The 'Be the Change' Program is a week-long intensive course designed to train individuals how to become change agents in communities around the world. This is the program for you if you would like to:
* Start a non-profit/charity organization
* Get a job with a non-profit/charity
* Start a social enterprise or project
* Or if you just want to learn more about the field of Social Entrepreneurship and /or International Development
The Be the Change week long program is led by Colin Salisbury, Founder and CEO of Global Volunteer Network, and one of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. Recently Bill Gates recognized Colin's work by recommending that young people volunteer with Global Volunteer Network. Assistant facilitators of this program are each social entrepreneurs in their own right.
Facilitators, including Colin Salisbury, live in the Be The Change House with the participants during the course and spend the entire week with group. The week starts with a discussion about how each participant wants to contribute to social change. From there, facilitators will take the group through a series of workshops designed to address the skills needed to start a nonprofit organization, development project and /or social enterprise. The workshops are flexible and the facilitators will focus each workshop on those skills that will most benefit the group as a whole.
The workshops include:
* Marketing: How to Tell Your Story
* Website Production- Get online
* Communications- What is your message and who is your audience?
* Fundraising- How to raise money for your cause
* Social Enterprise vs. Nonprofit- Who's doing what?
* Skill/Passion Identification- How are you wired?
* United Nations: Who does what and how can I work there?(Jamaica program only)
The Be The Change program is available from:
* March 14-21, 2010 – Runaway Bay, Jamaica
* May 21-28, 2010 – Tuscany, Italy
* November 21-28, 2010 – Taupo,
New Zealand
Volunteers for the Be The Change course must:
* Be 18 years old or over
* Be from a country that will allow them to obtain a Visa to come to New Zealand, Australia or the USA (depending) such as: countries in North or South America, UK, Europe, Japan, China, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, or Australia
* Be proficient in English
* Possess initiative and an enthusiasm for learning about social entrepreneurship and willing to be an active participant in workshops.
* Be willing to brainstorm and choose an idea or project to work on while you are on the course (more information about this process will be provided to you after you have signed up).
Visit
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/newzealand/be_the_change for more information and details on the costs of this program.
If you have any questions please contact us at
info@volunteer.org.nz
* The Global Volunteer Network offers volunteer opportunities in community projects throughout the world. We currently provide volunteer programs through our partner organizations in Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, South Dakota, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam.
