National School-Based Mentoring Conference

Posted by on May 14, 2007

National School-Based Mentoring Conference Coming Soon…
Just one week left for early lift-off pricing!

When: June 13-14, 2007

Where: InterContinental Kansas City Hotel at the Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.*

*Reduced conference rate for hotel bookings ends May 21st (more info)

Theme: Mission Possible: A Caring Mentor for Every Student

Once again, this year?s conference agenda offers a thought-provoking lineup of speakers, including:

* Dr. Sally Ride, former astronaut and first woman in space
* Kevin Carroll, author of Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: Find and Sustain Your Life?s Work
* Dr. Susan Weinberger (aka ?Dr. Mentor?), international authority on mentoring
* Dr. Michael Karcher, leading researcher of school-based and cross-age peer mentoring, as well as on adolescent connectedness and pair counseling
* Also back by popular demand: David Adkins, conference emcee!

This is the conference participants call awesome ? the must-attend event for school-based mentoring professionals, educators, community supporters, researchers, funders and mentors?everyone who sees the promise of school-based mentoring as a strategy to close the mentoring gap and help young people succeed. Our mission: information, inspiration and fun!

http://mentormap.org/

For more information, contact Melissa Gingell at gingell@youthfriends.org or by calling:
1-877-842-7082 toll free
816-842-7082 telephone
816-842-7907 fax