[PDF] Making Volunteering Work eBook

Author : Nina Eliasoph
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1400838827

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An inside look at how community service organizations really work Volunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-depth, humorous, wrenching, and at times uplifting look inside youth and adult civic programs. She reveals an urgent need for policy reforms in order to improve these organizations and shows that while volunteers learn important lessons, they are not always the lessons that empowerment programs aim to teach. With short-term funding and a dizzy mix of mandates from multiple sponsors, community programs develop a complex web of intimacy, governance, and civic life. Eliasoph describes the at-risk youth served by such programs, the college-bound volunteers who hope to feel selfless inspiration and plump up their resumés, and what happens when the two groups are expected to bond instantly through short-term projects. She looks at adult "plug-in" volunteers who, working in after-school programs and limited by time, hope to become like beloved aunties to youth. Eliasoph indicates that adult volunteers can provide grassroots support but they can also undermine the family-like warmth created by paid organizers. Exploring contradictions between the democratic rhetoric of empowerment programs and the bureaucratic hurdles that volunteers learn to navigate, the book demonstrates that empowerment projects work best with less precarious funding, more careful planning, and mandatory training, reflection, and long-term commitments from volunteers. Based on participant research inside civic and community organizations, Making Volunteers illustrates what these programs can and cannot achieve, and how to make them more effective.

Author : Henry Cole
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338290894

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Bestselling illustrator Henry Cole puts animals in sweet and humorous situations to demonstrate the importance of being kind! In this funny picture book, bestselling illustrator Henry Cole shows kids different ways to be kind with his hysterical cartoon animal characters. Each page features a different way to be a good person, like using proper manners, telling someone they are special, or sharing a treat! The text is accompanied by two or three related vignettes of different animals giving examples of ways to be good. And in one illustration out of each set, one animal (like a cat peering into a fishbowl!) may not be doing the best job of being kind! The animal characters and simple text will help readers learn the importance of kindness in a fun way with lots of kid appeal. Our animal friends will show youExactly how it is doneMake sure to look closelyKindness can be very FUN!

Author : Avital Norman Nathman
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1580055036

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In an era of mommy blogs, Pinterest, and Facebook, The Good Mother Myth dismantles the social media-fed notion of what it means to be a "good mother." This collection of essays takes a realistic look at motherhood and provides a platform for real voices and raw stories, each adding to the narrative of motherhood we don't tend to see in the headlines or on the news. From tales of mind-bending, panic-inducing overwhelm to a reflection on using weed instead of wine to deal with the terrible twos, the honesty of the essays creates a community of mothers who refuse to feel like they're in competition with others, or with the notion of the ideal mom—they're just trying to find a way to make it work. With a foreword by Christy Turlington Burns and a contributor list that includes Jessica Valenti, Sharon Lerner, Soraya Chemaly, Amber Dusick and many more, this remarkable collection seeks to debunk the myth and offer some honesty about what it means to be a mother.

Author : Jenny Lynn Friedman
Publisher : Gryphon House, Inc.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781589040120

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Describes a variety of ways that families can get involved in volunteering, despite a busy schedule, and explains the many benefits of volunteering for all ages.

Author : Jayne Cravens
Publisher : Energize, Inc.
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 094057666X

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What is virtual volunteering? It’s work done by volunteers online, via computers, smartphones or other hand-held devices, and often from afar. More and more organizations around the world are engaging people who want to contribute their skills via the Internet. The service may be done virtually, but the volunteers are real! In The LAST Virtual Volunteering Guidebook, international volunteerism consultants Jayne Cravens and Susan J. Ellis emphasize that online service should be integrated into an organization’s overall strategy for involving volunteers. They maintain that the basic principles of volunteer management should apply equally to volunteers working online or onsite. Whether you’re tech-savvy or still a newbie in cyberspace, this book will show you how to lead online volunteers successfully by: -Overcoming resistance to online volunteer service and the myths surrounding it; -Designing virtual volunteering assignments, from micro-volunteering to long-term projects, from Web research to working directly with clients via the Internet; -Adding a virtual component to any volunteer’s service; -Interviewing and screening online volunteers; -Managing risk and protecting confidentiality in online interactions; -Creating online communities for volunteers; -Offering orientation and training via Internet tools; -Recruiting new volunteers successfully through the Web and social media; and -Assuring accessibility and diversity among online volunteers. Cravens and Ellis fervently believe that future volunteer management practitioners will automatically incorporate online service into community engagement, making this book the last virtual volunteering guidebook that anyone has to write!

Author : Tanya Ward Goodman
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 36,69 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0826353673

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When Tanya Ward Goodman came home to New Mexico to visit her dad at the end of 1996, he was fifty-five years old and just beginning to show symptoms of the Alzheimer’s disease that would kill him six years later. Early onset dementia is a shock and a challenge to every family, but the Wards were not an ordinary family. Ross Ward was an eccentric artist and collector whose unique museum, Tinkertown, brought visitors from all over the world to the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque. In this book Tanya tells Ross’s story and her own, sharing the tragedy and the unexpected comedy of caring for this funny, stubborn man who remained a talented artist even as he changed before his family’s eyes.

Author : Mark Stefanick
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 32,1 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1412005272

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Beat out Straight A students · Add quality achievements on your resume · Obtain valuable character references · Save yourself from what could be a lifetime of frustration in a job or industry that does not meet your expectations · Volunteer smarter, not HARDER and do some problem BASHING! · You deserve a copy of this book! "If you're serious about landing a career and being successful, then make sure to read this book. Every school in America should make this book mandatory reading for their students!" - James Malinchak, Contributing Editor Best-Selling Book CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE COLLEGE SOUL Project Sledgehammer, a project of Career Volunteering is a mix of inspiration, motivation, personal stories & goal setting guidelines that offers young adults Career Volunteering opportunities in pursuit of "self-directing" their lives and maximizing their career potential. "Project Sledgehammer is a unique opportunity every student should explore to decide on their field before graduating!" - Tanya Brown Nicole Brown Simpson's Youngest Sister Co-founder, Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation Professional Speaker: Specializing in Life Solution and Relationship Violence Prevention College Student Career Volunteers gain valuable real world experience, resume experience and important character references. If you have experience on their resume, aren't you more likely to get hired?! While doing Career Volunteer work pertaining to your curriculum, add a quality achievement to your resume and beat out students with higher grades! "How important is it for students to get internships, volunteer, or co-op, BEFORE they graduate? Basically, I believe it's more important than graduating with honors or at the top of your class. So, my advice to you is get an internship, volunteer, and/or co-op immediately, like Career Volunteering!" - Joe Martin, America's Top Motivational Professor Author of the Top Selling Books TRICKS OF THE GRADE DECIDE OR DIE: Mastering The Five Most Critical Decisions Of Your Life With all of the negativity bearing down on young adults these days, Stefanick's first book captures why America's youth should contribute and make a difference in their college and hometown communities. Many Career Volunteering opportunities actually save lives. "Project Sledgehammer has DEPTH!" - "Extreme Mike" McKeller, Nationally Recognized Speaker Host: Emmy Nominated Adventure Shows that aired on PBS Mark's decided that involving young adults as everyday heroes with Project Sledgehammer can prod the human race to evolve ONE person at a time. Take a step into a larger world. Read this book & rally to a cause inspired by "FIGHT CLUB!"

Author : David G. Mumby
Publisher : PRTPS
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,22 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN : 9780968217368

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Aimed at college and university students in all major fields of study, this book covers everything one needs to know about how to apply successfully to graduate school in North America.

Author : Emanuel Deutschmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0691226504

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A study of the structure, growth, and future of transnational human travel and communication Increasingly, people travel and communicate across borders. Yet, we still know little about the overall structure of this transnational world. Is it really a fully globalized world in which everything is linked, as popular catchphrases like “global village” suggest? Through a sweeping comparative analysis of eight types of mobility and communication among countries worldwide—from migration and tourism to Facebook friendships and phone calls—Mapping the Transnational World demonstrates that our behavior is actually regionalized, not globalized. Emanuel Deutschmann shows that transnational activity within world regions is not so much the outcome of political, cultural, or economic factors, but is driven primarily by geographic distance. He explains that the spatial structure of transnational human activity follows a simple mathematical function, the power law, a pattern that also fits the movements of many other animal species on the planet. Moreover, this pattern remained extremely stable during the five decades studied—1960 to 2010. Unveiling proximity-induced regionalism as a major feature of planet-scale networks of transnational human activity, Deutschmann provides a crucial corrective to several fields of research. Revealing why a truly global society is unlikely to emerge, Mapping the Transnational World highlights the essential role of interaction beyond borders on a planet that remains spatially fragmented.