Community-Based

Webinar: Fundraising for Community Technology

Angelaw — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:32:21 -0600

Don’t miss this myth-busting and informative session on where money really comes from for Community Technology programs and activities.

*Offered by Susan Howlett, an expert in nonprofit fundraising.
*Learn eye-opening facts about the best sources of funding, and how to approach donors and funders to set up a win-win situation.

The Institute on Global Service-Learning at Cornell University

Angelaw — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:11:01 -0600

The Institute on Global Service-Learning offers faculty, administrators and practitioners an unique opportunity to learn about global service-learning pedagogy, theory, program models, institutional support and scholarship. The Institute seeks to foster greater collaboration and dialogue among participants who are interested in advancing global service-learning theory and practice.

Registration is limited to 80 participants. Institutional teams are encouraged.

This year, the Institute is organized into three topical modules:

* Pedagogy, Program Models, Tools and Design

Through a Civic Lens: Strengthening Higher Education from Classroom to Community

Angelaw — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:33:06 -0600

On April 1, 2009, faculty, staff, administrators, students and community partners will gather in Burlington, Vermont to examine the ways campuses can use service, service-learning and civic engagement to enhance various outcomes in higher education regarding such topics as student learning, diversity, residential life, retention, global citizenship, community building, sustainability, alcohol use, student engagement and more.

Featuring:

SLICE (Service-Learning Ideas and Curricular Examples)

corik — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:05:21 -0500

This is the newest tool from Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. It's an easy-to-search database with hundreds of high quality service-learning lesson plans, syllabi, and project ideas. Access project plans to organize service-learning in school or out of school, with youth of all ages. Take a look at this powerful new tool by visiting the website at SLICE.

Community-Based Service-Learning: Starter Kit

pingv — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:18 -0500

Comprehensive CD-ROM that contains practical tools and helpful information for community-based service-learning practitioners. Focuses specifically on planning, developing, and assessing service-learning projects and programs. Created by the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse and developed in partnership with Learn and Serve America and the Points of Light Foundation.

Engaging Students in Communities

maryh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:15:07 -0500

Student involvement in service and service-learning produces valuable benefits to local communities and enables young people to become proactive members of society, while also experiencing the mutual benefit gained from such involvement. … Schools — both K–12 and postsecondary — as well as community-based and other service-learning programs provide useful places for engaging students in volunteer opportunities and in helping them start off on a solid path toward a lifetime of service and civic participation.

Assessing potential partnerships with community-based organizations

pingv — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:58:59 -0500

Many national service programs seek to expand their efforts by leveraging additional volunteers within the communities they serve. This effective practice, submitted by Hands On Network in August 2006, aids programs in determining the strength of potential partnerships with community service organizations in creating volunteer projects.