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 such as the blog, podcasts, and forums; our various Resource Centers; and ways to help job seekers of any age to use the site.

Topics include:

• Stuff you may already know: the job-search tool, volunteer opportunities, and real-time events
• Web 2.0 Features: Blog and Podcasts and Forums, oh my!
• Resource Centers: A ridiculous quantity of good stuff (that's all free!)
  
• A job seeker's guide to how to use Idealist.org

Participants will receive a handout with an overview of Idealist's resources as well as a "student-ready" Powerpoint presentation to offer on your campus.

Presenters:

Meg Busse is the Director of the Nonprofit Career Transitions Program at Idealist.  She is the author of The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-Time Job Seekers and works primarily with students who are seeking their first jobs after college.  One of the best parts of her work is that she gets to travel around the country talking with students and career advisors about nonprofit career opportunities in general, and in particular about the fact that any job that's in the for-profit sector is also available in the nonprofit sector (even stockbroker).

Steven Pascal-Joiner is the Director of the Career Transitions Program at Idealist. He works with professionals in career transition and is the author of The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers. He is also the manager of the Mid-Career Transitions Resource Center. He speaks nationally to both nonprofit job seekers with previous work experience as well as those career services professionals who counsel them.

"Welcome to Idealist" webinar participants are also invited to attend our Expert Panel on February 25th at 1:00 pm 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
  

After you register for the "Welcome to Idealist" webinar, you will receive a seperate email with log-in information for the Expert Panel.

We hope that you will invite your colleagues to join you for these events. However, each office should only register once and then join the seminars from one computer.

Cancellation: If you sign up for the webinar and later encounter a scheduling conflict, a full refund will be provided if you cancel by February 11th (5:00 pm PST). Please email us at webinars{at}idealist.org for more information.