The Art and Strategy of Service-Learning Presentations

This resourceful handbook provides guidelines for connecting service-learning work with classroom concepts, as well as advice for working effectively with agencies and organizations. Its model forms and sample speeches will help you throughout the course.

Rick Isaacson is Internship and Service-Learning Director for the Department of Speech and Communication Studies at San Francisco State University. He teaches courses including, Persuasion, Speech for the Classroom Teacher, Rhetoric of the Media, and Group Discussion. His students have pursued service-learning activities in a variety of community agencies, including homeless shelters, convalescent homes, mediation centers, public health agencies and mentoring and literacy programs. He finds that volunteering often inspires the most compelling student speeches, essays, and journals, as community service dispels many preconceptions students bring to their service experience.

Jeff Saperstein is a Lecturer in the Marketing Department of San Francisco State University�s College of Business, teaching courses in international marketing. With more than 20 years of experience providing marketing consultant services, his clientele ranges from corporations to non-profit agencies. His areas of expertise include Regional Strategy Development, New Economy, and High Tech Marketing.