Blog: Describe Your Service Experience

·      Explain the mission statement of the organization you volunteered service for and describe some background about the organization. Provide dates and statistics. If available, post a link to the organization website. *Note, just linking to the website does not substitute for your description. Also, make sure you use quotes and cite your sources in your posting.

·      When did this experience take place? (Date, time, how long?) Where did it take place?

·      Who else was there? Who wasn’t there?

·      What did I do? What did others do? What actions did I/we take? What did I/we communicate?

·      Who didn’t speak or act? Did I/others laugh, cry, make a face, complain, criticize, argue, smile, etc?

·      If you want to take pictures of yourself in action to post on your blog, make sure you have permission from the organization (and any one included in the picture) to do so.

·      Identify and describe one effective interaction (e.g. positive, helpful) with someone during your service experience. Who talked the most? What kinds of statements were made? What were you talking about? Who ended the interaction and why?

·      What did you learn from your Service Experience? What questions do you still have? Would you do this Service Experience again? Why, or why not? Explain.