NSIP Webinar Announcement: Effective Practices in
Creating a Transformative Service Experience
Date: April
25th, 2012
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm EST (2:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM
Mountain, 12:00 PM Pacific)
Service has the potential to be a powerful experience in
an individual’s life and can help them move into employment, post secondary
education, or other civic engagement activities. The National Service to
Employment Project (NextSTEP) has identified the practices that contribute to a
positive service experience as well as successful post service opportunities.
Over the course of this discussion, speakers Sheila Fesko, Senior Research
Fellow, and Nancy Keeler, Training Associate, of NextSTEP we will review the
practices and draft tools that can serve as resources to implement in the
field. Individuals participating in the webinar will have the opportunity to
provide feedback on these tools and help craft information regarding creating
meaningful member experiences.
Specifically, you will learn about:
-The research process to identify effective practices of
member engagement leading to successful post service experiences for
individuals with and without disabilities.
-The roles and responsibilities of individual service
members, service programs, and partner organizations that both ensure an
effective service match and experience and support the individual’s goals.
-The strategies and tools to help individuals as well as
programs make a more informed choice of a service program and engage in service
in why that contributes to their future.
To register for this event, please email roxy.rocker@umb.edu by 12:00 PM EST on
Tuesday, April 24th with the following info:
-Name
-Organization
-Email
-Phone
-If you require CART* to participate, please also
indicate that in your email.
Please note: We will send out confirmation emails by
Tuesday afternoon, April 24th with instructions on how to sign into the web
conference.
*CART service provides instantaneous translation of the
speech text using real-time software. Teleconference participants receive
caption services over the web. This is an accommodation we provide to
participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
Sheila Fesko has 25 years of experience working on the
inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the workplace. As the director of
NextSTEP, Sheila is working with the Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS) on increasing employment opportunities for youth with
disabilities through community service and volunteerism. Areas of her research
include inclusion of people with disabilities in the general workforce
development system, effective job development strategies, and universal
strategies to support inclusion of all employees in the workplace.
Nancy Keeler works as a training associate with NextSTEP
for the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of
Massachusetts-Boston. As part of
NextSTEP, Nancy facilitates two policy model demonstrations, trains at national
conferences, and collaborates with the business community on service to
employment. Prior to working for ICI,
Nancy was an AmeriCorps VISTA with a Community Development Financial
Institution in central Pennsylvania. She holds a Bachelors of Arts from Roanoke
College in Economics and Art History.
The National Service to Employment Project (NextSTEP) is
funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (Cooperative
agreement #09TAHMA001). NextSTEP is a collaboration of the Institute for
Community Inclusion (ICI) at UMass Boston; the State Employment Leadership
Network of the National Association of State Directors of Developmental
Disabilities Services and the ICI; and the US Business Leadership Network.
The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) is training
and technical assistance provider on disability inclusion, under a cooperative
agreement (#08TAHMA001) from Corporation for National and Community Service
(CNCS). NSIP partners with the Association on University Centers on Disability,
National Council on Independent Living, Association on Higher Education and
Disability and National Down Syndrome Congress to build connections among
disability organizations and all CNCS grantees, to increase the participation
of people with disabilities in national service.
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