Use of Visualizations to Share Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategies Developed since 1994

Using Maps and Visualizations to
Communicate Ideas
In 35 years of leading a volunteer-
based tutor/mentor program Dan
Bassill has had plenty of time to
think of ways leading such
programs might be easier. As he
began to try to communicate those
ideas he found many people did
not understand what he was
talking about. So he begin to draw
pictures and create maps to help
communicate these ideas.
This presentation includes some of
these visualizations. Feel free to
create your own interpretations.
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Concept maps and GIS maps are both useful tools.
Daniel F. Bassill
Founder, CEO

Timeline from 1965 - http://tinyurl.com/Timeline1965
The origin of the Tutor/Mentor Institute was in 1965 when employees of the
Montgomery Ward HQ in Chicago began to tutor neighborhood 2nd-6th
grade kids
Dan Bassill first became
involved in 1973
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Growth of Tutor/Mentor Connection since 1993 and
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC since 2011.
Tutor/Mentor Connection Timeline from 1993 - http://tinyurl.com/Timeline1993
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Note: The missions of Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC are exactly the same. It's just a
different tax and funding structure. The T/MI was created as an LLC organization in 2011 when there was no non-
profit structure available to continue the T/MC in Chicago.
From 1993 to 2011 we also led a site-based tutor/mentor program.

Illustration of “mentor rich” program with volunteers from many backgrounds.
This pdf expands on this idea visualized by this graphic: http://tinyurl.com/TQM-visualization
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This graphic visualizes the need for teams to support long-term youth
tutor/mentor programs in all high poverty areas of Chicago.
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This graphic shows goal of helping kids through school and into work
and emphasizes the need for strategic, long-term business involvement.
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The graphic also
emphasizes importance
of the after-5pm time frame,
when business volunteers
are able to make long-term
commitments. This is more
relevant in big cities like
Chicago, where distance makes
school visits difficult.

T/MI goal is that youth & volunteers across the world create interpretations of these graphics
and that strategies piloted since 1993 are adopted in many cities and states.
This is animation was created in 2009 by intern from South Korea,to interpret
the “mentor kids to careers” goal.
View video of this animation at https://youtu.be/5DepHnYZI9k
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Create a page on your own website with work by your students & interns.

Mentoring Youth to Jobs and Careers beyond high school is multi-year process!
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There are many ways to interpret this idea visually.
View Career Pipeline map -
http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Career-Pipeline

This concept map shows support kids need at each grade level as they move from
birth to work. View at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-K-CareerMentoring
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Create your own
version of this cMap.

This concept map shows many of the challenges facing youth and families in high
poverty areas. https://tinyurl.com/ChallengesFacingYouth-TMI
View video showing this animation at https://youtu.be/pRipJPgenFc
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Tutor/Mentor Connection piloted this Four Part Strategy since 1993 to help
volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs reach K-12 youth in more places
View cMap below at http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620203_829663222_30264/strategy.cmap
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View inset version at
http://tinyurl.com/TMI-4-Pt-Strategy

This version of Four Part Strategy cMap shows work that has been done,
and work that still needs to be done.
4-part strategy planning concept map - http://tinyurl.com/TMC-4-part-strategy-planning
The nodes point to a
wiki where each
strategy is being
developed.
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Use these cMaps
as starting points
in building an
intermediary
strategy for your
own city or state.

This graphic shows the
range of information that
can be collected to
support the growth of
volunteer-based
tutor/mentor programs
aimed at helping inner-
city kids through school
and into jobs and
careers.
When Dan Bassill and
other volunteers created
the Tutor/Mentor
Connection in Chicago in
1993, there was no
template to follow.
This graphic shows
information they started
to collect.
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Interns have created their own
presentations to show these ideas. See
this and others at
http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/definit
ion-of-issues/ideasanimation/intern-
strategies
These graphics show the
“knowledge sharing” goals of
the Tutor/Mentor Connection.
This is an on-going effort that
requires the involvement of
many people.

This Map shows categories of information in the Links Library on Tutor/Mentor
Institute, LLC site at https://tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links .
Click on box at bottom
of each of these nodes
to see additional maps
or external websites.
View Library cMap http://tinyurl.com/TMC-library-CMap
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Where are volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs most needed? Why?
Click on these nodes to see
collections of information
related to each topic.
New links are constantly added to the research Section of
the Library. View this cMap at http://tinyurl.com/TMC-library-CMap

This is another example of how youth volunteers and interns can create new
Interpretations of ideas shared on your blogs or websites.
View video to see this animation: https://youtu.be/3SKO5OiERRk
This is animated version of the Resource Map was created in late 2000s by interns
from South Korea via IIT in Chicago.
Run your mouse over these
and get information about
that part of the library.
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Flash animation was
discontinued in 2020
so videos were
created to archive
these animations.

Map created in 2011 to show how Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC intended to support
Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago and in other cities.
See this cMap at http://tinyurl.com/TM-InstitueCMAP
Click on these nodes
to see additional
maps & links.
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This map is aimed at business decision makers and planners. Its goal is to
influence leaders to build long-term support for youth tutor/mentor programs.
See this map at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-WhyShouldBusinessInvest
See workforce development cmap at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-WorkforceDevelopment
Click on these nodes
to see additional maps
& links.
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Share your strategies with the world
This is an
example of how
organizations can
share complex
strategies in on-
line platforms.
This was created
in 2011.
http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers
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Building Learning Communities
The graphics on these pages point to a wide
range of ideas and information. This cannot
be covered in a single reading nor understood
without a context of hands-on involvement.
Thus, our goal is that learning groups, reading
circles, discussion groups, etc. form in
business, churches, colleges, high schools
and civic/social organizations. If one person
invites others to view this information the
same way people come together on a regular
basis to read and understand scripture, or
political ideas, then the information we point
to can be ideas millions of people grow to
understand and apply.
An intern used this as
inspiration for the
featured graphic on
this page.

Without expanding the network of people looking at this information
and building involvement from resource providers, policy makers
and all other stakeholders, the information has limited value.
Visit this page and learn more about social capital and social
network analysis. http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/sna
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This cMap shows the range of volunteer and paid talent needed to help develop the
type of Tutor/Mentor Connection described in the graphics in this presentation.
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC talent needed at http://tinyurl.com/TMCSupportNet
We can’t do this without
help from many others.
This chart represents a wide range of
talent needs to be mobilized to collect
and organize this information and to
help others find and use it.

See other graphics and uses of maps like these.
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See maps and visualizations at www.tutormentorexchange.net and in blog articles
at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com and http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com

Strategy Map communicates commitment leaders need to make to support
mentor-rich programs in multiple locations of Chicago or any other city/state.
View this strategy map at http://tinyurl.com/tmc-strategy-map
Create your own version, with your name/logo in the blue box at the top, showing
Your commitment to this strategy. Share it on your own blog and website.
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Change the future. Create a Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy on a college
campus in your city/state. View invitation from Dan Bassill at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2016/04/reaching-out-to-universities_18.html
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Let Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC help you.
Visit www.tutormentorexchange.net
and http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
and see more maps and graphics and
how they are communicated to
potential users.
Invite Daniel F. Bassill, president of
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to speak
to you our your team (via ZOOM) to
help you understand and integrate
these ideas into your own strategies.
Email – tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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Dan Bassill
On Twitter
@tutormentorteam

If it is to be, it is up to you and me: A mentoring-to-career strategy of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC
(2011-present)
Tutor/Mentor Connection
(1993-present)
www.tutormentorexchange.net
http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media
While our purpose is focused on social good and all income is used to
support our programs our tax structure is not a 501-c-3 non profit.

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