Network Building. Role of Faith Community

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NETWORK BUILDER:Tutor/Mentor Connection

T/MCTutor/Mentor

Institute, LLC

CONNECTING

ThoseWho Need

help

Strategies Faith Communities Can Use to SupportGrowth of Tutor/Mentor Programs in High Poverty areas.

YOUand youth inyour church

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Those

Who can

help


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HOW FAITH COMMUNITIES CAN LEADVOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION FOR TUTOR/MENTOR PROGRAMS

A strategy of the Tutor/Mentor Connection, www.tutormentorconnection.org

One person trained twelve human beings who went on to so influence theworld that time itself is now recorded as being before (B.C.) or after (A.D.) his

existence.

This quote was taken from the introduction of the book "Jesus, CEO: UsingAncient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership", written by Laurie Beth Jones andpublished by Hyperion. It shows how much power one person has to changethe world. We hope it inspires church leaders to use there communications

systems to change the future for millions of at-risk youth throughout America,and the world.

Read and share the ideas in the following pages to see how faith communitiescan help transform the lives of youth living in big city poverty neighborhoods.

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Tangela joined CC in 1993,after being part of theMW/Cabrini Green TutoringProgram when in elementaryschool.

School-Time Programs

3-5 PM Non-School Programs

Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8thHigh

SchoolCareerTrack

After 5 PM and Weekend Programs

If the goal is to help kids living in highpoverty neighborhoods be startingjobs/careers by their mid-twenties.

How do we help tutor/mentor programs connectwith youth when they are young, and stayconnected to those kids from when we first meet

them, to when they need our help as adults?.

We are stillconnected, via theInternet, 16 yearslater.

--- 16 years later.

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Think of a city with K-12

mentor programsoperating in everyneighborhood.

Communicate this idea withsermons, graphics, videos

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If we want mentor-rich programs in more

places, we much influence resource flow.

To keep kids and volunteersconnected, we need these

resources every day at everytutor/mentor program in

Chicago.

* volunteers

* public visibility* operating dollars

* technology

* training/learning

* leadership

Chicagoarea

The shadedareas of thismap ofChicago arethe areas ofmostconcentratedpoverty.

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This map could be any major city in theworld where youth live in highconcentrations of poverty.

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Maps show locations of faith congregations throughout Chicago region.

Strategies from EACH congregation could be supporting growth of tutor/mentorprograms in different areas. See more faith maps in the Map Gallery athttp://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/mapgallery.html



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Insurance

Healthcare

Arts, Culture.

ReligionGovernment

Education

Science,

Math

Engineering

Manufacturing

Transportation

Retailing

Wholesaling

Built environment

Engineering

Natural Resources

Agriculture

Finance, Personal &

Business Services

Hospitality

Recreation

Technology

Communications

Every congregation represents a Network of People with

connections to every other sector in the region.

Tutor/Mentor Institute,LLC and T/MC seek

business partners tohelp in PULLINGyouth To careers fromtutor/mentor programsin many locations



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The Worlds LargestPing Pong ball table.

Every intentional action ofa faith leader, volunteer ornetwork-builder causes achain reaction that movesevery other ball.

What you say can reachpeople around the world.

FAITH LEADERS HAVEBEEN PRACTICING THISFOR OVER 2000 YEARS!

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When a faith leader, or youth minister,

communicates, many listen. Many follow.

Use personal and organizational leadership, web site and communications to connect membersof your network to T/M programs in all parts of Chicago on a consistent, on-going basis, usingInternet directories such as www.tutormentorconnection.org as resource for finding programs.

Elected

leader

college you

faith business media

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others

This city needs leaders in every sector who take this role, not one or two high profile people.

volunteers

dollars

Talent &

technology

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OUTREACH STRATEGY:

We want to get faith groups inaffluent suburban areas, as wellas in inner city areas, to bedelivering sermons on a regular

basis, that tie scripture andservice, and point members totutor/mentor programs thatalready exist, or toneighborhoods, where new

programs need to be created.

In this graphic, we illustrate how one faith leader (Rev. Hall), can use his/her blog, sermon, radio

show and web site, to reach out to members of the congregation, and provide information they canshare with people in their own networks. We also show how these faith leaders can host networkingsessions at the November and May Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference, inChicago (see www.tutormentorconference.org ) and how they can host events at different church,mosque and temple locations, during January and August, to draw attention to tutor/mentorprograms in their own neighborhood, or in neighborhoods that they have adopted.



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12-monthsfrom now

9-monthsfrom now

6-monthsfrom now

3-months

from now

ImmediateImpact

Growth ofvolunteers & $$and corporate

leaders involved

$$

With every action have a purpose. Every message is intended to drawneeded resources to one or more tutor/mentor programs in Chicago.Teach others to communicate with a purpose.

Deliver strategic messages four times each year to increase resource flow.

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$$$$$$

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STRATEGIC TIME FRAMES TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE:IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE AND WHAT YOU

COMMUNICATE

1) late August (with a "be a volunteer" message to support Back- to-Schoolvolunteer recruitment)

2) first Sunday in November (Tutor/Mentor Week - give recognition tostudents, volunteers and leaders who have joined such programs);

3) mid February - ( profile volunteers, tell of success stories, the need

for volunteers to be leaders, the need for reinforcements, etc.);

4) late April (encourage participation in the Tutor/Mentor Conference);give praise for the work volunteers, students and programs have done overthe past year, talk about the need for continuing this work during the next

year

In each of these messages, include the T/MC web site ofwww.tutormentorconnection.org, because that is where their members can gofor more information of what it takes to build and sustain a great mentoring program.



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Youth in faith sponsored organizations, schools, etc.

can create visualizations that share this thinking.

The graphic at the right is from ananimation done by an intern whoconverted the concept map into aflash animationhttp://www.tutormentorexchange.net//images/flash/strat

egymap.swf

These graphicswere created by

interns. This oneshows use ofconcept map



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Examples of information visualization created by interns.

This shows how intern convertedthis to flash animationhttp://www.tutormentorexchange.net

/images/flash/vol_leadership.swf

This shows how idea is first visualizedin power point and posted on a bloghttp://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2009/10/transforming-adults-involved-in.html

See more work by interns:

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Young people in faith groupsand neighborhood youthprograms, as well as in publicschools, can create videos that

share these ideas and mobilizevolunteers and donors fortutor/mentor programs inneighborhoods where they live.


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Network

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Over time, network grows to include more people, from more places.

IDEA

One Person

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x

x

x

x

x

x

EVANGELIZE THIS!This map shows Methodist Churchlocations in the Chicago region.Similar maps for other denominationscan be found at

http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.comand can be created using theTutor/Mentor Program Locator athttp://www.tutormentorlocator.net

xImagine if someone in a MethodistYouth organization were building amap with X overlays indicatingcongregations who were implementing

the ideas in this presentation. Suchgroups could be sharing ideas at thespring and fall Tutor/MentorConferences, to help others learn from

them so the number of X s on the mapgrow each year.



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Share your sermons. Share your strategy. Show these maps to others!

Faith communities can buildlibraries of sermons that canbe used by others each yearto create and deliver their

own messages.

Faith communities can hostworkshops at the spring andfall Tutor/Mentor Conferences

in Chicago, or at eventswhere faith leaders frommany denominations areconnecting.

Faith communities can buildon-line communities wherethese ideas can be shared.http://www.tutormentorconference.org


Read more at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-FaithLeadersPDF and

at http://www.tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/faith%20groups


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PRACTICE THESE IDEAS. MAKE THEM HAPPEN!

These are concepts intended to encourage youth and adultsto think, learn and innovate new ways to support the growthand operations of needed youth support services throughoutthe Chicago metropolitan region.

At the following Tutor/Mentor Institute and Tutor/Mentor Connection web sites you can

see how we put these ideas to practice every day in our effort to support our goals.http://www.tutormentorexchange.net

http://www.tutormentorconnection.org

http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net

http://tutormentorconference.orghttp://tutormentor.blogspot.com

http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com

Become a volunteer, intern, or research partner.

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