Heading into 2026 I hope to connect w people who share these interests:
#tutor #mentor #tutormentor #youthdevelopment #workforcedevelopment #nonschoolhours #birthtowork #volunteer #complexproblems #socialcapital, #maps, #systemsthinking #leadership #clmooc #networkanalysis #conceptmaps
This is a concept map of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) that shows one of the four main sections of the web library that I've been building since the 1990s. This section focuses on collaboration, innovation, mapping, visualization, network analysis, knowledge management, etc., which are skills needed in any community building, problem solving effort.
While most of the #tutor #mentor library focuses on helping youth in high poverty areas move from #birthtowork, one section has problem solving & collaboration resources that can be used by anyone, for any problem. cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=12387276...
This is a concept map created by the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present). At the left is a "mentoring kids to careers" graphic that shows different types of support kids need at each age level, and emphasizing that support needs to be continuous from birth-to-work. At the right are many of the challenges that all kids face, but that kids in poverty areas have fewer resources to deal with.
On this #ConceptMap I show a range of challenges facing kids living in high poverty areas as they move from #birthtowork. I circled one that is big, and getting worse. Poor elected leaders. View at cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1SV6LFW4...
Do you have a map like this?
This is a graphic that shows the goal of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) of helping organized, volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs grow in more places, and help more kids through school and into adult lives.
If you're coming over from Twitter & are interested in helping kids in high poverty areas move from #birthtowork, please follow me and read post like this on my #Tutor #Mentor blog. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/02/focu...
This is a Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) concept map showing support kids need at each age level to move through school and into jobs and careers. It shows a role of volunteer tutors/mentors as extra adults who help kids in high poverty areas get these supports.
Do leaders in your area use #ConceptMap like this to show supports kids need to move from #birthtowork? Is there a scorecard to show how well each school provides these supports? See my map at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/02/focu...
This is part of a Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC blog article. At the top of the pyramid it says "We all want the same outcomes: more youth stay in school, are safe in non-school hours, graduate, and move to careers." At the bottom of the pyramid is the knowledge that we draw upon to propose solutions to problems. While we each have our own personal experiences, and some have studied an issue for their entire lives, most don't have a broad reference base that they draw upon to support where and how they get involved. Building a knowledge base that supports the decisions of others who need to be involved in solutions to problems is an essential first step. Keeping this up-to-date is an on-going challenge.
We all want the same result for kids, don't we? Then we need t do the work, despite who is in the White House. Long read at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/11/what... #tutor #mentor #birthtowork #planning #maps
Wealthy donors could fund this strategy at universities in every city.
I've used this "It Takes a Village" concept since I started the Tutor/Mentor blog in 2005. I use the ideas as a strategy that needs to be growing in cities all across the country, and demonstrated with web sites that show a commitment to help all kids born, or living, in high poverty areas move safely through school and into adult lives, jobs and careers. When people in business, media, entertainment, politics, religion, education, colleges, and every other part of the "village" adopt this commitment, we can begin to build the public will and long-term commitment needed to fill every high poverty neighborhood in a city with a wide range of supports needed to help kids move successfully and safely from birth to adult lives free of poverty.
I've used the #ItTakesAVillage concept map since mid 2000s to visualize the wide range of people & organizations who need to be connected in efforts that help kids in high poverty areas move from #birthtowork.
It starts w knowing the network/building a database, invitation list.
This is a concept map that I've shared since 2005 showing a commitment I feel needs to be made by many leaders, if we're ever going to build the comprehensive system of supports kids living in high poverty areas need to move more safely and successfully through school and into adult lives. I've listened to leaders for the past 30 years who talk about helping kids, but have not found any using maps or visualizations the way architects and engineers use blueprints to create a shared vision of work that needs to be done. Or recruiting teams of people to support youth development, tutor and/or mentor programs reaching k-12 youth in EVERY high poverty area of cities where they live and/or do business. Or using their media and visibility to draw volunteers and donors directly to programs already operating in their cities, the way this graphic visualizes.
If you're an engineer, or builder, you use #blueprints to guide your actions. What are the blueprints leaders are using to help kids in high poverty areas move from #birthtowork. These articles share my ideas. tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label...
Enough is Enough. Adopt this Strategy to Help Youth In this Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC article is a concept map that I've shared since 2005 showing a commitment I feel needs to be made by many leaders, if we're ever going to build the comprehensive system of supports kids living in high poverty areas need to move more safely and successfully through school and into adult lives. open concept map - http://tinyurl.com/tmc-strategy-map I've listened to leaders for the past 30 years who talk about helping kids, but have not found any using maps or visualizations the way architects and engineers use blueprints to create a shared vision of work that needs to be done. Or recruiting teams of people to support youth development, tutor and/or mentor programs reaching k-12 youth in EVERY high poverty area of cities where they live and/or do business.
After the election we still will need long-term commitments to help kids in high poverty areas move from #BirthToWork. Adopt the strategies shown in my #Tutor #Mentor article at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/05/enou...
This Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC visual essay shows strategies leaders can adopt to help more youth from high poverty areas move safely through school and into work, with the support of volunteers they meet in organized, tutor, mentor and learning programs.
After viewing the recommendations on the Youth Futures Foundation website view the "Role of Leaders" visual essay and see ideas I've been sharing since late 1990s for business leadership of mentoring, tutoring and #BirthtoWork strategies. drive.google.com/file/d/1AnD6...
Mapping Birth-to-Work Strategies I've used visualizations like this one for more than 20 years to show the need for long-term, birth-to-work strategies, that reach K-12 youth in every high poverty area of Chicago and other places with concentrations of persistent poverty. I included this graphic in a July 2018 article titled "After the march, do the planning". It's one of more than 200 articles posted since 2005 on the Tutor/Mentor blog that focus on "violence" prevention and "planning". My goal is that youth and adults from around the USA are are reading these articles and sharing their interpretations with friends, family and co-workers to help mentor-rich birth-to-work programs grow in every high poverty area of Chicago and other parts of the country.
If you're interested in mapping & sharing strategies that help kids in poverty areas move from #BirthtoWork I'd love to have you follow me and share your own #visualizations, #maps & blog articles. Here's one of mine. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/09/mapp...
I created this graphic in the 1990s to show the ecosystem of businesses, hospitals, universities, faith groups, etc. who should be connected in on-going brainstorming to find and implement better ways to help kids in poverty areas move from #birthtowork. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/09/borr...
