Archive for the ‘ Boston University Community Service Center ’ Category
Today as I was volunteering in Cambridge for BU’s Global Day of Service, I tweeted from my site what I was doing. It was then that I had a stroke of genius (or so I thought): what if, as a volunteer, I could check in to the service project on Foursquare? What would it mean [ READ MORE ]
For the past academic year, I’ve served as the man behind the social media curtain for BU’s Community Service Center on Twitter, Facebook and our blog. Besides juggling all that happens in a Center with 13 different programs and a busy events schedule, perhaps the most challenging part of my job has been incorporating the [ READ MORE ]
Last night, the post celebration for Boston University Alternative Spring Breaks was held for all 425+ volunteers, coordinators, chaperones and staff members. The event was a success by every measure; high turnout (via social network promotion, and general group communication), great speeches, music & slideshow featuring pictures from every trip and a huge amount of [ READ MORE ]
I found this insightful article on Human Resource Executive Online: The conventional wisdom on the campuses of elite universities used to be that the nonprofit sector could never compete for top job seekers against organizations that promised meteoric career paths such as big-name Wall Street players or respected consulting firms. But that was before the [ READ MORE ]
The original post “Tweets from the Road” vanished from my blog, so I’ll try to summarize it here: Two weeks ago, volunteers from Boston University Alternative Spring Breaks shared their experiences in a whole new way: on Twitter. Tweets from all over the country and Puerto Rico were linked by the #BUASB10 tag. Twitter enabled [ READ MORE ]
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