International volunteering and service opportunities

This webinar looks at the range of international volunteering and full-time service corps opportunities. We explore strategies to help students find meaningful opportunities as well as ways to translate those experiences into careers with an international focus.

Topics Include:

• What to look for in a high-quality international service opportunity
• Tips and tools for researching international volunteer opportunities
• How to make volunteering abroad more affordable
  
• Beyond Peace Corps, many international service programs exist that you should know about

Participants will receive a handout with an overview of Idealist's resources as well as a "student-ready" Powerpoint presentation to offer on your campus.

Presenters

As Idealist.org's Director of Volunteerism Initiatives, Erin Barnhart develops and delivers tools, trainings, and resources for volunteers and volunteer resource managers worldwide in order to support meaningful, effective engagement. She serves on both the founding board of the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement and the Oregon Committee on Volunteerism, co-hosts the Volunteers and Technology forum on TechSoup.org, and chairs the National Organizations' Volunteer Network as well as the Effective Practices Workgroup of the Brookings Institution's Initiative on International Volunteering and Service. Erin also coordinates Idealist.org Global Volunteering Fairs and developed and manages Idealist's Volunteer Management Resource Center and International Volunteerism Resource Center.

Amy Potthast is the Manager, Year of Service and Graduate Education Programs at Idealist.org. Amy is Idealist.org's main contact for its year-of-service programs, public service careers podcast, graduate education programs, the Institute on Public Service Careers, and the Portland office internship program. She has volunteered or worked in over 16 nonprofits, schools, and government agencies throughout the United States, in France, and in China. Amy developed and runs Idealist's term-of-service blog, The New Service, and is the author of the forthcoming book, A Service Corps Companion to The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers.

Participants are also invited to attend our International Volunteering and Service Opportunities Expert Panel on April 29th at 1:00 pm EST at no additional cost. During the expert panel webinar, volunteering and term-of-service professionals will talk about ways to help students find the right program opportunity for both their interests and professional aspirations. The panelists are:

• Will Nassau, Program Office for India, American Jewish World Service
• Scott Beale: Executive Director, Atlas Corps
• Kate Kuykendall: Public Relations Specialist, Peace Corps
• Dahm Choi: Director of Admissions & Recruiting, WorldTeach, Center for International Development
  
• Kimberly Bowman: Volunteer Recruitment Advisor, Canadian University Service Overseas - Volunteer Services Overseas (CUSO-VSO)

After you register for the "International volunteering and service opportunities" webinar, you will receive a seperate email with log-in information for the Expert Panel.

We hope that you will invite your colleagues to join you for these events. However, each office should only register once and then join the seminars from one computer.

Cancellation: If you sign up for the webinar and later encounter a scheduling conflict, a full refund will be provided if you cancel by April 8th (5:00 pm PST). Please email us at webinars{at}idealist.org for more information.