Civic and Community Engagement Commons^™

Amplifying Our Impact: Exploring Technology-Enhanced Approaches To Extraordinary Citizen Diplomacy, Christopher Washington

Learning Showcase 2014

Across the world, leaders face complex challenges that threaten the vitality and well-being of communities. Many of the challenges cross borders, such as disease outbreaks, air and water pollution, social-political uprisings, and economic instability, to name a few. When faced by difficult challenges, one natural human tendency is to retrench within borders, view problems from within cultural and national perspectives, and to view outside viewpoints and people as threatening. The result can be fractured relationships, suboptimal strategies, and divisive conflict. The complex challenges of our time can only be solved by promoting mutual understanding of the causes and consequences among …

Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Central Ohio Evaluation, Karen Miner-Romanoff, Kelly M. Swope

Learning Showcase 2014

This evaluation reviewed the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio (BBBSCO) Project Mentor program, specifically the program’s incorporation of AmeriCorps members as Project Coordinators during the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years. The evaluation was focused on answering the following questions:

1. Did the AmeriCorps members serve the target audience identified in the original grant application? If not, why not?
2. Were the AmeriCorps members utilized in the manner described in the original grant application? If not, how did the utilization of the members change from the original plan? Did these changes have a positive or negative impact on the program?
3. What …