Assignment Two Anna Greer- Outline for Cardinal Nonprofits

Motivation for project

·         Personal Experience:

o   As a freshman at Stanford I entered excited about the possibilities of the next four years. Stanford offers a multitude of different community service opportunities through a variety of different student run organizations. However, many of these organizations remain unknown to the general student population. If I had known more about the student run community service organizations on campus, and the service opportunities they provide, I would have participated more in service my freshman year.  

·         To Make a Difference:

o   I want to do my part to make the Stanford student population a more service minded group. I believe that increasing the volunteer base of current service organizations is a more effective way for me to make an impact than if I start a new organization.

Objectives/intent

·         To increase the visibility of Student-run community service organizations on campus

·         To create a one-stop spot for students interested in community service

·         To get out the word about available community service positions with these organizations

o   So that students become more involved and give back to the community

o   To increase the volunteer base of existing campus service organizations

Layout for website/structure

·         Each organization’s webpage will contain:

o   A brief summary of their mission/goals

o   A description of how they plan to follow that mission/ reach their goals

o   A layout of the service opportunities each organization provides

o   Contact information for the organizations leaders

·         The groups will be as follows and organized in the proceeding fashion:

o   Health/Medical

§  American red Cross at Stanford

§  Arbor Free Clinic

§  Cardinal Free Clinic

§  Colleges Against Cancer

§  Family Resource Center

§  Healing Hearts

§  Stanford Face AIDS

§  Students for Healthy Youth

§  United Students for Veterans’ Health

§  Organ Donor Education

§  Health Education- Lifetime Partnerships for Kids

o   International

§  Volunteers in Latin America

§  Dosti

§  Alternative Spring Break

o   Graduate

§  GSB Challenge for Charity

§  GSB Gives Back

§  GSB I Have a Dream

§  GSB Stanford Management Internship Fund

§  GSB Board Fellows

o   Other

§  Campus Girl Scouts of Stanford University

§  Artspan

§  Circle K

§  Future Social Innovators Network

§  Alterntive Spring Break

§  Right to Education for all Children

§  Music Enrichment Learning on Developing Youth

§  Inter-Fraternity Council

§  Kids with Dreams

§  Night Outreach to the Homeless

§  Stanford Anthology for Youth

§  Stanford Dance Marathon

§  Stanford Habitat for Humanity

§  Stanford Know More

§  Stanford Project on Hunger

§  Stanford University Roteract Club

§  Stanford V-Day

§  Tzu Chi Collegiate Association, Stanford Chapter

o   Environment

§  Engineers for a Sustainable World

§  GRID Alternatives: Stanford Campus Chapter

§  Stanford Student Community Garden Group

§  Promoting Women’s Health and Human Rights

o   Mentorship

§  Best Buddies

§  Side By Side

§  Los Hermanos de Stanford

§  Project Motivation

§  Women and Youth Supporting Each Other

§  Stanford Foster Care College Program

§  Stanford Outreach Outdoor Program

o   Law

§  East Palo Alto Youth Court Connection

§  Stanford StreetLaw

§  Stanford Beyond Bars

o   Tutoring/Education

§  49ers Academy Teaching Team

§  Barrio Assistance

§  Artspan

§  Closing the Gap

§  The Educational Studies Program

§  Habla

§  Herny’s Place

§  Science and Environmental Education

§  Ravenswood English

§  Math Magic

§  The Science Bus

·         Another possible portion of this website could include connections I see between the organizations and general musings on the effectiveness of certain organizations

o   Like a nonprofit watchdog/analyst

Target users/consumers

·         Stanford Undergraduate Students:

o   Stanford Undergrads in search of Community Service outlets on campus

o   Students who want to learn more about the community in which we live and learn

o   Students looking to actively participate in service and support the efforts of currently existing service organizations

·         Stanford Graduate Students:

o   Stanford Graduate Students who desire to use their learned skills to benefit the greater community through participation in organizations like Stanford StreetLaw and GSB challenge for charity

o   Graduate Students looking to become more active participants in campus and community life

·         Stanford Student-Run Nonprofits:

o   This website could be used by Stanford Student-Run Nonprofits as a kind of look-book of existing organizations

§  As a networking tool

§  So that they can see potentially compatible organizations

§  So that they can feed off of one another and grow

Issues to think about

·         The HAAS Center

o   The HAAS center has a similar webpage which contains:

§  A list of the organizations

·         Not organized in any logical fashion

§  Contact information for the organizations

§  Short descriptions of the organizations

·         Clearly written by the individual organizations

·         Not formulaic

·         Vary dramatically in length and content

o   The HAAS webpage does not contain critical information about service opportunities

§  This is where my webpage will provide a new service to the Stanford population and potentially incite action and increase student service

·         Getting out the Word

o   One potential difficulty will lie in making sure that the campus population is aware of Cardinal Nonprofits

o   The new freshmen will have to be alerted to Cardinal Nonprofits every year

§  This website could serve as a valuable tool while Freshmen find their place at Stanford

§  It is only useful if they know where it is and how to find it

§  Potential solution: get the HAAS center to agree to sponsor a link to this page on their webpage  

·         Contacting the Organizations

o   Cardinal Nonprofits will only be successful with the participation of current campus nonprofits

§  In order to attain the participation of every student-run campus nonprofit I must make initial contact with the organizations ASAP

Plan for Implementation/Future Updates

·         Base Steps:

o   Contact each of the organizations with questions and a description of the intent of Cardinal Nonprofits

o   Collect information about each nonprofit including any websites, written materials etc. each group may have

o   Contact the HAAS center

§  To make sure I’m not missing any organizations

§  To gain any information they have about the comings and goings of each organization

·         Secondary Steps

o   Begin to compile information into more formulaic summaries of the goals of each organization

o   Create lists of the service opportunities provided by each organization

§  Find out from the organizations which jobs they REALLY need help with

o   Create the pages for each organization and organize them in an easy to follow, concise and intriguing manner

o   Ask each organization to look over their page to ensure satisfaction and accuracy

·         Tertiary Steps

o   Maintain the website by adding pages for new service organizations on campus every couple of months

o   Make sure that the data on each website remains up to date through monthly or bimonthly check-ups with the programs

§  Another potential option: ask the organizations to contact me if they have any additional content they would like posted on the website or if something on the website requires a change