What’s it all about?
Thinking of volunteering? Overwhelmed by the amount of information on volunteering? Want to learn what you have to offer? Don’t want to be a voluntourist?
Everyone can benefit from volunteering when it’s done right. But there’s a lot of information, companies and opinions out there that make this topic confusing and hard to navigate. This class will teach you how to volunteer ethically and avoid the voluntourism traps.
What will we cover?
In this class you’ll learn:
- Your motivations for volunteering,
- Your transferable skills and experience,
- Local vs overseas volunteering,
- How to vet a volunteer company, and
- How to avoid the voluntourism traps.
Who will be teaching?
Writer and communications consultant Rachel Kurzyp helps make people and businesses fabulous on the internet. Over the last eleven years she’s worked with small businesses, brands and NGOs across six continents, and has been a volunteer in Bangladesh, Kenya and Australia. Her writing has been featured in global publications including The Guardian, SBS, The Big Issue and Frankie. Rachel also sits on the board at Laneway Learning and WhyDev, teaches business communications at RMIT, and runs her sellout copywriting masterclass Write Copy People Actually Read.