Friday, June 21, 2024

Navigate the Tutor/Mentor Library

I point to the same web sites over and over, and many have long links. Thus, I've created shorter tinyURL links. Since I use these frequently, I created a page so I could use the same link, over and over. These are organized by category. 


Strategy and Vision Pages - concept maps

This first set of links point to visualizations that show strategies that leaders in any city could apply to help youth tutor/mentor and learning programs grow in high poverty neighborhoods. One of these is a map showing the four sections of the Tutor/Mentor web library where you can find most of the information that I point to in the sections below.

• Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Mission - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/mission
• Strategy map - http://tinyurl.com/tmc-strategy-map
• Mentoring to Career cMap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-K-CareerMentoring
• T/MC 4 part strategy - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-4-Pt-Strategy
• T/MC Village Cmap http://tinyurl.com/TMC-VillageCMap-1
• Public awareness concept map - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-AwarnessPlan
• Building Funding Stream Goal - http://tinyurl.com/TMIGoal-FundingStream
• Tutor/Mentor Institute Learning Guide - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-learning-path
• Full page with all concept maps:-http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps
• Tag Cloud-Google Search - read blog article
• Steps to Start a Tutor/Mentor Program - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-StepsToStartTMProgram
• Operating Principles for a Tutor/Mentor Program - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-OperatingPrinciples

Note: From 1998 until 2018 the www.tutormentorconnection.org site was our main website. Due to serious hacking and no funds to rebuild the site, we've deactivated it and you can only view it on the Internet Archive. All link to the main domain will re-direct to the www.tutor
ntorexchange.net site.    Visit this page to see how the organization's mission was stated on the original website http://tinyurl.com/TMC-Missionme


Places to connect with Tutor/Mentor and Each other

• Facebook page - http://tinyurl.com/TutorMentor-Institute-Facebook
• Linked in group on volunteering - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2323444/
• Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC video page - https://tutormentorexchange.net/tmi-video-1
• Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Video List - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-VideoList
• Tutor/Mentor Institute Video Channel - http://tinyurl.com/TMIVideos-YouTube
• Email Newsletter subscribe - https://tutormentorexchange.net/newsletter
• Current newsletter - https://tutormentorexchange.net/newsletters


Chicago Volunteer-Based Tutor, Mentor Program Links:

Since 1993 T/MC has been maintaining a list of Chicago area non-school tutor/mentor programs, to help volunteers, parents, donors and others find programs in different neighborhoods. This list of programs can be found at this link:  https://tutormentorexchange.net/chicago-area-program-links

Map showing location of Chicago area programs
https://tinyurl.com/TMI-ChicagoProgramsMap

Chicago Are Youth Tutor and/or Mentor Programs

* Chicago North - click here
* Chicago Central - click here
* Chicago South Central - click here
* Chicago Far South - click here
* Chicago Multiple Sites/Community Based - click here
* College Access Focus programs - click here
* Chicago Suburbs North West, South, NW Indiana, Rest of Ill. - click here
* School Based Programs - click here

Other youth serving programs in Chicago or nationally - https://tutormentorexchange.net/other-youth-programs

 Additional links point to other web sites that people can use to find contact information for youth tutoring and/or mentoring programs, and other volunteer opportunities, in Chicago, or other cities.

* Volunteer Recruitment info- https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-recruitment-platforms
* Volunteer support networks - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-vol-admin-networks
* Volunteer Recruitment page on T/MI site - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-Recruitment-Ideas
* Chicago Programs on Facebook - https://tutormentorexchange.net/tm-programs-on-facebook
* Chicago Youth Programs - Instagram list - https://tutormentorexchange.net/chi-orgs-instagram
* Chicago Youth Programs on LinkedIn - https://tutormentorexchange.net/youth-orgs-linkedin
* Chicago Youth Networks cMap - http://tinyurl.com/ChicagoYouthNetworks
* Chicago area Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign - 1995-2003 reports - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-RecruitmentCampaign


Web library (2000+ links) https://tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links
Contains wide range of information anyone can use to understand where kids and families need extra help and why. Includes information to help youth living in poverty have more support helping them move through school and into adult lives.

* Tutor/Mentor Institute Library map (full) - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-libraryFull
* Library cmap (non animated) http://tinyurl.com/TMI-library
* Graphic of info in T/MI library (shown above) - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Spaces-for-learning

 Resources for tutoring/mentoring Programs, Volunteers, Youth

* College & career resources - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-college-career-links
* Homework Resources - https://tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/homework-help
* Homework help map http://tinyurl.com/TMC-HomeworkHelp-map
* Black History Links - https://tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/homework-help/black-history
* Tutor & Mentor Training - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-tutor-mentor-training
* Parent Info - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Parent-Resources
* Youth as leaders - https://tutormentorexchange.net/other-youth-programs/youth-leadership

Link to research section of Tutor/Mentor Institute library - https://tinyurl.com/TML-ResearchLinks 
Research section cMap - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-Research-CMap

• Research links; NCLB, education - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-EducationResearch
• Research links Drop out crisis - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-DropOut
• Research links Social Capital - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-SocialCapital
• Social Capital - concept map - http://tinyurl.com/tmi-putnam-social-capital
• Research links –Mentoring, tutoring - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Mentor-Tutor-Research
• STEM ideas - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-STEM-Resources
• Public Health, Hospitals - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-PublicHealth
• Civil liberties resources - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-PoliticalAction
• Blog articles with update links - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-blog-as-library

Equal justice, poverty mapping, inequality, prevention section of library: https://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-poverty-inequality

* Equal Justice, Poverty Law cMap - https://tinyurl.com/Law-Justice-Poverty-Links
* Equal Justice, Poverty Law - https://tinyurl.com/TMILibary-law-justice
* Poverty and Crime Mapping - https://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-povertymapping
* Race and Poverty research - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-race-poverty
* Prevention resources - https://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-prevention
* Street gangs - https://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-StreetGangs
* Rural Issues - https://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-RuralIssues
* Violence against Women, Girls - https://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-Women-Girls 
* Drop Box File with additional reading - click here


Links to Funding, Philanthropy, Business Involvement

• Resources map - http://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-ResourceLinks
• Funding & Philanthropy links - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Philanthropy-FundRaising
• Blogs - Fund Raising - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-fund-raising-blogs
• Challenges Facing non profits - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Challenges4NPOs
• Making non profits more effective - http://tinyurl.com/Discuss-TMI-Uncharitable
• NPO Mgt. resources - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-NPO-MgtResources
• Corporate Social Responsibility links - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-CSR-links
• Business Diversity Issues - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Diversity-Inclusio
• Civic Engagement - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-civic-engagement
• Business School Connection - http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/business-school-connection
• Building philanthropic capital – T/MC Ning blog - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-growingNPONetwork
• University partnerships - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-university-partnerships
• Workforce Development links - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-workforce-development


Links to process improvement, innovation, etc. section of Tutor/Mentor Institute library
Much focus of 21st century education is on thinking skills, creativity, working with others. The links in this section of the library can be applied by youth, volunteers, organizations, businesses, etc. to solve day to day problems, and/or to solve complex community-wide problems.

• Process Improvement/Collaboration cMap – http://tinyurl.com/TMILibrary-Innovation-etc
• Collaboration links - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-collaboration-links
• Twitter Chats/Hashtags - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-TwitterConnections
• Visualization links - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-visualization
• Creativity, Innovation, Knowledge Mgt - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-creativity-KM-innovation
• GIS Mapping - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-GIS-mapping
• Process Improvement & Evaluation - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-process-Imp-evaluation
• Social Entrepreneur ideas - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Social-Entrepreneur-ideas


Links to blogs, opinion, on-line forums
Blogs are a format for sharing personal opinion and stories that attract attention to ideas and strategies. Most blogs include links to many other blogs. Thus, this is a constantly expanding universe of ideas. In one section I attempt to point to blogs of different tutor/mentor programs in Chicago. Thus far, too few are using blogs in all the ways they could be.

• Blog list on Inoreader - http://tutormentorexchange.net/definition-of-issues/246-blog-list
• Blogs - Learning, Networking - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Learning-Networking-Blogs
• Blogs on Education & cMOOCs - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-education-cMOOCs
• Blogs - Mentoring, tutoring program - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-tutor-mentor-blogs
• Conferences and training - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Conferences
• TMI Blog network map - http://tinyurl.com/TM-BlogNet-Map


Links to other tutor, mentor and learning programs in Illinois and beyond – benchmarking opportunities

• eMentoring; networks, etc.- https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-eMentor-Tutor
• Mentoring, networks - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Networks-Intermediaries
• Programs beyond Illinois - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-ProgramsBeyondIL
• Mentoring links – international - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-InternationalMentoring
• Links to Program Locators - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-ProgLocators-Directories
• Library links to afterschool networks/resources - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-AfterschoolNetworks
• Alternative Schools - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-AlternativeSchools
• Intergenerational resources - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-senior-cit-volunteering
• Adult Literacy Programs - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-AdultLiteracy


Technology networks and resources, cool-tools

• Digital Divide Movie; Issues: http://tinyurl.com/TMI-DigitalDivide-Issues
• Technology networks - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-tech-networks-resources
• Technology – cool tools - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-useful-tech-tools
• Data Collaboration Map - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-DataCollaborationMap


Other Categories in Library

• Chicago Public Schools. Misc Chicago links - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-ChiGov-ChiSchools
• Faith Based - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-FaithBased
• Arts Based - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Arts-Humanities
• Reference books, Dictionaries -https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-Dictionarys-RefBooks
• Suggested books - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-suggested-books
• Test Prep, Pro Tutors, Fee-based - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-TestPrep-PaidTutoring
• ESL Learning Resources (list on Tutor/Mentor blog article - click here

 
Tutor/Mentor Institute articles


While the majority of information shared on Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC web sites represents ideas of other people and organizations, a portion of the ideas represent Dan Bassill's own ideas and vision, based on 40 years of leading a single tutor/mentor program, and of helping similar programs grow in more places.

March 1, 2022 - D. Bassill interview w. Anthony Brogdon, Detroit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuyhpgwvBmI

 April 12, 2022 - D. Bassill interview with Aliyu B. Solomon, from Nigeria - tinyurl.com/DBassill-4-22-video


Since the 1990s Dan Bassill has been creating Visual Essays to communicate ideas and strategies. You can now find three pages with my collection (one page is shown below)  - https://tutormentorexchange.net/visual-essays



These presentations are also on Scribd.com at https://www.scribd.com/user/20297076/Daniel-F-Bassill

Many of these same Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC idea presentations are also available at www.slideshare.com/tutormentor where they are presented using a different format.


Concept map library:  The Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) have been using cMapTools to create concept maps since 2005. These are sharing ideas and strategies and showing organization of information on our the Tutor/Mentor website and blogs. You can view these on this page, too. https://tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps

These are some of the cMaps you will find.

• Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC -2018 - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-2018
• TMI 2011-12 - http://tinyurl.com/TMI2011-12
• Concept map – strategic investment by business - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-WhyShouldBusinessInvest
• Birth to work challenges - https://tinyurl.com/ChallengesFacingYouth-TMI
• Influencing Change via on-line communities - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-InfluencingChange
• What We Need to Think About-cMap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Logic-CMap
• Tutor/Mentor Program Locator re-build - layers needed - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-Platform
• T/MC History of using maps - 1993-present. https://tinyurl.com/TMC-Maps-History
• Reasons to engage - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-ReasonsTo-Engage
• Volunteer Growth Cycle - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Vol-Growth-Cycle
• Volunteer growth strategy - cMap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-volunteer-growth
• Information flow strategy - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Information-Strategy
• T/MC info flow map - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-Info-flow
• Concept Map - Business Motivation - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-BusinessMotivation
• Concept map workforce development – http://tinyurl.com/TMI-WorkforceDevelopment
• Civil Liberties links - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Civil-Liberties-Links
• Complex Problems - Leaders Needed - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-complex-problems
• Civic Engagement-2020 - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-civic-engagement
• T/MC Rest of Story on Ning - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-GIS-Week
• Athletes leading - http://tinyurl.com/TMCBlog-Athletes-Leading
• Volunteer Opportunities platforms - cMap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Volunteer-Opportunities
• Talent cmap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-TalentNeeded
• Network Map - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-NetworkMap
• T/MC social media net - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-DanNetwork
• Building Teams cmap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-BuildingTeams
• Career Pipeline map - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Career-Pipeline
• Virtual Team- http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Team2011
• Many to 1- http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Many-to-1
• Race-Poverty Cmap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Race-Poverty-Map
• Race-Poverty Map - update help needed - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-race-poverty-update-help
• Collaboration Mapping - http://tinyurl.com/TM-CollaborationMapping
• Network Building Maps - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-NetworkBuildingMaps
• Connecting Networks Map - http://tinyurl.com/TM-ConnectingNetworksMap
• Map stories album on Ning - https://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/photo/Using+maps+to+focus+resources
• Program’s learning goals cmap - http://tinyurl.com/TMProgram-LearningGoals
• Learning Path 10-10-16 - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-learning-10-10-16
• Learning Path 7-14-17 - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Learning-7-14-17
• Public Health-Hope - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-PublicHealth-Hope
• Interns communicating T/MC and T/MI strategies - https://tinyurl.com/TMC-interns
• POTUS46 to-do list - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-Potus46-to-do-list

• Local Global Learning via Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/TM-Global-Learning
• Digging through digital archives w #clmooc - https://tinyurl.com/TMI-modgiwri
• 2011 Drop out Conference cmap - http://tinyurl.com/2011DropoutConf-Network
• Community Development Conf 2012 – cmap - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-CommunityDevelopment
• NCVS 2012 concept map - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-NCVS2012map
• WTTW American Graduate map - http://tinyurl.com/American-Graduate-TMI-networ



Other Visualizations of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC strategies:

• Mentoring Kids to Career outline on Debategraph - http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers 



Archived Versions of Tutor/Mentor Connection websites that are no longer working

 * Tutor/Mentor Program Locator Search - archive page: https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorSearch
 * Tutor/Mentor Program Locator Interactive Map - archive page: https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive
 * Tutor/Mentor Map Gallery - archive page: https://tinyurl.com/archive-TM-map-gallery
 * Program Locator Home Page - archive: https://tinyurl.com/archive-ProgramLocatorHome
 * OHATS - Organizational History and Tracking System (June 2012 version - https://tinyurl.com/TMC-OHATS-archive
* OHATS Metrics page - June 2012 - https://tinyurl.com/OHATS-Metrics-archive
* Tutor/Mentor Connection site now archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20200513125440/http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/


Strategy Visualizations Created by Interns - Between 2006 and 2016 interns from a variety of universities have created visualizations to interpret Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC strategies. Visit these links to browse this collection:

* Animations and visualizations by interns: http://tinyurl.com/Ideas-Animation
* Introduction to interns - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/defining-a-terms/215-interns-at-tmc
* List of intern visualizations - http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2017/04/work-by-interns-since-2006.html
* Videos by interns - https://tutormentorexchange.net/tmi-video-1/intern-videos
* Loyola University Intern reflection - http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profiles/blogs/final-paper
* Strategy visualization Prezi - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Strategy4-Mina
* Service Learning Loop – https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/06/creating-service-learning-organization.html

Tutor/Mentor Conference (1994-2015) web site - http://www.tutormentorconference.org

• Conference participation maps at http://tinyurl.com/TMConfHistoryMap
• Conference participation map on Tableau at http://tinyurl.com/TMConfHistory-Tableau
• Conference Planning. http://tinyurl.com/TMIConf2016
• Conferences since 1994 - story map - http://tinyurl.com/Conf-since94


History/Awards Tutor/Mentor Connection 1993-present; Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, 2011-present

• Tutor/Mentor Connection 1990 - 2018 - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Timeline1990-2015
• Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC roots 1965-1992 - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-timeline-1965-90
• Tutor/Mentor Institute CMAP - http://tinyurl.com/TM-InstitueCMAP
• 4-part strategy planning concept map - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-4-part-strategy-planning
• Tutor/Mentor Institute Planning Wiki - http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/home
• Tutor/Mentor Institute support at http://tinyurl.com/TMCSupportNet
• TMI Talent Needed (same as above). http://tinyurl.com/TMI-TalentNeededMap
• TMI – what we do map - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-WhatWeDo
• T/MC and T/MI History - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/org-info
• Stories/Interviews w/Dan Bassill in Library - https://tinyurl.com/TMIL-StoriesAboutTMC-TMI
• Dan Bassill Awards - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/awards-and-recognition


 Mapping for Justice and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Blog articles http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com 
 

Social Network Analysis articles
Creating networks and using network maps to understand who is participating, as well as who is missing, is an ongoing focus of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and Tutor/Mentor Connection. Along the left site of this blog is a list of "tags". Browse articles under networking, network building, and network analysis to follow this set of ideas.

• Network Analysis overview on Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC site - http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/sna
• 2010 SNA Training with Valdis Krebs - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-SNAday1
• Youth SNA map discussion on NIng - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-youthSNAmap
• Kalyani maps of May 08Conference - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-SNA-9-16-10
• Kalyani maps of Nov 08 conf- http://tinyurl.com/SNA-Nov08Conf
• Kalyani blog - http://tinyurl.com/Conf-SNA


NOTE: I was inspired to create this list in January 2016 after viewing a screen cast video that Terry Elliott used to highlight a list of podcasts posted on a blog by Bryan Alexander. As I viewed the screen cast I though that it might be useful for me to create a similar list, pointing to various resources in my own Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Library.  

I have had to re-create this article in June 2024 after the page was taken off line without a specific explanation. 

I hope you find this list and blog of value.  I depend on contributions to help fund my work. Visit this page if you want to help. 

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