Date: November 16–18, 2009
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Title: Youth Success Strategies Conference
Sponsor: Georgia Parental Information and Resource Center and the Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Project in partnership with Communities in Schools of Georgia
Description: Workshop highlights will include Train the Mentor Trainer; Caregiver's Choice: Working with Children of Prisoners; Service Learning: Hunger and Homelessness; Service Learning: Peer Tutoring; Youth Influence in Media Madness; Search Institute 40 Developmental Assets; The Games That Children Play; The Power of One; and Helping Families Survive and Thrive Around 9 to 5. Featured speakers and presenters will include James Conway, a senior youth trainer representing Search Institute; Rory Edwards, president of Edwards Educational Consulting, LLC; Marc Fomby, chief executive officer and founder of FTC Prevention Services; Byron V. Garrett, chief executive officer of the PTA national office; Dr. Marion Howard, professor in the School of Medicine at Emory University; Cathryn Berger Kaye, service learning consultant and author of The Complete Guide to Service Learning; Dr. Stephen Sroka, an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, author, teacher, and educational consultant; and Dr. Susan Weinberger, president of the Mentor Consulting Group.
For more information: http://www.cisga.org/youthsuccessconf.php

Date: December 4, 2009
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Title: Mentor Kenosha & Racine 2009 Annual Mentor Conference: Growing Youth Resiliency
Sponsor: Mentor Kenosha & Racine
Description: The conference builds on Mentor Kenosha & Racine's recent major grant award from the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to expand mentoring in area middle schools. Additional workshop topics include program capacity building, preparing youth for the workforce, juvenile justice and gang discussion panels, Mentor Kenosha & Racine program certification, and connecting schools with mentoring programs. The conference will also include networking opportunities at an Appreciative Inquiry Lunch and an end of day "schmoozing" and book signing session. Internationally renowned resiliency author and educator Nan Henderson will deliver the conference keynote address, titled, "Mentoring for Resiliency: Building 'Bounce Back' Kids." Ms. Henderson will also lead workshops that will provide practical applications of resiliency principles.
For more information: http://www.uwp.edu/departments/community.partnerships/documents/MKRConference.doc

Date: January 21–22, 2010
Location: Redwood Shores, California
Title: Youth Mentoring 2.0: The Impact of Technology on Programs and Relationships
Sponsor: Friends for Youth
Description: From program management to volunteer recruitment, from mentor screening to match monitoring, from how mentors communicate with program staff to how they communicate with their mentees, and from agency marketing to soliciting donors, new technology can have a direct effect on youth mentoring programs. This year, Friends for Youth addresses some of these aspects of how technology—such as online program management systems, social networking tools, and Web marketing—either helps or hinders youth mentoring relationships and the programs that support them. The goal is for participants to walk away with concrete tools and practical suggestions to easily implement into their new or existing programs, making both attendees and their programs stronger and better able to serve their communities.
Web site: http://www.friendsforyouth.org/MentoringInstitute.html
For more information: info@mentoringinstitute.org or 650-559-0200