GVN Be The Change Program

  New Zealand

• All Other Areas in New Zealand: 
Taupo

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: See website for specific program dates.

Description: The Be The Change Course is designed to take your idea, or dream and give you the skills and confidence you need to make it a reality. The participants of this week long program will work each day with Founder and CEO of Global Volunteer Network, Colin Salisbury. Each day Colin, and his staff, will take you through a workshop designed to give you the skills you need to return to your community and make a difference. Workshops vary depending on the needs of the group but could include:

* Communications- What is your message and who is your audience?
* Project Management- How to plan large and small events.
* Fundraising- How to raise money for your cause.
* Social Enterprise vs. Nonprofit- Who's doing what?
* Public Speaking/Presenting Yourself- How to get out there confidently.
* Accounting- How to keep track of your finances.
* Website Production- Get online.
* Marketing: How to Tell Your Story
* Skill/Passion Identification- How are you wired?
* Running a Campaign- How to get people behind your cause.
* Leadership- Servant Leadership Skills.

Further, you will be living in the 'Be The Change' house, on the periphery of Lake Taupo, with 6-7 other socially minded individuals from all over the world. After workshops each day Colin, and his staff, will

* Work with the group on further developing their ideas
* Show the group some of the most stunning and hidden secrets of New Zealand's Lake Taupo Region
* Facilitate outdoor activities

After you leave this program it is our goal that you leave with the skills and confidence you need to "Be The Change" in your own community.

Highlights: Participants in the course will be based at the GVN "Be The Change" house outside of Taupo (North Island, New Zealand). The location, and the course, will provide participants with numerous opportunities to visit some of the most stunning places in New Zealand.

Qualifications: Volunteers for the Be The Change course must:

* Be 18 years old or over
* Be from New Zealand or a country that will allow them to obtain a Visa to come to New Zealand, such as: countries in North or South America, UK, Europe, Japan, China, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, or Australia
* Be proficient in English
* Possess initiative and an enthusiasm for learning about the type of work GVN does in the NGO, non-profit world
* Be willing to brainstorm and choose an idea or project to work on while you are on the course (more information about this process will be provided to you after you have signed up).

Cost in US$: Be The Change Program - US $997

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to New Zealand Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Global Volunteer Network's Mission Statement: The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) is a private, Non Government Organization (NGO) based in Wellington, New Zealand. Our incorporation number is WN/1194442. Our vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers. We believe that local communities are in the best position to determine their needs, and we provide volunteers to help them achieve their goals.

Year Founded: 2000