On November 17 and 18 the Tutor/Mentor Connection will host the next Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference. This will be the 24th since 1994. Our goal is to a) bring programs together for networking and learning; b) find opportunities to increase the quality and availability of programs through collaboration that makes resources more available; c) increase public visibility for tutoring/mentoring in the weeks leading up to the year end charity giving period, so that the individual fund raising efforts of each program will have greater success

We're putting this conference together now and will be hosting a symposium to discuss strenghts, weaknesses, threats and opportunities that are commong to all volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs. You can read more about the conference design at http://www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com

We're looking for volunteers who will help facilitate and who will participate as panelists. We'll also be putting part of this in an on-line forum, so participants can join in an on-line version without coming to Chicago.

Email tutormentor2@earthlink.net if you'd like to know more or just post a comment here.

Dan Bassill, Tutor/Mentor Connection