June 18, 2008 – 5:30 pm
I was inspired to hear former President Jimmy Carter as he addressed the National Conference on Volunteerism and Community Service last week. He talked about the gaps between rich and poor, and then demonstrated what he is doing to close this gap by providing awards to three university-community engagement projects.
I toured the Carter Center [...]
June 18, 2008 – 5:30 pm
I have been in love with history since I was in 8th grade. I remember reading a 2″ thick book about the Civil War, which was full of battle plans, in great detail. I’ve often admired the genius of General George Marshall, the supreme commander of US forces in World War Two. Without the [...]
June 18, 2008 – 5:30 pm
Yesterday I talked about creating a supply chain to support multiple non profits doing similar work in the same city, or in many different cities. I concluded by saying “While we have a constant challenge of mantaining this information and supporting the technology, the real challenge is increasing the number of potential volunteers and donors [...]
June 18, 2008 – 5:30 pm
Tonight Cabrini Connections will celebrate the end of it’s 15th full school year of providing one-on-one tutoring/mentoring and extra learning to 7th to 12th grade teens living in the Cabrini Green neighborhood of Chicago. Teens will be the speakers, moderators and performers. Awards will be given for leadership, attendance, improvement, etc. You can see [...]
June 18, 2008 – 5:30 pm
I encourage you to take a look at this 3 minute Tutor/Mentor Conference presentation (flash) which was created by two student interns from Korea who have been working at Cabrini Connections for the past few weeks. This illustrates a use of talent to help a non profit tell its story. Talent like this is [...]
June 18, 2008 – 5:30 pm
For the past week I’ve provided charts and graphs that illustrate a strategy for mobilizing business talent to support the entire sector of volunteer based tutoring and/or mentoring programs in Chicago, and in other cities.
Last night the Cabrini Connections tutor/mentor program hosted our 15th annual year end dinner. Speakers included students, alumni, parents, volutneers and [...]
June 17, 2008 – 12:59 pm
This map shows the location of the Cabrini Connections tutor/mentor program, which serve 7th to 12th grade teens living in the Cabrini Green area of Chicago. I encourage you to read Mike’s article on the Mapping for Justice blog for a hear-warming recap of the event.
Our Korean student interns have created a flash presention [...]
June 9, 2008 – 5:52 am
On Thursday and Friday of this past week the Tutor/Mentor Connection hosted its 29th Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference since May 1994. More than 120 people attended. Some came from California, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pensylvania and many came from the Chicago region and Illinois. You can see a partial list of participants here, which [...]
June 9, 2008 – 5:52 am
I attended the National Conference on Volunteerism from Sunday through Tuesday of this week, after hosting the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference on Thursday and Friday of last week.
One of the great quotes was from Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, who said, "We all came to this company in different ships. We’re all in [...]
June 9, 2008 – 5:52 am
Last week the National Conference on Volunteerism and Community Service was held in Atlanta. I attended in my role as a Commissioner for the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, and as President of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection.
When I attend conferences, seminars and meetings I always have a note pad. I [...]
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