AmeriCorps Considers Social Networking
By Allan Holmes | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | 01:15 PM
By Allan Holmes | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | 01:15 PM
The following item was posted by Government Executive's Jill Aitoro.
AmeriCorps, a network of local, state, and national service programs, is considering jumping into social networking. According to Matt Harmon, Webmaster for the Corporation for National and Community Service, social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are perfect venues for recruitment and awareness, with social networking members typically ranging in their late teens to mid-20s. While still only in the idea stage, Harmon hopes to develop a Web page or pages that would bring service alums together to talk about their experiences and provide first-hand knowledge to those interested in getting involved in AmeriCorps. At the risk of shameless self promotion, recruits could download from the page necessary forms, link to the agency’s Web site, write blogs, and so on.
Comments
What a long overdue idea for the National Service community!
City Year and AmeriCorps*NCCC are already exploring ways to leverage social networking sites and blogs.
It seems like a no-brainer to me that they'd want to have this kind of web presence to reach the next generation of social change agents...
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