Posts Tagged ‘ National Conference on Volunteering and Service ’
Actress Kerry Washington, representing L'Oreal, presented the Daily Points of Light Award just now to Cindy Kerr in the lead up to the opening session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Cindy Kerr, founder of ConKerr Cancer, has made over 90,000 pillow cases for kids sufferin[ READ MORE ]
Today, the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) starts today! This year, for the first time, Conference organizers announced last night that they're offering a live webcast of a couple of the events this week so that people who can't be in the room can still see what's going on and pose questions to the speakers. Learn more & register by following the hyperlinked text below [ READ MORE ]
At that National Conference on Volunteering and Service this week, look for the Idealist Career Center in the Third Floor Exhibit Space, near the escalators and against the wall. Monday through Wednesday, we'll have staff on hand for one-on-one or small-group conversations about careers, as well as a series of 30-minute workshops to address specific topics. All of these are free to attend, and no reservation is required[ READ MORE ]
Next week at NCVS, in addition to blogging & helping staff the Idealist Career Center on the Third Floor Exhibit Hall, I'll be offering a workshop for service corps program directors and team leaders called "Incorporating Career Transitions Throughout the Term of Service." My workshop will take place first thing Wednesday morning as part of the NCVS events at the Moscone Center — and I am looking forward to seeing a room full of wide awake, rearing to go participants. The idea behind the workshop is that preparing corps members for their career transition out of your program benefits both your program and the members themselves. With this workshop, participants can explore the components of an effective career transitions support strategy, and share effective practices with each other and me. Because I learned how to train people as a Peace Corps Volunteer in China (where I taught English [ READ MORE ]
NCVS is next week in San Francisco, and will bring together 4,000 volunteer and service leaders from around the country — and world. The National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors. Co-convened by Points of Light Institute[ READ MORE ]
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