P ROGRESS P RESENTATION BY: Amani Alkayyali Dalal Abed Jacob Doan Yousef Karyouti

O BJECTIVES Our project is about community service in Detroit. Increase volunteerism and awareness in Detroit.

A UDIENCES F OR T HE P ROJECT Primary Elizabeth Gordon Sachs, the founder and president of Greening of Detroit. Maria C. Esperanza, the director of public relations for Greening of Detroit. Secondary - Volunteers

M EMBERS AND R OLES Team leader: Yousef Note keeper: Dalal Schedule keepers : Amani & Jacob

Community Service in Detroit Amani -Community Service Coordinator at TAU BETA Pi -Volunteered for Blight Busters to Clean Detroit Dalal-Community Service in High School Jacob-Community Service in High school Yousef: -Volunteered for Services ( Setting up ADT Security Alarm System) -Community Service in High School TOPIC Team Members Qualifications

F ORECAST Topic Introduction by AMANI Past Work by Dalal Team Work by YOUSEF Conclusion by Jacob

C ENTRAL P ROBLEM Community Service in Detroit To Clean Up Detroit Lack of Volunteers for Various Reasons Increase Volunteers to Decrease Blight Greening of Detroit Clean Vacant Lots Plant Trees

C OMPLETED R ESEARCH Primary Sources o Survey – 16 completed o Interviews o John George – Blight Busters President o “People are busy with other things” o Greening of Detroit Volunteer Coordinator o “The 3 most important things to an organization are: Money, Volunteers, and Time”

C OMPLETED R ESEARCH Secondary Sources o British Journal of Social Work – “Who Volunteers?” o Studies show more volunteer opportunities motivate people to volunteer more o Law Technology – “Utilizing Social Networking as a Business Marketing Tool for NGOs” o Benefits to using social network sites

R ESEARCH TO C OMPLETE Primary Sources Analysis of Surveys Hope to find results similar to those from the articles and direct quotes Secondary Sources Another Article Cost of incentives

I SSUES I MMERGED One secondary Audience to be changed to Primary Audience. Not enough people taking the survey

T ASKS R EMAINING 1. Research More research to be done on the solutions part Finish Research about incentives to attract volunteers to come to events Research about ways to make the volunteering experience safer

T ASKS R EMAINING 2. Survey Survey is to be finished by at least 30 people Survey results should be analyzed Use the survey results to help improve the solutions of the project

T ASKS R EMAINING 3. Interviews Two interviews Analyze the interviews Use the interviews to construct some solutions for the project and find supporting points for the formal proposal discussion.

T ASKS R EMAINING 4. Formal proposal Collect all the information to be added to the final report Edit the results of research Divide the report into different sections Start writing each section and adding the gathered information to it.

T ASKS R EMAINING 5. Assignment 5 a,b,c Finish assignment 5 which is mostly working on the final report and the presentation of the formal proposal. Also includes the Evite Brochure

Future Work Project timeline/completion date: TasksStudentsMarchApril SurveyAmani ResearchDalal, Jacob, Yousef Progress ReportYousef Compile information Amani, Jacob EditingDalal Final ReportAll team members

T EAM M EMBERS D UTIES Specific PartStudent Introduction and ConclusionJacob Discussion (Past Work)Dalal Discussion (Team Work)Amani Discussion (Future work)Yousef Specific duties: Assignment #4 :Progress Report

T EAM D UTIES : E NTIRE P ROJECT P LAN : Team Duties for this project is going to remain the same thing. As a team decision, we decided to divide the work load fairly for each assignment. I am the team leader for this assignment. All team members is to be a team leader for each project.

T EAM C OLLABORATION We haven’t had any issues with team collaboration. We have all been getting along great. We always divide the assignments into four parts and assign work fairly as a team decision. All team members get together a week prior to the assignment due date for editing.

P OSSIBLE S OLUTIONS Creating social networking accounts Creating online volunteer registration forms Creating incentives for volunteers Food, Shirts, extra Creating a safer volunteering environment Set up something with local police to send a squad car to watch over the event.

S UMMARY OF M AIN P OINTS Central problem and the research part of the project Issues immerged and tasks remaining Team duties and project schedule Possible solutions