Summary of Community Service Workshop Ideas

Dear colleagues:
Below is a summary of your ideas about community service workshops for
students and student leaders.  It is divided as follows:
- useful websites suggested by you
- individuals to contact with relevant expertise
- your direct input (from past workshops, surveys, etc.)

I filtered the information and edited some details based on my follow-up
to your responses.  Thanks to all contributors. 
Acknowledgement and contact information of contributors is
included.  Hope this is still helpful to folks for the coming
academic year!

All the best, 
Stephanie King
Community Service Coordinator
University of Wisconsin - Madison
smking2@facstaff.wisc.edu
(608) 265-4163

Websites:

Check out:  Five Critical Elements of Effective Service. This
information was put together by COOL.  This info can be found in
greater detail at:
http://www.cool2serve.org/about/faq.htm
contributed by:
Kimberly Lane
Michigan Campus Compact, Assistant Director of Student Development
Michigan Nonprofit Association, Associate Director of Development
29 Kellogg Center
East Lansing, MI 48824
517/353-9393
lanekimb@msu.edu 

Check: http://www.alternativebreaks.org/
BreakAway's information for developing site leaders. They specialize in training leaders for Alternative Spring Breaks and their materials would easily be adaptable for campus groups.
contributed by: Janet Eyler <janet.s.eyler@vanderbilt.edu> 

Individuals to Contact with Relevant Experience:

Diane Podolske, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, dpodolske1@unl.edu, 402-472-2454. Diane did a presentation entitled, "The end of the hot-tub-a-thon: Applying service learning principles to greek philanthropy". She was working on a guide book but not sure if it has been printed.

Marilyn Fordham at the National Panhellenic Conference. She is the chair of the educational development department. She presented a workshop at a recent conference called 
"Volunteerism, service and learning: What we can learn from women's 
fraternities." Contact information not available.
Diane and Marilyn's information contributed by:
Tammy Bean 
Community Service Program Coordinator 
Ulrich Student Center 
39 University Drive 
Bethlehem, PA 18015 
610-758-5445 
610-758-6692 (fax)

"I've presented a number of training events both in state and for the Corporation in other parts of the country designed for college campus leadership in community service.  If you could tell me what you are looking for more explicitly I may be able to help. I would be happy to send you what I have developed and "borrowed."
David Morton <JMorton843@aol.com> 

Robert G. Bringle, Ph.D. 
Director, IUPUI Center for Service and Learning 
Professor of Psychology 
402 North Blackford Street 
Indianapolis, IN 46202 
317-274-6753 
* Has a handout for students organizing community service activities.  

Your Direct Input:

I sent a survey to student orgs that focus on service (and included some larger groups and specified Service/Phil. Chair), and asked them to check off areas they would like assistance (I provided them with different topics to select from). High results were from: 
Publicity 
Fundraising 
Networking 
Ideas for Service 
Org. Support 
Recruitment 
I am in the Campus Inv. Office, so I work with the Stu. Org coordinator, which aids dialogue about what we are hearing from stu. orgs, and where we see the needs. 
Peter W. Lafferty
Coordinator for Leadership Development
and Community Service
Office of Campus Involvement
Bowling Green State University
204 South Hall
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
Phone: 419/372-2343
Fax: 419/372-0455
pwlaffe@bgnet.bgsu.edu
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/getinvolved/index.html

Here are some ways that we have trained service advocates who work in 
our office and student leaders who plan service projects/programs:
1. A two-day service immersion experience where we talk about PARE 
(Preparation, Action, Reflection, Evaluation) in detail and then do 
service as a model. We include in that session on relevant topics such 
as diversity, what is good service, leading reflection, etc. If you want 
further information I can send you sample outlines, etc.
2. A student of mine created a simulation activity that makes students 
have to set-up a service project. In groups they are given different 
tasks (e.g., reserve vans, contact the agency, get a room reservation, 
etc.)which they have to do in a given time. At the end of the game the 
students are given a packet which has an unexpected problem (the agency 
calls saying they need more volunteers or don't need the group, it snows 
on the day you are supposed to leave, the van rental didn't go through, 
etc.) to tackle. At the end the groups share what they were supposed to 
have accomplished and how they dealt with the challenges and what they 
did well.
3. We have done 1 hour sessions with groups to help them plan service 
projects - going over PARE and then having them in groups going through 
all the different steps (we provide them with a sample time line and 
challenges to expect).
contributed by: 
Megan Cooperman 
Coordinator, Community Service Involvement and Leadership 
University of Maryland 
Commuter Affairs and Community Service 
1195 Stamp Student Union 
College Park, MD 20742 
p: 301.405.0741 
f: 301.314.9874 
http://www.umd.edu/csp

Some of the things we've been tossing around in our office about including in those workshops are: 
- a section on why people volunteer
- what people gain by volunteering
- how students can use our Center for Volunteerism and Service-Learning to find projects, track hours, take care of paperwork (liability,etc.), and really just letting them know that we're there to help then along the way if they need it. 
Kim Crimmins 
University of Idaho Volunteer Coordinator 
PO Box 442535 
Moscow, ID 83844-2535 
(208)885-9442 
kimcr@sub.uidaho.edu