Donate a few hours of your weekend to a local organization. Ask around your campus for some local organizations. These provide hands-on learning tools that foster a strong sense of community pride and ethics. These can be simple events that showcase practitioners in the area who are hiring, or are interested in distributing literature for future opportunities. Or you can offer more involved sessions with scheduled interviews and resume critiques, depending on the need and interest in your area.
Students see an immediate return on their investment for attending the event or conference.
These are remarkably versatile sessions. Some topics that have been covered in the past include QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office Suite, electronic communications and interviewing techniques. You are encouraged to be as creative as possible when developing these sessions. Students will appreciate the opportunity to attend an innovative and thoughtfully planned workshop. This program has been expanded to encourage all regional activities to have some form of award program.