SERVICE CORPS
Net Impact's Service Corps program provides an opportunity for members to use their business skills to help their community.
Volunteers engage in short-term, part-time consulting projects related to finance, marketing, new program development, business planning, fundraising and strategic planning.
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Service Corps Events
January 2008
AMHERST - Seven graduate students from Net Impact UMass Amherst spent their winter break volunteering as “pro bono” consultants for the Western Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH).
Across the three week period, the Net Impact team, which included six MBA students from the Isenberg School of Management and one MPPA student from the Center for Public Policy & Administration, worked closely with the DMH to detail the cultural and linguistic competencies that currently exist in health and mental health facilities in Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties. In addition to interviewing key individuals at mental health facilities across these three counties, team members worked to identify “best in class” practices in cultural and linguistic competence that already exist in the mental health network, as well as to develop a forward-looking “Action Plan” for the Western Massachusetts DMH and its community partners.
At the conclusion of the project, team members presented a four-stage plan to help the DMH improve its ability to effectively communicate and interact with the various ethnic and minority groups that live in western Massachusetts. Among other things, the team’s final report provided detailed demographic information on Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, a list of federal funding sources for cultural and linguistic competence programs, and a list of recommended community contacts to help administrators pursue a more focused approach to the issue.
To read the full press release, click here.
January 2007
AMHERST - Six members from the University of Massachusetts’ new Net Impact chapter volunteered through most of January, consulting for non-profit trendsetter ServiceNet Inc, one of the largest human service and mental health agencies in Western Massachusetts.
The team conducted a series of six survey and interview sessions with groups of staff-level employees to solicit feedback on the integration of a new electronic medical records system called eHana, then led two formal presentations at ServiceNet central and submitted a 36 page report detailing findings and recommendations for top management including CEO Susan Stubbs, who commented on the high quality of this consultation. “These students achieved a depth of understanding of our operations that was truly remarkable, given the short time-frame of this project,” said Stubbs. “Not only were their insights right on the money, but they zeroed in on problem areas that it might have taken us months to uncover.” At the end of the consultation, she asked if ServiceNet could be put on the list for future consultations by Net Impact.
To read the full press release, click here.
To view a picture of the 2007 Service Corps team, click here.
