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		<title>Graduating AmeriCorps Members and Career Transition Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a course in training needs assessment, I have been researching the career transitions needs of AmeriCorps members in Oregon the past couple of months. So far I&#8217;ve: looked at extant data, including past pre-workshop surveys, interview transcripts, and studies like Diana Epstein&#8217;s The Long-Term Impacts of AmeriCorps on Participants and conducted a pilot study, specifically <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4867&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three financial aid resources for people in public service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 16:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in a public service career and carrying—or considering—student debt, your life just got a little easier. Here are three resources to help you navigate your repayment options: 1. AskHeatherJarvis.com Heather Jarvis is a national expert on public service loan forgiveness who contributed to student debt relief policy for the House Education Committee <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4845&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Lara Galinsky of Echoing Green, &#8220;Heart + head = hustle&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Lara Galinsky, Senior Vice President of Echoing Green, is launching an inspiring career guide for social impact work called Work on Purpose. We interviewed Lara about her new book. Click here to listen now! Each chapter of Work on Purpose asks key questions for career seekers; illustrates the impact of these questions in <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4847&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Shirley Sagawa, Volunteerism Visionary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to hear insight from the &#8220;founding mother of the modern service movement&#8221;? You&#8217;re in luck: our newest podcast is up now! For National Volunteer Week, I interviewed Shirley Sagawa, author of The American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers and Transforming America. During the first Clinton administration, Shirley drafted the legislation that <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4859&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three volunteering ideas that fit your busy life</title>
		<link>http://thenewservice.org/2011/04/14/three-volunteering-ideas-that-fit-your-busy-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteering offers benefits to communities and individuals and the volunteer. Studies show volunteers benefit mentally and physically, and report increased happiness due to stronger social ties. But it&#8217;s also often presented in popular media as an activity for youth and for people who&#8217;ve retired from their careers. What about all the people in between? In honor <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4849&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AmeriCorps is getting things done &#8211; but for how long?</title>
		<link>http://thenewservice.org/2011/03/04/americorps-is-getting-things-done-but-for-how-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of today, it sounds like legislation that allows the U.S. federal government to fund all programs at 2010 levels will expire in a couple of weeks. Background In order to continue funding programs like AmeriCorps and HeadStart, Congress must come together to pass a new budget. Soon the Senate will look to pass a <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4851&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go-to Resources for Meaningful Careers in Each Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plotting your next career move? Here&#8217;s a sampling of comprehensive go-to resources from the career experts in each sector: corporate citizenship, government, or nonprofit. Corporate citizenship careers Net Impact&#8217;s Corporate Careers that Make a Difference is a guide to pursuing a career in corporate citizenship either by pushing the boundaries in a more traditional corporate <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4854&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspire Fellow Finds Support + Guidance to Jump Sectors (and You Can Too)</title>
		<link>http://thenewservice.org/2011/02/18/inspirefellows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post contributed by Maurice Matthews, Inspire Fellow. Do you want to know how to make the jump from the corporate sector into the non-profit space? The short answer is: there is no one way to make the jump, but it can be a great experience if you take time to understand yourself and find <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4837&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Battle in the House over the Continued Existence of AmeriCorps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the House kill the Corporation for National and Community Service? The battle According to Voices for National Service, this week the U.S. House of Representatives begins consideration of H.R. 1, a Continuing Resolution that will fund the last 7 months of Fiscal Year 2011 and eliminate AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Learn &#38; Serve America and the Volunteer Generation <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4827&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Newish Service Corps Recruiting Right Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Potthast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovative national service and fellowship programs focus creatively to solve serious social and environmental problems in our communities. At the same time, programs offer participants a chance to learn new technical and people skills, develop new social networks, and become part of a solution. Currently, there are hundreds of diverse service corps working around the <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenewservice.org&amp;blog=4192669&amp;post=4857&amp;subd=thenewservice&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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