IMPACT Conference

Posted by on March 05, 2012

Register today at http://www.impactconference.org/register-2/.

The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest gathering in the country focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action. Building on the rich 26-year tradition of the COOL Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, IMPACT is the one time during the year when students, administrators, faculty, AmeriCorps members and VISTAs, and nonprofit professionals gather together to share resources and exchange stories.

The 2012 IMPACT National Conference is hosted once again at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from March 29-April 1, 2012.

To register for IMPACT 2012 please visit http://www.impactconference.org/register-2/.

IMPACT 2012 will showcase a variety of workshops at all levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) surrounding these themes:

Building and Sustaining Campus-based Community Service Programs: These workshops will focus on the sharing of best practices and models to create and sustain an infrastructure for community-based service programs, especially those that are student-led.  Topics of particular interest include: program structure, recruitment, retention, training, service activity design, evaluation, reflection, funding and campus support.

Issue Me Change: These workshops explore the issues to develop the awareness, knowledge, and skills to necessary to impact social change; they can also include ways in which different campuses have taken action to address these issues. Topics of particular interest include: Sustainability, Political Participation and Action, Economics, Immigration, Corporate and Consumer Responsibility, Human Trafficking and Social Entrepreneurship.

Career Development and Professional Skills: These workshops develop the skills needed for socially conscious careers in today’s economic and political times, including topics such as: assessment, grant and proposal writing, intercultural communications, advocacy, leadership, and networking. These workshops may also provide opportunities to explore differing paths into the social justice field, such as non-profit organizations, corporations, social entrepreneurs, grassroots organizations, and policy writing.

Administrators Track: These workshops are geared toward professionals in the field of civic engagement and will focus on hot topics within service learning and community engagement in higher education. Participants will have the opportunity to network with other administrators to discuss issues and develop or refine their skills.

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