Presentation-College Students Enacting Social Change

• Thesis-Students have the right to establish a Nonprofit Organization and a Non Governmental Organizations
• If you want to make a change, going about it the "right way" isn't always the best

Five Components that Allow College Students to Bring About Social Change

• Organizational skills
• Utilization of web intermediaries and social networks
• Interconnectedness
• Adaptability
• Utilization of resources

Why College is the Best Time to Start a Nonprofit

• Advice of college faculty and professors
• Provides an audience

Interconnectedness

• We have access to see and interact with people across the world
• Allows us to explore opportunities like never before
• Help other people
• Google Alerts

Facebook Effect

• Six months ago, 500 million people were actively using Facebook. Now there are 800 million users
• This is how we communicate with each other
• Expands a person's audience exponentially
• Share information

Dosomething.org

Global Giving

Youth Venture

Plan of Action

• Purpose or Mission Statement
• Ex. Invisible Children
• Ex. SHARE
• Ex. Teenagers Care 
• Deciding how the organization's programs will be paid for
• Projects the organization wishes to accomplish
• Timeline of events

Two Conclusions

• Social change is important for those who want to live a life of meaning
• Knowing you have made a difference to someone else in the world
• College students do have the power to enact social change through Nonprofit Organization
• Hard to do, but possible
• No reason to wait until you graduate