Recruiting Host Organizations for Future Changemakers
Campus Compact Program AmeriCorps Member serving at College for Social Innovation
Background
College for Social Innovation partners with
colleges and universities in the New
England area and social sector
organizations to bring students to Boston
for semester for meaningful and hands on
experiences in their field of interest.
Our mission: Educate and Inspire the
next generation of Problem Solvers
Project Goals
Engage with new and current organizations
through outreach and recruitment and
piloting a learning community of
organizations.
● Creating a recruitment and
engagement plan
● Asset mapping organizations in the
area
● Holding information sessions and
1:1 sessions with organizations
● Hosting events to engage with
current organizations and
prospective organizations
● Working closely with other teams to
understand the needs of
prospective students and adapting
to their needs
By: Avery Monroe; Boston, MA
Anti Poverty Focus Impact Challenges and Takeaways
● Researched and Asset mapped organizations in the 3 issue areas below (listed in my VAD) who have an anti poverty
focus. ● Getting in contact with people who have
● Created a long lasting living document to use as an outreach plan including cold outreach, outreach tapping into my limited capacity
connections, and events
● Getting people to virtual events
● Supported organizations with an Anti Poverty Focus in building capacity at their organizations by supporting them in
● Finding organizations that fit the needs of
hosting one of our Fellows
students and catering my search
Capacity Building Impact
As the first AmeriCorps Member with CFSI, I was the first person to focus solely on Host Organization recruitment which is a vital part of
the work we do. Without someone in this role, there is nobody to focus on just the relationship building. In this role, I was able to make COVID-19 Impact
sure I could connect with organizations doing meaningful work and who needed or wanted more support to complete various projects. ● Created Covid Friendly events for
During a time when so many organizations are looking for support and capacity building, but don’t have the money or resources to hire
a full time employee, we received 125 positions in the Fall (our largest applicant pool) and 104 positions in the Spring. Students were organizations to participate in
able to fill these positions at organizations that fit their interests, and complete incredibly meaningful work with them. We were able to ● Many organizations who needed support
do this through: got it during a time when they may have
● Cross departmental collaboration had to let go of full time staff members
● Hosting information sessions
● Putting on networking and skill building events
● Working with partner organizations to put on events
● Working on Asana and Google Drive to build up systems and track progress against goals
● Creating a document to be used as a guide for recruitment and enrollment for incoming employees Recommendations
● Work in collaboration with colleagues
on other teams, it closes the gap for
error
● Think of your goals at the beginning,
but be open to them changing
throughout
● Work on a system/website that helps
Number of you project manage well
● Use an activities tracker to track
Organizations events and contacts
recruited in VAD ● Make sure that contacts know your
issue areas team members early on to aid in later
transferring of relationships