Serve America: What Is Your Impact?
Volunteering in the Age of Facebook, YouTube & Twitter
A Millennial Model of Civic Engagement
• Inclusivity, Transparency & Shared Decision Making
• Listen to conversations are existing & integrate into them
• Millennials are social creatures
• Combining forces to achieve goal
A Civic Generation
• The 9/11 Effect• The Age of Obama• A Deep Economic Recession• New Tools of Engagement
ServiceNation Summit
Volunteering in America: 2008
• 61.8 Million Americans volunteered over 8 billion hours, worth an estimated $162 billion
• Half of new volunteers were ages 16-24• 9.8 Million Millennials donated over 1 billion
hours of volunteer time
Youth Volunteerism 2008
A New Era of Service
• President Obama’s Inaugural Address• The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act• United We Serve• 9/11 National Day of Service and
Remembrance • Application Rates for AmeriCorps, City Year
Serve America Act
• Expands Number of National Service Participants to 250,000– Focuses on specific problems by creating new
corps• Expands opportunities to serve for all ages– Service Learning, Volunteer Generation Fund,
Encore Fellowships• Encourages innovation in Nonprofit Sector– Social Innovation Fund
United We Serve
9/11 National Day of Service
Service As A Solution
• Problems must be addressed from the bottom-up; not the top-down
• Cross-sector, public-private partnerships must be forged
• Millennials are leading the way, through social media & Web 2.0 they are communicating about & taking action on issues like never before
myImpact.org
• Engage More Young people in Service• Increase the Effectiveness of Service Programs• Advance Service as a Solution to National
Problems
Connect With Us
• Facebook.com/myImpact• Twitter.com/myImpact– @myImpact– #myImpact
• YouTube.com/myImpactdotorg• Flickr.com/photos/myImpact• [email protected]
Tools for Engaging Volunteers
• Facebook• Twitter• YouTube• Flickr• Ning• Serve.gov & All For Good• Blog, RSS• Mobile Applications
The Conversation: The Art of Listening, Learning Sharing
Facebook-Fan Page
Facebook-Causes
YouTube
Flickr
Ning
Serve.gov
All for Good