible brand name or in a high profile neighborhood. Property of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection, Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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Role for Many Leaders:
Advertising and Public Awareness We dont have multi-millions dollar ad budgets, yet we need similar reach and frequency of daily and weekly message delivery. The T/MC seeks to recruit leaders from business and faith communities who will use their own media to create and lead a call-to-involvement. This evangelism will reach thousands of people in every business, social and faith sector many times each day with messages that encourage people to be volunteers, leaders, donors, etc.
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Become a Network Builder
Write a weekly blog Create videos Host discussions on Facebook, Linked in, or tutormentorconnection.ning.com Host gatherings on Google Hangouts, Elluminate, etc. Build your visibility and reputation by what you do throughout the year. Pg 23
Models of such leadership exist
The Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand Program at the Chicago Bar Association is an example of the type leadership the T/MC seeks to create in every industry and service sector. Since 1994 more than $2.5 million has been raised to support volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago area. See http://www.lawyerslendahand.org If programs like this are in each industry, each tutor/mentor program would have volunteers modeling different career opportunities, along with multiple sources of funding. Strategies like this can support volunteer-based tutor/mentor program growth in every neighborhood of Chicago and other cities with high concentrations of poverty. Property of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection, Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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Volunteers from business, universities, and high
schools needed to help build knowledge base. The T/MC seeks university partners, interns, and graduate students, who will help build a library of examples showing how various businesses and industries use their leadership, human capital and communications resources to PULL youth from poverty to careers. Volunteers and partners can also organize on-line learning communities, such as the Education, Technology and Media MOOC held in Jan-Mar 2013 at http://www.etmooc.org Such Examples will fuel the actions of similar businesses throughout the country.
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As volunteers do service lets seek
to enhance learning . Every time a volunteer connects with a youth in a tutor/mentor program we seek to enhance learning, so the volunteer becomes a bridge to her industry, faith group, and/or alumni network. Such volunteers have the potential to bring additional resources to tutor/mentor programs every time they return to do service.
As some of these volunteers become CEOs, this become a
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Tutor/Mentor Program goals
are Business goals. Organizations that offer volunteer-based tutoring/ mentoring services seek to improve the quality of life for people living in poverty by helping them move up the ladder to jobs and careers. This creates new customers and new employees for industry and lowers the costs associated with poverty, crime and workforce development. These programs also create networking, learning and skill building opportunities for business volunteers who choose to get involved. This strategy creates an army of people who are more personally committed to helping inner city kids, because they have come to know them, and understand their challenges, through volunteer involvement. Property of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection, Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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Benefits to companies and their
employees Involvement in well-managed volunteer-based programs provides many benefits to employees in corporations, such as expanding leadership skills, and expanding informal networks for those who are involved. Using Internet e-collaboration tools, volunteers in a T/MC strategy learn skills and habits that can be applied profitably in 21st century business applications. Most of all, its the right thing to do. Businesses who are effective at helping youth move to careers will earn public good will and loyal employees and customers. Read more about Benefits to business - http://tinyurl.com/T-MC-Civic-
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Read about Collective Impact and role of backbone organizations on Stanford Social Innovation Review: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact Collective impact requires that funders support a longterm process of social change without identifying any particular solution in advance.
A Tutor/Mentor Connection is a backbone organization
and is needed in every city in the world.
A backbone organization with
a modest annual budget can support a collective impact initiative of several hundred organizations, magnifying the impact of millions or even billions of dollars in existing funding. Strive, for example, has a $1.5 million annual budget but is coordinating the efforts and increasing the effectiveness of organizations with combined budgets of $7 billion. Pg 29
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Invest in intermediary organizations
like T/MC and its partners Become a sponsor, drawing attention to your business, while you help us draw attention to mentor-rich, tutor/mentor programs Point workplace donations to tutor/mentor programs so volunteers are well-supported and benefit more from their involvement If you are a venture capital manager, or venture philanthropist, consider becoming an investor in the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. Your investment helps T/MC do more of the things described in this essay.
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Get informed. Get involved.
Visit the following web sites to learn more about volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and strategies to build networks and support for programs in multiple locations.
Www.tutormentorexchange.net www.tutormentorconnection.org www.tutormentorconference.org http://tutormentor.blogspot.com http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net Http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com Http://tutormentorexchange.net.wordpress.com or email: tutormentor2@earthlink.net Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, Tutor/Mentor Connection Merchandise Mart PO Box 3303, Chicago, Il. 60654 Why Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC)? From 1993 to June 2011 the T/ MC operated as partner to the Cabrini Connections tutor/mentor program in Chicago, under one 501c-3 non profit board of directors. Due to financial pressure the T/MC was separated from the Cabrini Connections program in June 2011 and the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC was created to provide alternative strategies for generating revenue to continue to operate the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago while helping similar intermediary structures grow in other cities. The names will be used interchangeably in many of our materials since both focus on the same mission.
