Agenda - November 21, 2008 - One Day Conference

Below is the schedule of workshops for the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference which will be held at the Field Museum, Chicago, IL.  The Workshops described are goals and we are now recruiting speakers and workshop leaders. The actual schedule will change as we get closer to the conference. If you would like to participate, email tutormentor2@earthlink.net or fill out the workshop presenter form.

Review detailed descriptions of workshops  here.

 November 21, 2008

Registration - 7:30 to 9:00 am

Keynote and welcome: 9 am - Clinton Nichols, Urban Anthropologist, Community Development, Division of Environment, Culture & Conservation at the Field Museum, http://www.fieldmuseum.org.

 

First workshops: 9:40 am to 10:50 am - 

What's going on in the neighborhood - discussion led by staff of the Field Museum. Moderated by Clinton Nichols, Urban Anthropologist, Community Development, Division of Environment, Culture & Conservation at the Field Museum, http://www.fieldmuseum.org.

Panel includes:
Dachelle Johnson and Shienoval Applewhite from Guest Relations at the Field Museum

 

Panel Discussion: How to gain public attention and raise dollars during the holiday season.  Panel facilitated by Cassina Sanders, Marketing, Fund Raising and PR Coordinator for Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection.

Panel includes:
Gordon Mayer, Vice President, Community Media Workshop at Columbia College Chicago,  www.communitymediaworkshop.org

Anna Ashbaugh, Client Executive, Burson Marsteller

Shane Caterino, Director of Individual & Foundation Giving at Academy for Urban School Leadership, http://www.ausl-chicago.org/
 

Panel Discussion: How to incorporate arts, writing, technology into a volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring programs. Challenges and lessons learned from leaders.

Facilitated by Karen Royster-James, M.S.Ed. Science and Mathematics Learning Center Director Columbia College Chicago

Panel Includes:

Robbie Telfer, Performances Manager, Young Chicago Authors
http://www.youngchicagoauthors.org

Mindy Faber, Open Youth Networks, http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org

Patrick Shaffner, Community Outreach Coordinator, 826CHI, http://826chi.org


 

Second workshops: 11:00 am to 12:15 pm 

Panel Discussion:  Strategies for expanding the number of volunteer based tutoring and/or mentoring programs.  Lessons from Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Chicago, Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, Mentor-Kenosha network, etc.

Panel Facilitator: Arthur Mollenhauer, Chief Executive Officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, http://www.bbbschgo.org . Questions to be discussed:
1. Do you think partnerships can increase services to attract & connect volunteers with kids in high poverty areas ?
2. What makes for a successful partnership ?
3. Do you think partnerships can attract new or increased funding ?
4. What are the biggest challenges in forming partnerships and how did you overcome them ?

Panel Includes:

Evan Witalison, Project Coordinator, Mentor Kenosha & Racine, http://www.uwp.edu/departments/community.partnerships/mentor.cfm

Daniel Isherwood, Executive Director, Urban Initiatives, www.urbaninitiatives.org

Troy Ratliff, Executive Vice President, Better Boys Foundation, http://betterboys.org/index2.html 

Mary Visconti, Director of Agency Advancement, Better Boys Foundation, http://betterboys.org/index2.html

Jessica Woldt, Partnership Development Manager, BBBS, http://www.bbbschgo.org


 

Workshop: Nuts and Bolts on the Juvenile Justice System, presented by Elizabeth Clarke, President, Juvenile Justice Initiative, http://www.jjustice.org 
This session will review current issues in juvenile justice that impact youth in conflict with the law, including expunging juvenile records, reentering school after confinement, community based alternatives to confinement, and keeping youth out of adult court.
 

 

Panel Discussion: Volunteer Recruitment and Training Strategies from leaders of tutoring and/or mentoring programs.  Leaders share strategies for recruiting volunteers from businesses, universities, professional groups who serve as tutors/mentors, and as board members, technology support, organizers, and capacity builders.  

Facilitated by Nicole White, Tutor/Mentor Connection

Panel Includes:

Toinette Gunn, Executive Director, Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids
(PEAK), http://www.peakchicago.org
Angel Diaz, Program Director, Midtown Center, http://www.midtown-metro.org/
Joel Newman, Program Director, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Mississippi
Valley, http://www.bbbs-mv.org



Lunch & Networking - 12: 15 pm - 1:30 pm

12:50pm to 1:15 pm - Keynote Speaker - Journey from Volunteer to Leader - Jane Napoli, Executive Director, East Village Youth Program http://www.evyp.org
Volunteer involvement as a tutor/mentor is often the first step many people take in becoming future leaders of the non profit organizations who offer tutoring/mentoring. Jane will talk about the path she took to her new role as Executive Director of the East Village Youth Program in Chicago.


 

First Afternoon workshops: 1:45 to 3:00pm - 

Workshop:  Social Networking: Who do you know and how can they help you?* Come see how you can tap into the social networking craze to build strong relationships to attract funders, recruit and retain volunteers, and align with other programs. Presented by Marian Casey, Executive Director of Answers for Special Kids located in Evanston and Allison Youngblood, independent consultant and founder of Project CON:CERN at the Junior League of Chicago.  
 

Workshop: Object Based learning ideas, how the Museums and cultural institutions can help students in at-risk communities. How to Inspire Kids to Learn, lessons learned from the Field Museum and cultural institutions. Presented by Moses Rasberry, Loan Coordinator, The Harris Educational Loan Center at the Field Museum and April Richards, Education Department, Chicago Field Museum.

 

Panel Discussion: Student Recruitment, participation and motivation tips, from panel of leaders of tutoring/mentoring programs. Come share your ideas on ways to involved students in tutor/mentor programs. Facilitated by Dan Hogan, Mentoring Program Coordinator, Circle Urban Ministries  www.circleurban.org

Panel includes:

Charnika Williams, Case Manager, Youth Service Project, Inc.
http://www.youthserviceproject.org/
Kathryn Anderson, Wicker Park Learning Center
http://www.wickerparklearningcenter.org
 


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Second Afternoon workshops:  3:15:pm to 4:30pm 

Engaging Athletes, Business Leaders and Celebrities as Advocates for Volunteer Based Tutor/Mentor Programs, panel discussion
In this panel discussion current and former college and professional athletes and business leaders will discuss ways to draw attention and support to volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs throughout a large metropolitan area,  and ways that they might work together to build more consistent year-round support of all tutor/mentor programs in their host city.  College and professional athletes and coaches are encouraged to attend. This PDF illustrates how Kurt Kittner, University of Illinois and NFL quarterback, draws attention to Cabrini Connections, and other tutor/mentor programs in Chicago.

Facilitated by Steve Miller, President of Legacy Mortgage Corporation
Panel members:

Zachary Boisi, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman, Sears Holdings Corporation and Co-Founder, Young Professional Advisory Board at The Mentoring Partnership of New York

Kurt Kittner, University of Illinois and NFL Quarterback, associate with Jones Lang LaSalle, Americas.  Commentator with Illinois Football broadcasts on WIND (560 AM) radio.

Zak Kustok, Northwestern University and NFL Quarterback, account manager with Stryker Medical.

El Da'Sheon Nix, Northwestern University and current Administrative Coordinator of Cabrini Connections

 

Mapping Collaborative Strategies. An overview of the way programs can work together to draw volunteers and donors to tutor/mentor programs in specific zip codes. Presented by Daniel Bassill, President, and Mike Trakan, GIS Map Developer, of Tutor/Mentor Connection (http://www.tutormentorconnection.org ).

Bassill will overview collaboration strategies and uses of maps to draw volunteers and donors to different neighborhoods of a city, and to all tutor/mentor programs in each neighborhood.  The speaker will also show how Google Maps can be used to locate potential business, church and civic partners in the same neighborhood of tutor/mentor programs.


 

Panel Discussion: Evaluation strategies and best practices. How do different tutoring and/or mentoring programs show the impact of their work.  Lessons from leaders of existing programs.  

Facilitated by Alexandria Taylor, Program Officer for the College Success Network
at the Associated Colleges of Illinois.

Panel Includes:

Nancy Kukankos, Supervisor of Prevention and Volunteer Services and Liz
Dobrzynski, Mentoring Program Coordinator, Bridge Youth and Family Services
http://www.bridgeyouth.org/
Katherine Moone, Program Director, East Village Youth Program http://www.evyp.org

 

Workshop Tracks:

There will be 3 workshops available during each time slot with time between each for networking and information sharing among participants.  The T/MC invites participants to think of the conference as a meeting place where they can bring a group who are interested in creating more tutor/mentor programs in a specific area, or in a specific focus area, such as health careers, technology, arts, etc.  Thus, if you'd like to organize a single workshop, or a conference within the conference, please contact us online or call 312-492-9614