Welcome to the home of Idealist's webinar series. Our webinars are designed to help career service professionals at institutions of higher learning to understand and speak to the unique issues around the nonprofit career search. In the spring of 2009, we will be offering our first series in order to provide greater accessibility to nonprofit-specific career search information. In this webinar series, we will employ a train-the-trainer approach, with all information being directly applicable to a diverse range of campuses and students as well as connected to curricula for use in your office. Each month, we will also be including an Expert Panel with guest professionals who can speak to how they most effectively use Idealist.
The key benefits for career service professionals:
Access to up-to-date, nonprofit-specific career search information.
Tools and exercises that you can use with your students after the webinars. This includes resource lists and Powerpoint presentations targeted at students.
Opportunities for networking with career service peers from campuses across the country through Idealist Groups and associated forums.
Time to ask questions of and provide feedback to the presenters both during the presentation and afterward.
Cost: Each webinar costs $85 and includes a complementary Expert Panel later in the month. That breaks down to a very reasonable $42.50 per session.
Registration and payment: Registration and payment for the webinars are handled by Eventbrite, an online registration system. In the schedule below, you'll find links beneath the description of each webinar—simply follow one of these links to register for a webinar.
Cancellation: If you sign up for the webinar and later encounter a scheduling conflict, a full refund will be provided up to one week before the webinar. Please email us at webinars{at}idealist.org for more information.
Schedule of upcoming webinars
Thursday, March 19 – 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST What job seekers need to know about the nonprofit sector
This webinar explores the important nuts and bolts of the nonprofit sector and its hiring process. We discuss the resource barriers (fiscal and human resource constraints); the frequency with which nonprofits hire and recruit through their internal network; and ways for job seekers to get involved and strengthen their candidacy.
March Expert Panel: Career services expert panel March 24, 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST "What job seekers need to know" webinar participants are also invited to attend our Expert Panel on March 24 at 1:00p.m. EST for no additional charge. During this expert panel webinar, career service professionals from schools who counsel students from a broad range of majors talk about unique ways they use Idealist and other resources to help their students find nonprofit careers. The panelists are:
Dee Thompson: Director, Portland State University Career Center
Bill Alberta: Associate Director, Cornell University Career Services
Greg Hatch: Assistant Director, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Career Center
Nancy Paul: Director, Binghamton University Career Development Center
Wednesday, April 15 – 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST International volunteering and service opportunities
This webinar looks at the range of international volunteering and full-time service corps opportunities. We explore strategies to help students find meaningful opportunities as well as ways to translate these experiences into careers with an international focus.
April Expert Panel: International volunteerism and service expert panel April 29, 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST Volunteering and term-of-service professionals talk about ways to help students find the right program opportunity for both their interests and professional aspirations. The panelists are:
Lani Santo: Senior Program Officer, American Jewish World Service
Scott Beale: Executive Director, Atlas Corps
Kate Kuykendall: Public Relations Specialist, Peace Corps
Dahm Choi: Director of Admissions & Recruiting, WorldTeach, Center for International Development
Kimberly Bowman: Volunteer Recruitment Advisor, Canadian University Service Overseas - Volunteer Services Overseas (CUSO-VSO)
Thursday, May 14 – 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST Passion is not enough: Tips to leverage your passion and professional experience into a nonprofit career
This webinar is designed for career service professionals who work with alumni. We discuss ways to help experienced professionals use Idealist tools in their job searches as well as resources that career service offices can offer to this audience.
May Expert Panel: Alumni career services expert panel May 27, 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST Alumni career service professionals and other experts from the field will talk about best practices for working with alumni, resources that they use to make their job easier, and other tips to help your alumni with a limited amount of time and money. The panelists are:
Linda Arra: Director, LaFayette College Career Services Center
Carter Hopkins: Director, University of Virginia Alumni Career Services Center
Colleen Soto: Assistant Director, DePaul University Alumni Relations
Donna Davidson: Executive Search Director, The Bridgespan Group
David Bank: Vice-President, Civic Ventures
Laura Gassner Otting: Founder and President of Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. Author of Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector
Wednesday, February 18 – 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST Welcome to Idealist
This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the Idealist website. We explore the job, organization, internship, and volunteer tools; our "Web 2.0" features like the blog, podcasts, and forums; our various Resource Centers; and ways to help job seekers of any age to use the site.
February Expert Panel: Career services expert panel February 25, 1:00p.m. EST/10:00a.m. PST "Welcome to Idealist" webinar participants are also invited to attend our Expert Panel on February 25 at 1:00p.m. EST for no additional charge. During this expert panel webinar, career service professionals from Liberal Arts schools talk about unique ways they use Idealist and other resources to counsel their students about nonprofit careers. The panelists are:
Minda Heyman: Director, Lewis and Clark College Center for Career & Community Engagement
Joe Du Pont: Director, Brandeis University Hiatt Career Center
Valinda Lee: Career Counselor, Scripps College Career Center
Will Simpkins: Program Director, Community & Diversity Initiatives, New York City Civic Engagement Program, Career Development, Barnard College
