in discussion: volunteer & staff expectations (part 2)
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In Discussion: Volunteer & Staff Expectations (Part 2). Intern’s Bill of Rights. Sasha Schechter Community Engagement Coordinator Friends of Thirteen, Inc. Sasha Schechter, Professional Intern. Began interning in high school at age 16 Past internships include: Hope Street Kids - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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In Discussion: Volunteer & Staff Expectations (Part 2)
Intern’s Bill of Rights
Sasha SchechterCommunity Engagement Coordinator
Friends of Thirteen, Inc
Volunteer Management Academy: Volunteers in Action for Public Media National Friends of Public Broadcasting • NFPB.org
San Francisco • May 12, 2014
Sasha Schechter, Professional Intern• Began interning in high school at
age 16• Past internships include:– Hope Street Kids– The Office of Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton– Colgate-Palmolive– CLIC Sargent for Children
with Cancer (Bristol, UK)– LeadDog Marketing Group– WNET
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Sasha Schechter, Community Engagement Coordinator:Intern to Staff
• Began Internship with WNET in July 2011
• Became staff at WNET in September 2012
• Incredibly valuable internship experience:– Hands-on, “real world” work– Trust, building relationships– Broad range of experiences and
opportunities• From fundraising to shooting
on location
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Internship ProjectsResponsibilities & Opportunities
Research Assistant to Neal Shapiro– Scheduling – Phone Etiquette– Asking Questions– Follow-up Strategies– Budgeting– Letter Writing
American Graduate Day– Background Research– Booking Guests– Production Assistant
Treasures of New York– Pitch Writing
Major Market Groups Arts Initiative – Watching/Selecting Relevant Programming– Rights and Clearances
Volunteer Work– Learning how other departments work
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Wonder Women! at Macaulay Honors College
Applied skills learned during internship to execute this event:
• Wrote Pitch• Booked Guests• Established relationship
with Macaulay New Media Lab
• Panel Topic Research• Worked with panel
moderator• Production – Livestream• Rights and Clearances• Leveraged relations from
internship to highlight the event on-air
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Staten Island Talks Education
Progressed from 60 people to 600:• Coordinated and managed preparation
for this large-scale event• Starting small helped build up to this!
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San Francisco • May 12, 2014
Internship Projects – Responsibilities & Opportunities
Research Assistant to Neal Shapiro– Scheduling – Phone Etiquette– Asking Questions– Follow-up Strategies– Budgeting– Letter Writing
American Graduate Day– Background Research– Booking Guests– Production Assistant
Treasures of New York– Pitch Writing
Major Market Groups Arts Initiative – Watching/Selecting Relevant Programming– Rights and Clearances
Volunteer Work– Learning how other departments work
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San Francisco • May 12, 2014
What is an internship, anyway?Survey says…
-Wikipedia
-Columbia University-Johns Hopkins University
-Oberlin College
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…Say What!?
“Opportunity” “Explore”“Academic”
“Career Development”
“Pre-Professional” “Mentorship”
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Intern’s Bill of Rights
Interns work WITH the station, not FOR the station.
This means…
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Interns are not:– Free Labor• The Department of Labor says that interns, on occasion,
may even slow a supervisor’s progress– Your “Go-fer”• Think twice before you ask for that cup of coffee…
– Entry-level employees• They’re preparing to climb the ladder, but they haven’t
quite stepped on the first rung yet
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Interns are:– Volunteers• How would you work with a volunteer? Interns deserve
that same respect!– Great resources for young, new perspectives• Great sounding board for ideas
– Advocates for your station• These young people can be your biggest advocates in their
communities and their (hard to reach) demographics
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Interns are: (cont’d)– Eager to say yes!• Interns are looking for a variety of new opportunities and
hands-on experiences – everything from filing to observing senior-level meetings.
– Looking for guidance, feedback, and ROI• Taking on an intern means investing time in teaching
someone how to do a job• After doing their work, interns will expect ROI. Which is to
say that interns are…– Potential Employees• Clear goals, learning objectives, and deliverables
– Especially important when an internship is for academic credit
Volunteer Management Academy: Volunteers in Action for Public Media National Friends of Public Broadcasting • NFPB.org
San Francisco • May 12, 2014
Intern’s Bill of Rights
Questions?
Sasha SchechterCommunity Engagement Coordinator
Friends of Thirteen, Inc. / [email protected]