University-Level Instruction by Jayne Cravens
I'm available to develop:
 
  • onsite courses
  • online courses
  • one-hour, half-day or full-day workshops
  • multi-day classes
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  • full-semester classes
  • professional development courses
  • under-graduate level courses
  • graduate-level courses

  • I am most interested creating and leading the following university-level courses:


     Examples of My Teaching:

    Training materials and supplemental material for an all-day course on Volunteer Engagement for staff that create opportunities for and supervise volunteers through the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).

    Here is a video of a presentation I did in 2013: Using Internet & Smartphone Apps to Work With Volunteers. This is a 90 minute video of me at a 2013 Corporation for National and Community Service regional conference. It's focused on managers of AmeriCorps, VISTA, SeniorCorps and other national service members, however, it's applicable to any initiative involving volunteers. Because the training was just 90 minutes, I wasn't able to do the group exercises I so like to do, but there is a lot of back and forth with the audience - and I do my best to repeat what people are saying/asking, so it could be on the broadcast (which was live) and the recording. 6:45 is when my oh-so-witty banter starts with the audience. Presentation doesn't really begin until 8:30. First part is a bit draggy - lots of people still coming in. But it picks right up and is a very decent example of how I train. Sorry that the video doesn't pick up the laughs from the terrific audience of about 50 or more people.


    my videos

    There are free online workshops by me, which you can view any time on YouTube, on a variety of volunteer-related subjects - these are more than 45 - 60 minutes long:


    Shorter presentations (all these and more are on YouTube on my channel's training playlist):


    Here are all of my videos of my presentations, either to an onsite audience or to an online audience.


    Please note my freely-available resources regarding


     My teaching experience at universities, and to researchers and practitioners, includes:
    You can see a complete list of classes, workshops and specialized training I've conducted for various organizations and conferences.


    I am open to earning a doctorate in communications, public relations, community engagement or related field to my areas of expertise if I could teach while pursuing the doctorate and receive financial support. I have excellent teaching credentials, a strong drive for research that could lead to scholarly work publishable in refereed journals, a strong drive to keep up-to-date on the latest trends and advances regarding my academic focus areas, a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, a commitment to working with a diverse student population and a strong interest in building opportunities for students and faculty to explore these academic focus areas through volunteering and research themselves.

    If you would like to propose a course for me to design and deliver, please contact me at jayne@coyotebroad.com

     RESEARCH

    You can see my academic / research work at my profile on academia.edu. Most of the academic articles that have cited my work regarding virtual volunteering are listed at my Google Scholar account.

    As time permits, I also research how rumor and myth can derail development or relief efforts, and ways to address such.

     
     PUBLISHED WORK

    You can see my academic / research work at my profile on academia.edu. Most of the academic articles that have cited my work regarding virtual volunteering are listed at my Google Scholar account. My published work and unpublished research work includes.


    I have also published articles in:

    My work has been cited in several books and other publications, including Beyond Police Checks: The Definitive Volunteer & Employee Screening Guidebook by Linda L. Graff, What We Learned (the hard way) About Supervising Volunteers by Jarene Frances Lee and Julia M. Catagnus, published by Energize, Inc, The Career Break Book, published by Lonely Planet; and The Rough Guide To A Better World, published by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Rough Guides; final report of the Subcommittee on Public Outreach for USAID's Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) (my input was re: how to use various Internet tools for ACVFA outreach), Oct. 2008; the 2004 document/proposal E-government Implementation in Lithuania, published by the Kaunas University of Technology Institute of Europe and the UN Online Network in Public Administration and Finance (UNPAN); USAID's Bureau for Global Health newsletter (January 2002); and World Disasters Report 2001: Focus on Recovery by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Before joining UNV/UNDP (see below), my work was cited in the UNDP Gender in Development Programme's Learning & Information Pack: Information, Communication & Knowledge-Sharing, published in 2000 (one of the first UNDP documents addressing this topic).


    My CV, which fully details my professional experience and skills, and my references, are available upon request. You can also read about my core professional competencies and my capacity-building work specifically.

     
     MY TRAINING TO BE A TRAINER

    I received my MSc in Development Management from Open University, in the UK, in December 2005. I received my B.A. in Journalism (with minors in both theater and history) from Western Kentucky University. In 2005, I passed the initial level exam in the Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) (certification for basic abilities in Spanish), and I am currently studying for the next level. I completed the following classes that are part of the Professional Certificate for Nonprofit Management (in the first year it was offered), San José State University (California): Fund Raising, Board Governance & Leadership, Financial Management, Human Resources, and Strategic Planning & Needs Assessments. I have also been trained in planning and evaluation by Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE).


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     Teaching Approach:

    I enjoy teaching, and try to give my classes, online or onsite, a lively, audience-oriented, non-technical feel. I believe a university-level course should focus on capacity-building, so that students have the knowledge and resources to most effectively and efficiently address a program's mission.
    My goal in any course is to give participants tools that they can use immediately and that give them a base on which to further build and improve long after the course is over. I am excited at the possibility of teaching courses and helping to develop curricula that allows students to prepare themselves for the continuing evolution of the work place.

    If you would like to propose a consultation for your organization, please contact me. Please note that I do charge for my consulting and training services. That includes my professional assessment of your soon-to-launch web site, nonprofit, etc.

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     My book: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook

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     Free Resources: Community Outreach, With & Without Tech

     Free Resources: On Community Engagement, Volunteering & Volunteerism

     Free Resources: Technology Tips for Non-Techies

     Free Resources: Nonprofit, NGO & other mission-based management resources

     Free Resources: Web Development, Maintenance, Marketing for non-Web designers

     Free Resources: Corporate philanthropy / social responsibility programs

     Free Resources: For people & groups that want to volunteer
     
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