tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991476380278829102024-03-13T15:40:36.776-05:00Do-Gooder ConsultingHelping you help othersJP Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13860554217847927753noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-45805076303024992282020-10-01T14:33:00.004-05:002020-10-01T14:33:57.164-05:00FAFSA begins TODAY (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)<div class="separator"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's FAFSA Time! For those of you just getting back into this, <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> FAFSA opening day has changed from January 1st of a high school student's senior</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> year to TODAY, October 1st of that s</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;">ame high school student's senior year. That's 3 months earlier than in years past (and actually 6 months earlier than how families 20 years ago filled out the FAFSA).</span></div></div><p></p><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUImAnjkvweqVdTi1Sjq0CXwnU6aC12f0iSfuyntg3V6KIaIRBcftQnCQNIMqMOqlnf9POn51BzpkJwKfEqKTOapmX8-8zcVHKRKeavxy618gr3zMCEreicEmYnzxE_1KFbmjtlr_QWmU/s320/Its+FAFSA+Time.jpg" width="320" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;" /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">The reason for this is so that new soon-to-be college students who are applying in the fall can almost immediately compare their options, especially if the final decision comes down to finances. Check our graphic at the bottom of this post so you can visualize how, in order to receive an official financial aid award, a student needs to have </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">both</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> an </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">accepted</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> college application as well as a processed FAFSA</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">Do-Gooder Consulting is here to help organizations plan, advertise, or even run a FAFSA completion session. Please contact us by phone at </span><a href="tel:872-222-8008" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" value="+18722228008">872-222-8008</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> or by email at </span><a href="mailto:FAFSA@do-gooder.us" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">FAFSA(at)do-gooder.us</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> or call us at 872-222-8008 .</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">We look forward to serving you in the near future.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"><u>One final note:</u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> please encourage your </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">current </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">college students to renew their FAFSA </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">as soon as possible</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">. It's easy to forget, but with the renewal using the same information they just inputted 6 months ago, it's also easy to fill out, and could provide more money than last well. Simply text and/or e-mail them this secure website address = </span><a href="http://www.fafsa.gov/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;">www.FAFSA.gov</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">In fact, we'd suggest contacting the following people to fill out the FAFSA as soon as pssible after October 1 (as it costs no money to fill out the FREE Application for Federal Student Aid):</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">1) Returning college students (see above)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">2) High school seniors (as mentioned above)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">3) Adults simply </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">thinking</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> about returning to college. Filling out the FAFSA does </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">not </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">obligate someone to go to college, but is one vital step in getting an official financial aid package.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="146" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEVACfev2ZGXmQvPe_gOD4wkLkNa1p2ManC23yor0vDVu7Rw8gsItJtMiQCGNo9aP2vyK7Q0zWRGGzitOk4d1RgKP-u3png40z5nlHCmsIs3SODQ6PxoHXnhdPfTE8X_TA1t9blX5DVw/s0/FAFSA+logo.jpg" /><p></p></div>J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-10439972277653508172020-08-04T10:03:00.005-05:002020-08-04T10:03:33.667-05:00Time is Running Out to Save Money on Energy Costs!<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://globalgengroup.com/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="globalgengroup.com" border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHqSFvkL9JFcMgEz0ky6o6QNs5r_6e52XPdljl0xgVBBUIbr7L3Hdq1c2I_U6rSV_qk8C_7MX9_MHnX2jq3079_9E7Pu6ilPwc_SE-QvIeXG-2lUYXiZKw-B8kw6jU8mUOW3qu3lWnt8/s1600/Global+Generation+Group+logo.jpg" title="" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://globalgengroup.com/" target="_blank">Global Generation Group</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span><i><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The following might seem
strange in this time of social distancing due to Covid-19. But I would argue
now is the BEST time, as this will provide some great opportunities for you,
and begin a new start when everyone returns. And despite the many shutdowns, the program <b>has</b> been running throughout, and is slated to run out of funding very soon. </span></i></span><br />
<br /><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="www.do-gooder.us" target="_blank">Do-Gooder Consulting </a>is excited to once again partner with Global Generation Group , a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">service provider / </b>trade ally of
Commonwealth Edison. We are charged with
implementing Com-Ed’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2020</b> Small
Business energy efficiency program (their definition of small business includes
churches and nonprofits; this program is a different department than their residential
energy efficiency program, which has been advertised in the media). Global Generation specializes in helping organizations finding<b> no cost</b> improvements to upgrade their facilities with energy efficient equipment. </span></span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b></b><b></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd4ch-LssBj6FJcSIvKEN_6wC8yI0g5rlUw3SM5zHVaMBQxju2PX_K9pcUEB91WRX2Fk4mLdI7KBMhRi4FxroFSFne6dEfYMs0iSKGe3xhnExjipFQnQGRCsiErQrO9Z5mcCT7C-5sX0/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253Denergy+efficiency+note.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd4ch-LssBj6FJcSIvKEN_6wC8yI0g5rlUw3SM5zHVaMBQxju2PX_K9pcUEB91WRX2Fk4mLdI7KBMhRi4FxroFSFne6dEfYMs0iSKGe3xhnExjipFQnQGRCsiErQrO9Z5mcCT7C-5sX0/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253Denergy+efficiency+note.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="675" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd4ch-LssBj6FJcSIvKEN_6wC8yI0g5rlUw3SM5zHVaMBQxju2PX_K9pcUEB91WRX2Fk4mLdI7KBMhRi4FxroFSFne6dEfYMs0iSKGe3xhnExjipFQnQGRCsiErQrO9Z5mcCT7C-5sX0/s320/Com-Ed+bill+%253Denergy+efficiency+note.png" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Com-Ed Energy Efficiency Program for Small Businesses is paid for by an energy charge on EVERYONE’s bill). See the graphic to check your own bill to see these<b> state-mandated</b> charges.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This special program (paid for by an energy charge on EVERYONE’s bill)
gives no-cost upgrades that include:</span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">LED
replacements of fluorescent lights (for certain types, determined by Com-Ed
after free energy assessment)</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">HVAC upgrade
(installing an economizer & sensors to help HVAC units pull in less air –
and use less energy—when fewer or no people are in an area. This is called Demand
Control Ventilation - DCV) </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Occupancy
sensors that turn off/on lights automatically (such as for a bathroom).</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Weather
stripping for outer doors. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Y22zUUiT4ksYdVYpQNEv6Xq3UG_UALrInlMpCh1DeE27oVx_5Xp7ap9O9Jt78ywmgxvqIbkj4EaVvt88CTAWqXnOszGHmoHUdqO6KAOt3ohyphenhyphenYAuZdZZq0oxv33KNzNN8xpPUGWJK3Y/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253D+0-100KW.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Y22zUUiT4ksYdVYpQNEv6Xq3UG_UALrInlMpCh1DeE27oVx_5Xp7ap9O9Jt78ywmgxvqIbkj4EaVvt88CTAWqXnOszGHmoHUdqO6KAOt3ohyphenhyphenYAuZdZZq0oxv33KNzNN8xpPUGWJK3Y/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253D+0-100KW.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="719" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Y22zUUiT4ksYdVYpQNEv6Xq3UG_UALrInlMpCh1DeE27oVx_5Xp7ap9O9Jt78ywmgxvqIbkj4EaVvt88CTAWqXnOszGHmoHUdqO6KAOt3ohyphenhyphenYAuZdZZq0oxv33KNzNN8xpPUGWJK3Y/s320/Com-Ed+bill+%253D+0-100KW.png" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> The qualifications are simple – you pay an electric bill every month, which is classified at “Retail/Commercial = 0 to 100KW), and you are a small business, church or nonprofit. You can easily see if you qualify by checking your bill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> We at Do-Gooder Consulting would like to do a walk-through of your facility (which proper precautions -- we do NOT need to touch anything) with you sometime in the next two weeks and help you get these no cost upgrades. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We will be happy to provide references so you can see how this has worked for others. When contacting them, please mention that JP Paulus who worked with the Com-Ed Small Business Energy Effficiency program referred you. <br /></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of these organizations include:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bowenspizzainc/" target="_blank">Bowen’s Pizza</a>
(Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="www.qcdc.org" target="_blank">Quad Communities Development Corporation</a> (Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago)</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ephphatha-Lutheran-Church-of-the-Deaf-282318551878762/about/" target="_blank">Ephphtha Church of the Deaf </a>(Chatham neighborhood of Chicago) </span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://chathamfields.org/" target="_blank">Chatham Fields Lutheran Church</a> (Chatham neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://careyamec.com/" target="_blank">Carey Tercentenary AME Church</a> (North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pg/lavillitacommunitychurch/" target="_blank">La Villita Community Church</a> (North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fneighborhoodumc.net%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR397_42AFQoi-__o0i3Q__V-kPEZLDl5bAO03qeuDVA7uLSrIDutwZzHbA&h=AT1hSD-R74L9Ns8piH_I7BhbjeUjKnC7CzuijrFg1FK-5jlOjXFHs7zK8i4CS1Pf3J6M6TbZRcPFql8EhrZ7Vkz0Yy8qHywPm8lqqe3U2E5u3iDqv_Ff-MYvwRX0xnZZ_eQiiQ" target="_blank">Neighborhood United Methodist Church </a>(Maywood, IL)</span></span></div>
<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Even
though Covid had slowed things down, the<b> money for this program *IS* running
out, so please don’t delay.</b></span><div><span><font face=""><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b><br /></b></span></font></span><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We look forward to hearing from you soon by e-mail at <a href="mailto:jp@do-gooder.us" target="_blank">jp@do-gooder.us</a>
or by phone or text at 872-222-8008</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyWwABHmBkpecjqO-vKQ2DRwZwnzkXPlHReYYuX4RHctWGd6TXEUo3yPvZpE5JhSwpdmE83LjlF8LFPXDEM2OaQ3mO9Hlv2Ip3SUbRtR2ZKAxK1Rqq4bjLbsFCMrEFeGS1_lGcC_3HTM/s1600/Energy+Efficiency+Program+2020+Summary+by+Do-Goooder+Consulting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyWwABHmBkpecjqO-vKQ2DRwZwnzkXPlHReYYuX4RHctWGd6TXEUo3yPvZpE5JhSwpdmE83LjlF8LFPXDEM2OaQ3mO9Hlv2Ip3SUbRtR2ZKAxK1Rqq4bjLbsFCMrEFeGS1_lGcC_3HTM/s640/Energy+Efficiency+Program+2020+Summary+by+Do-Goooder+Consulting.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /></div></div>Do-Gooder Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304550766591150023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-44289126683658917832020-04-29T15:15:00.002-05:002020-04-29T15:15:29.429-05:00Partnering to Save You Money on Energy Costs<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://globalgengroup.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="globalgengroup.com" border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHqSFvkL9JFcMgEz0ky6o6QNs5r_6e52XPdljl0xgVBBUIbr7L3Hdq1c2I_U6rSV_qk8C_7MX9_MHnX2jq3079_9E7Pu6ilPwc_SE-QvIeXG-2lUYXiZKw-B8kw6jU8mUOW3qu3lWnt8/s1600/Global+Generation+Group+logo.jpg" title="" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://globalgengroup.com/" target="_blank">Global Generation Group</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following might seem
strange in this time of social distancing due to Covid-19. But I would argue
now is the BEST time, as this will provide some great opportunities for you,
and begin a new start when everyone returns. After reading this description, please contact us to schedule a walk-through as soon as possible.</span></i></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do-Gooder
Consulting is excited to once again partner with Global Generation Group , a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">service provider / </b>trade ally of
Commonwealth Edison. We are charged with
implementing Com-Ed’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2020</b> Small
Business energy efficiency program (their definition of small business includes
churches and nonprofits; this program is a different department than their residential
energy efficiency program, which has been advertised in the media). Global Generation specializes in helping organizations finding<b> no cost</b> improvements to upgrade their facilities with energy efficient equipment.</span></span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><b></b><b></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd4ch-LssBj6FJcSIvKEN_6wC8yI0g5rlUw3SM5zHVaMBQxju2PX_K9pcUEB91WRX2Fk4mLdI7KBMhRi4FxroFSFne6dEfYMs0iSKGe3xhnExjipFQnQGRCsiErQrO9Z5mcCT7C-5sX0/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253Denergy+efficiency+note.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd4ch-LssBj6FJcSIvKEN_6wC8yI0g5rlUw3SM5zHVaMBQxju2PX_K9pcUEB91WRX2Fk4mLdI7KBMhRi4FxroFSFne6dEfYMs0iSKGe3xhnExjipFQnQGRCsiErQrO9Z5mcCT7C-5sX0/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253Denergy+efficiency+note.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="675" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd4ch-LssBj6FJcSIvKEN_6wC8yI0g5rlUw3SM5zHVaMBQxju2PX_K9pcUEB91WRX2Fk4mLdI7KBMhRi4FxroFSFne6dEfYMs0iSKGe3xhnExjipFQnQGRCsiErQrO9Z5mcCT7C-5sX0/s320/Com-Ed+bill+%253Denergy+efficiency+note.png" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Com-Ed Energy Efficiency Program for Small Businesses is paid for by an energy charge on EVERYONE’s bill). See the graphic to check your own bill to see these<b> state-mandated</b> charges.
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This special program (paid for by an energy charge on EVERYONE’s bill)
gives no-cost upgrades that include:</span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2299147638027882910" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">LED
replacements of fluorescent lights (for certain types, determined by Com-Ed
after free energy assessment)</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">HVAC upgrade
(installing an economizer & sensors to help HVAC units pull in less air –
and use less energy—when fewer or no people are in an area. This is called Demand
Control Ventilation - DCV) </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Occupancy
sensors that turn off/on lights automatically (such as for a bathroom).</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -9.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Weather
stripping for outer doors. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Y22zUUiT4ksYdVYpQNEv6Xq3UG_UALrInlMpCh1DeE27oVx_5Xp7ap9O9Jt78ywmgxvqIbkj4EaVvt88CTAWqXnOszGHmoHUdqO6KAOt3ohyphenhyphenYAuZdZZq0oxv33KNzNN8xpPUGWJK3Y/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253D+0-100KW.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Y22zUUiT4ksYdVYpQNEv6Xq3UG_UALrInlMpCh1DeE27oVx_5Xp7ap9O9Jt78ywmgxvqIbkj4EaVvt88CTAWqXnOszGHmoHUdqO6KAOt3ohyphenhyphenYAuZdZZq0oxv33KNzNN8xpPUGWJK3Y/s1600/Com-Ed+bill+%253D+0-100KW.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="719" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4Y22zUUiT4ksYdVYpQNEv6Xq3UG_UALrInlMpCh1DeE27oVx_5Xp7ap9O9Jt78ywmgxvqIbkj4EaVvt88CTAWqXnOszGHmoHUdqO6KAOt3ohyphenhyphenYAuZdZZq0oxv33KNzNN8xpPUGWJK3Y/s320/Com-Ed+bill+%253D+0-100KW.png" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The qualifications are simple – you pay an electric bill every month, which is classified at “Retail/Commercial = 0 to 100KW), and you are a small business, church or nonprofit. You can easily see if you qualify by checking your bill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We at Do-Gooder Consulting would like to do a walk-through of your facility (which proper precautions -- we do NOT need to touch anything) with you sometime in the next two weeks and help you get these no cost upgrades. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will be happy to provide references so you can see how this has worked for others. When contacting them, please mention that JP Paulus who worked with the Com-Ed Small Business Energy Effficiency program refered you. </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some of these organizations include:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bowenspizzainc/" target="_blank">Bowen’s Pizza</a>
(Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ephphatha-Lutheran-Church-of-the-Deaf-282318551878762/about/" target="_blank">Ephphtha Church of the Deaf </a>(Chatham neighborhood of Chicago) </span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://chathamfields.org/" target="_blank">Chatham Fields Lutheran Church</a> (Chatham neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://careyamec.com/" target="_blank">Carey Tercentenary AME Church</a> (North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pg/lavillitacommunitychurch/" target="_blank">La Villita Community Church</a> (North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago)</span></span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fneighborhoodumc.net%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR397_42AFQoi-__o0i3Q__V-kPEZLDl5bAO03qeuDVA7uLSrIDutwZzHbA&h=AT1hSD-R74L9Ns8piH_I7BhbjeUjKnC7CzuijrFg1FK-5jlOjXFHs7zK8i4CS1Pf3J6M6TbZRcPFql8EhrZ7Vkz0Yy8qHywPm8lqqe3U2E5u3iDqv_Ff-MYvwRX0xnZZ_eQiiQ" target="_blank">Neighborhood United Methodist Church </a>(Maywood, IL)</span></span></div>
<br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We look forward to hearing from you soon by e-mail at <a href="mailto:jp@do-gooder.us" target="_blank">jp@do-gooder.us</a>
or by phone or text at 872-222-8008</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyWwABHmBkpecjqO-vKQ2DRwZwnzkXPlHReYYuX4RHctWGd6TXEUo3yPvZpE5JhSwpdmE83LjlF8LFPXDEM2OaQ3mO9Hlv2Ip3SUbRtR2ZKAxK1Rqq4bjLbsFCMrEFeGS1_lGcC_3HTM/s1600/Energy+Efficiency+Program+2020+Summary+by+Do-Goooder+Consulting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyWwABHmBkpecjqO-vKQ2DRwZwnzkXPlHReYYuX4RHctWGd6TXEUo3yPvZpE5JhSwpdmE83LjlF8LFPXDEM2OaQ3mO9Hlv2Ip3SUbRtR2ZKAxK1Rqq4bjLbsFCMrEFeGS1_lGcC_3HTM/s640/Energy+Efficiency+Program+2020+Summary+by+Do-Goooder+Consulting.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />Do-Gooder Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04304550766591150023noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-58169618158618184142020-01-01T15:35:00.000-06:002011-11-28T15:35:24.392-06:00See our websiteFor more information on Do-Gooder Consulting, see our website at <a href="http://www.do-gooder.us/">http://www.do-gooder.us/</a>JP Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13860554217847927753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-90942535518448033942016-09-26T14:08:00.000-05:002016-09-26T14:08:21.213-05:00FAFSA opening date change can HELP your organization help students!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmKfzXiR86kDqFMYrhK1GzwO8TyX97VTo9AsP-FlA-nLKiJO707V4-C67AlE0H1Dsw8cVA9QhSSqFJHBNQiqulm0qeZ-p9IU16lq2xsm_9YrJA9FP3lxNMuG7TeAwjyQoMv5SFThUAAo/s1600/FAFSA+--+start+early+in+fall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmKfzXiR86kDqFMYrhK1GzwO8TyX97VTo9AsP-FlA-nLKiJO707V4-C67AlE0H1Dsw8cVA9QhSSqFJHBNQiqulm0qeZ-p9IU16lq2xsm_9YrJA9FP3lxNMuG7TeAwjyQoMv5SFThUAAo/s640/FAFSA+--+start+early+in+fall.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMcsyCdbWORE0xy73gl7Y-3TeA89pWZPy_v8HLfSOku6XImngQL5d7HBmnm_SZutbOsAzlcO-YzaEnygvezCIvK-TG5AvQ9sfPULAJBhde-B-s7JBieHyn4TVG0x_mt_IOKQ_MGuJo8Q/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>We talked about this major <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2016/05/fafsa-opening-date-has-changed-to-this.html" target="_blank">change with the FAFSA (FREE Application for Federal Student Aid) in a previous post</a>. As we have reported on this blog several months ago, the FAFSA opening day has changed from January 1st of a high school student's senior year to October 1st of that same high school student's senior year. That's 3 months earlier than in years past (and actually 6 months earlier than how families 20 years ago filled out the FAFSA) <br />
<br />
The reason for this is so that new soon-to-be college students who are applying in the fall can almost immediately compare their options, especially if the final decision comes down to finances. Check our graphic at the bottom of this post so you can visualize how, in order to receive an official financial aid award, a student needs to have <u>both</u> an <b>accepted</b> college application as well as a processed FAFSA. <br /><br />While this is perhaps a little confusing for many families right now, this is also a great opportunity for churches and nonprofits to provide leadership and resources to their community. By helping families fill out the FAFSA early, you and your organization may be able to provide them with thousands of dollars and financial aid without the organization itself needing to contribute towards that purpose. You also build trust in the community, and show one reason why you are a key community resource.<br />
<br />
We see this as a great outreach because it's a very strong need for our families. Churches and nonprofits which are located near schools have an excellent opportunity for outreach and connecting with their local community. Churches can schedule a session right after their church service, and if possible, even provide lunch. Or, if it's possible , providing an afterschool or evening program with a light dinner, such as pizza, which can also be a huge benefit two families. Nonprofits as well can help their community and also their schools as well with an activity that helps families but let's the school clothes on time we be greatly appreciated by the local school. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMcsyCdbWORE0xy73gl7Y-3TeA89pWZPy_v8HLfSOku6XImngQL5d7HBmnm_SZutbOsAzlcO-YzaEnygvezCIvK-TG5AvQ9sfPULAJBhde-B-s7JBieHyn4TVG0x_mt_IOKQ_MGuJo8Q/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMcsyCdbWORE0xy73gl7Y-3TeA89pWZPy_v8HLfSOku6XImngQL5d7HBmnm_SZutbOsAzlcO-YzaEnygvezCIvK-TG5AvQ9sfPULAJBhde-B-s7JBieHyn4TVG0x_mt_IOKQ_MGuJo8Q/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
Do-Gooder Consulting would like encourage you to start your plan this is possible. We understand it might be too late for you to start any event in October, but we encourage you to set up a session in November, December or even the first week of January (before current college students return to school) , and then plan for a FAFSA completion session in early October of 2017.<br />
<br />
We have also <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2015/02/make-sure-your-students-fill-out-fafsa.html" target="_blank">written in the past about how financial aid deadlines are shrinking, and the importance of having the FAFSA completed as soon pas possible after that opening date</a>. However, we believe that missing October of 2016 (despite it being the opening date) will be just fine because for this first year, a number of students will still be getting used to this new date and you may be able to do late by a month or so. For the future, however, we strongly suggest that you schedule a fast the completion session as close to October 1st as possible. <br /><br />
<br />
Do-Gooder Consulting is here to help you plan, advertise, or even run a FAFSA completion session. Please contact us by phone at <a href="tel:872-222-8008" target="_blank" value="+18722228008">872-222-8008</a> or by email at <a href="mailto:FAFSA@do-gooder.us" target="_blank">FAFSA(at)do-gooder.us</a> or call us at 872-222-8008 . <br />
<br />
We look forward to serving you in the near future. <br /><br /><br /><i><u>One final note:</u></i> please encourage your <b>current </b>college students to renew their FAFSA <b>as soon as possible</b>. It's easy to forget, but with the renewal using the same information they just inputted 6 months ago, it's also easy to fill out, and could provide more money than last well. Simply text and/or e-mail them this secure website address = <a href="http://www.fafsa.gov/">www.FAFSA.gov</a><br /><br /><br />In fact, we'd suggest contacting the following people to fill out the FAFSA as soon as pssible after October 1 (as it costs no money to fill out the FREE Application for Federal Student Aid):<br />
<br />
1) Returning college students (see above)<br />
2) High school seniors (as mentioned above)<br />
3) Adults simply <i>thinking</i> about returning to college. Filling out the FAFSA does <b>not </b>obligate someone to go to college, but is one vital step in getting an official financial aid package. <br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn5ZHfIl177V7htfoLdznSd2cffQ-yEReRpRJFG-Tmtt7YUyex-6Dv6VD9ecIHallS38wrQ_cCPNa_jzbGLcRuj8aQiTKTAzbyJwfzSrh4KbUukfRZbs1r0EqitbR3Wwbd8vcOtdiJIo/s1600/FAFSA+%252B+App+%253D+Financial+Aid+Award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn5ZHfIl177V7htfoLdznSd2cffQ-yEReRpRJFG-Tmtt7YUyex-6Dv6VD9ecIHallS38wrQ_cCPNa_jzbGLcRuj8aQiTKTAzbyJwfzSrh4KbUukfRZbs1r0EqitbR3Wwbd8vcOtdiJIo/s640/FAFSA+%252B+App+%253D+Financial+Aid+Award.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new deadline helps you receive the financial aid award faster than previous years.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-64185495324100524162016-07-19T19:44:00.000-05:002016-07-19T19:44:00.163-05:00Guest Post = 5 Tips on Video Interview Etiquette<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKJinqt3Q5WeFlLhse2XZnvFmKICuMozK9OT5LWy7TgwISJIudOyptMUem1ZjSzRQfhal0AEqRsT5wwMd5o9x0w0PjAd-ZmG1Gs5MXaOXIuoEh5LtpeTrWmeBgAB3cmwdeZQ5wH4H804/s1600/West_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<i>We at <b><a href="http://do-gooder.us/" target="_blank">Do-Gooder Consulting</a></b> want to welcome back Krystal Lamb, who gave us our most-read blog post on Facebook. (The article is "<a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2016/03/guest-post-8-ways-to-make-your-linkedin.html" target="_blank">8 Ways to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Stand Out</a>") She's back with some more great advice! Krystal Lamb is a human resources professional, LinkedIn certified, and Founder/CEO of <b>Career Tips with Krys</b>. We would love to hear how these tips have helped your video interview!</i><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>5 Tips on Video Interview Etiquette</u></b></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKJinqt3Q5WeFlLhse2XZnvFmKICuMozK9OT5LWy7TgwISJIudOyptMUem1ZjSzRQfhal0AEqRsT5wwMd5o9x0w0PjAd-ZmG1Gs5MXaOXIuoEh5LtpeTrWmeBgAB3cmwdeZQ5wH4H804/s1600/West_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKJinqt3Q5WeFlLhse2XZnvFmKICuMozK9OT5LWy7TgwISJIudOyptMUem1ZjSzRQfhal0AEqRsT5wwMd5o9x0w0PjAd-ZmG1Gs5MXaOXIuoEh5LtpeTrWmeBgAB3cmwdeZQ5wH4H804/s320/West_0017.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKJinqt3Q5WeFlLhse2XZnvFmKICuMozK9OT5LWy7TgwISJIudOyptMUem1ZjSzRQfhal0AEqRsT5wwMd5o9x0w0PjAd-ZmG1Gs5MXaOXIuoEh5LtpeTrWmeBgAB3cmwdeZQ5wH4H804/s1600/West_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Video interviewing is slowly but surely becoming the next wave. With technology changing, attending an interview in an office will soon become obsolete. A quick Google search will tell us that about 71 percent of companies use real-time video interviewing and 50 percent use video interviews as a way to narrow the candidate pool. With such high statistics, you are sure to conduct a video interview in your near future. There are a couple of different methods of video interviews today but what remains the same is how you present yourself in this environment. I have 5 great tips on how to properly conduct an interview.<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><u>1. The Software</u></b><br />
Before your interview date, the Recruiter or Hiring Manager will send you the video link to download. Please make sure you try it at least a day before your interview. Some platforms may require an additional program to install or may not be compatible with a specific browser on your computer or smartphone. Whatever the case may be, please take the time to play with the software<br />
on your device BEFORE your interview. This gives you the ability to log on promptly and with ease<br />
ten minutes before your designated interview time. If you have any issues with the link, do not<br />
hesitate to reach out to the Recruiter or Hiring Manager for additional assistance. On top of being<br />
more than willing to help, they will acknowledge the fact that you are taking the initiative and<br />
showing interest in the process.<br />
<br />
<b><u>2. The Location/Background</u></b><br />
I cannot stress the importance of conducting your video interview in a QUIET and CLEAN<br />
environment. An interviewer will make note of the background noise and the environment. Move<br />
into a quiet space away from your pets and others in the home. Make sure you are in a well-lit room<br />
and use headphones if you must. You want your interviewer to be focused on you and not what is<br />
behind you.<br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>
<b><u>3. Your Appearance</u></b><br />
Dress professionally and not only from the waist up. You never know if you will need to step away<br />
from the screen so it’s best to be prepared. Keep in mind that on screen visibility is very different<br />
from being face to face. Stay away from shiny jewelry and patterned clothing. Bold colors such as<br />
bright red or orange are not best for the screen either. Stick to darker colors or blazers. Keep your<br />
hair away from your face as well so that you are completely visible to the interviewer.<br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>
<b><u>4. The Body Language</u></b><br />
Just as if you were in an office interview, you want to have engaging body language. Keep eye<br />
contact and make sure to look into the camera when speaking. Candidates tend to forget that<br />
looking at the screen while speaking is not the same as looking into the camera. Lean forward a bit<br />
so that the interviewer knows you are interested and focused. Speak at a reasonable rate and not<br />
too fast so the interviewer can understand your words. Refrain from any nervous habits or<br />
movements. Don’t forget to smile and remain calm.<br />
<b><u><br /></u></b>
<b><u>5. The Follow-Up</u></b><br />
A video interview has its differences from a face-to- face interview but one thing remains the same:<br />
FOLLOW-UP. Always remember to send a thank you email. It’s the easiest way to be remembered<br />
and to show<i></i><i></i><i></i> your full interest in the role. This act speaks volumes to a company and is something<br />
that a lot of managers want to see.<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>Krystal Lamb is a Sales Recruiter/Human Resources Representative at a Telecommunications company in Chicago, IL. She is also the Founder/CEO of <b>Career Tips with Krys</b>, where she provides resume editing, resume writing, career counseling and interview etiquette services. Contact her through email at </i><a href="mailto:krystherecruiter@gmail.com"><i>krystherecruiter@gmail.com</i></a><i> , on</i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/careertipswithkrys/" target="_blank"><i> Instagram @careertipswithkrys</i></a><i> or Like her </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/careertipswithkrys/" target="_blank"><i>www.facebook.com/careertipswithkrys</i></a>J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-66970091715492599662016-05-17T15:06:00.000-05:002016-05-17T15:06:00.196-05:00FAFSA opening date has changed to THIS October 1!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17C4mDHGGhk_EvXQyM0sH3Nq0ZHuQfs4lXSTcXP0Vq9GJHBxUOcAAPgyyCZDFeDhSUoRSbR72SgPvXDXSCW0aG-9jhzuxrQtsEbNOkV7-TGGlbBL7t5eGWcUut0ulucAZFHAhihDRqxc/s1600/FAFSA+--+start+early+in+fall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17C4mDHGGhk_EvXQyM0sH3Nq0ZHuQfs4lXSTcXP0Vq9GJHBxUOcAAPgyyCZDFeDhSUoRSbR72SgPvXDXSCW0aG-9jhzuxrQtsEbNOkV7-TGGlbBL7t5eGWcUut0ulucAZFHAhihDRqxc/s640/FAFSA+--+start+early+in+fall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJPJq7fZpn9SH_2Es0xtfcfPhzsuHThN-6fabLctE5gavgeapl2Vj90Ufvpjemk-4bIID0907-zaz4X0ScusL6UY9JOsLSIMBY295tfBzko-PszezUmXSYn7YbIHKWwjN7sE-wA35K3Y/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJPJq7fZpn9SH_2Es0xtfcfPhzsuHThN-6fabLctE5gavgeapl2Vj90Ufvpjemk-4bIID0907-zaz4X0ScusL6UY9JOsLSIMBY295tfBzko-PszezUmXSYn7YbIHKWwjN7sE-wA35K3Y/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div>
<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJPJq7fZpn9SH_2Es0xtfcfPhzsuHThN-6fabLctE5gavgeapl2Vj90Ufvpjemk-4bIID0907-zaz4X0ScusL6UY9JOsLSIMBY295tfBzko-PszezUmXSYn7YbIHKWwjN7sE-wA35K3Y/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJPJq7fZpn9SH_2Es0xtfcfPhzsuHThN-6fabLctE5gavgeapl2Vj90Ufvpjemk-4bIID0907-zaz4X0ScusL6UY9JOsLSIMBY295tfBzko-PszezUmXSYn7YbIHKWwjN7sE-wA35K3Y/s1600/FAFSA1.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
The FAFSA opening date has changed! "Traditionally" the opening date was January 1. But things have changed,<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The main trouble will be for families who have returning students. They will think “Didn’t we just fill this out?” And that feeling is justified, as it may have been 8 months or less when they filled out the FAFSA. That is going to require a change in mindset. For years, Do-Gooder Consulting has advocated FAFSA completion sessions at the beginning of the year. We have worked with churches to do such a session following their service on the first Sunday of January. </span><br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, we encourage churches to hold such a session in October or if needed, November. Nonprofits can work with families with holding evening sessions, or also during the day if the families have Columbus Day or Veterans’ Day off. It’s a huge shift in scheduling, and may conflict with other activities. But if going to - and graduating - college is a priority, then lifestyle changes </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">need</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to be made.<br /><br /> So please, plan accordingly, so your student can get the best financial aid possible. If you are part of a church or nonprofit (or even business that wishes to maximize help for your employees, customers and their families), please contact us at Do-Gooder Consulting, and let’s see how we can work together for the best interest of students. We would be happy to help you organize a coalition of organizations to maximize resources and impact. Feel free to call or text Do-Gooder Consulting at 872-222-8008 or e-mail at blog@do-gooder.us</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTPtZlQ9RKhB33XLU-xNOHI1JMCYvR0-6VNnvdXwBKgn85XnLQpcIU56qR2HNNYECZIYLzVB0Kz5f_oszdGmmd_67pCk29MtifLt8J_UdfiVrHKacgiEczZIwgFtDfoYkg8dZlyPL0WQ/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTPtZlQ9RKhB33XLU-xNOHI1JMCYvR0-6VNnvdXwBKgn85XnLQpcIU56qR2HNNYECZIYLzVB0Kz5f_oszdGmmd_67pCk29MtifLt8J_UdfiVrHKacgiEczZIwgFtDfoYkg8dZlyPL0WQ/s400/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" width="340" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8gyPTcSNrO-JNq8W3TywLYuTBZ3IondwbJCEXV2zjJ5z_O1PDPWlFVCzZP8YurPNL4rKcuh8eu3nnjYRLO8Bze9gpPJ8WCzpnrPY3MNQCRz79BIQNfbe4aSAGK3kv_-GzhIWHzbgh8U/s1600/fafsa+-+start+here.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8gyPTcSNrO-JNq8W3TywLYuTBZ3IondwbJCEXV2zjJ5z_O1PDPWlFVCzZP8YurPNL4rKcuh8eu3nnjYRLO8Bze9gpPJ8WCzpnrPY3MNQCRz79BIQNfbe4aSAGK3kv_-GzhIWHzbgh8U/s1600/fafsa+-+start+here.jpg" /></a></div>
J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-32211263277425453612016-03-17T19:53:00.000-05:002016-07-19T15:40:27.034-05:00Guest Post = 8 Ways to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Stand Out<i>This week, we invited a friend of Do-Gooder to share information that could helpful for your clients, members, employees, and even yourself. Krystal Lamb is a human resources professional, LinkedIn certified, and Founder/CEO of </i><i>Career Tips with Krys. </i><i>We would love to hear how these tips have helped your LinkedIn experience!</i><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQg6S5nK7PKpIK4JsaWH7y05OslvLEm-1IwWHb3ZqCjQbgwKmYaVI5mTn6iW-SYMCHASbnDBrxCGB2EzIVK7GpPnrn99JWbg9iAFcZDPp6M2DrEPpI5BWAweZfxJPKkp38goauUvuXGdQ/s1600/Krystal+Lamb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQg6S5nK7PKpIK4JsaWH7y05OslvLEm-1IwWHb3ZqCjQbgwKmYaVI5mTn6iW-SYMCHASbnDBrxCGB2EzIVK7GpPnrn99JWbg9iAFcZDPp6M2DrEPpI5BWAweZfxJPKkp38goauUvuXGdQ/s400/Krystal+Lamb.jpg" width="182" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Krystal Lamb</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
With all of the different tools available to find a job, searching online has become the most convenient route. You don’t have to leave the comfort of your home and you can privately apply to any company at any time. You can upload your resume to these job search sites and apply with just one click. There are many different job search sites available but the top site, in my opinion, is LinkedIn. </div>
<div>
<br />
For the past 5 years, I have been a huge advocate of LinkedIn. The popularity has soared and millions of companies have joined looking for top talent. As a Certified LinkedIn Professional Recruiter, I am constantly sourcing and finding the best candidates, whether they are looking for a new job right now or not! Since I am logged on all day, I can spot the best LinkedIn profiles easily. Here are the top eight ways to have an All-Star LinkedIn profile!</div>
<ol>
<li><b>The Headline is Creative and Stands Out</b><br />One surefire way to have a company contact you on LinkedIn is to have a great headline. You should make sure to include keywords about your specialty. Keep it short and sweet!</li>
<li> <b>A Professional Photo</b><br />Your LinkedIn photo should be a headshot. You should be the ONLY person in the photo and it should be clear and recent. I understand this is social media but this could be your first impression to your next employer!</li>
<li><b>Make Connections</b><br />It is a great idea to make tons of connections on LinkedIn! The point of connecting is to make sure that you show up in LinkedIn searches. You also may be able to network with a 2nd or 3rd degree connection at that dream job you want!</li>
<li><b>Brag About Everything</b><br />LinkedIn gives you the ability to add items to your profile such as Certifications, projects, volunteering, past or current school courses and patents! There are employers who are very interested in knowing what type of interests you have outside of work.</li>
<li><b>Tack on Those Recommendations</b><br />You have the ability to add recommendations to your profile from past employers and colleagues. If you left on good terms or worked with an awesome team, connect on LinkedIn and ask for a recommendation. Be prepared to write one in return!</li>
<li><b>Add Contact Information</b><br />An employer or recruiter should not have to conduct a deep investigation to find your contact information. Make sure you have an email address and/or a phone number near the top of your profile. Adding your different social media connections are an option as well.</li>
<li><b>Join LinkedIn Groups</b><br />These are great ways to connect with other like-minded individuals. There are many conversations happening daily in these groups. Make sure you join groups that are relevant to your interests and specialty.</li>
<li><b>Stay Up-to-Date and Current</b><br />Share articles that you read, like different posts on your timeline and keep your work history up-to-date. You must stay engaged in order to be seen. Think of your LinkedIn profile as your resume. If it’s outdated, how will you ever find your dream job??</li>
</ol>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSwznhMjbrL1Biwz9dwdAkvdybwCW1-MhTWE5QueqwBA90k3z8GxOdUiZv4DN_msnQbCb-K2kCE_jxz0EbgdV2oFaWykDexMNuoMu_WzQyX81I18hST4_Vz_LYP1gClYsyz-YltEOlLM/s1600/Krystal+Lamb+LinkedIN+example.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSwznhMjbrL1Biwz9dwdAkvdybwCW1-MhTWE5QueqwBA90k3z8GxOdUiZv4DN_msnQbCb-K2kCE_jxz0EbgdV2oFaWykDexMNuoMu_WzQyX81I18hST4_Vz_LYP1gClYsyz-YltEOlLM/s640/Krystal+Lamb+LinkedIN+example.gif" width="640" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<i><br />Krystal Lamb is a Sales Recruiter/Human Resources Representative at a Telecommunications company in Chicago, IL. She is also the Founder/CEO of Career Tips with Krys, where she provides resume editing, resume writing, career counseling and interview etiquette services. Contact her through email at <a href="mailto:krystherecruiter@gmail.com">krystherecruiter@gmail.com</a> , on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/careertipswithkrys/" target="_blank"> Instagram @careertipswithkrys</a> or Like her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/careertipswithkrys/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/careertipswithkrys/</a></i>J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-27156865894392877962016-01-28T08:54:00.001-06:002016-02-04T08:32:22.375-06:00Your student needs to fill out the FAFSA -- NOW!!!<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We at Do-Gooder Consulting really want to implore anyone
with a student going to college - whether high school senior, returning
student, or an adult even </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">thinking</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
about going to college - to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NOW</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">! Don’t wait! </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in our day, the FAFSA was filled out by hand. The
financial aid officer also had to calculate by hand, which made the process
long and strenuous. Any revisions would be equally as long , so it was suggested
that students wait until taxes were done before submitting the FAFSA. That
allowed families to make copies of tax forms, and provide accurate information.
Financial aid programs like the Illinois Monetary Assistance Program (MAP)
grant were able to provide money up until classes actually began. </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, technology, especially through the web and
computers, has completely changed the process - for the better. Using </span><a href="http://www.fafsa.gov/"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">www.FAFSA.gov</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> families can quickly input (and
change) information. Most people send
their taxes in online, whether by using an application at home such as Turbo
Tax, or going to a professional such as H & R Block, or even most independent accountants. That information can then be easily
downloaded via the IRS Retrieval Tool. That one click often replaces the
photocopies and mailings and calls to the financial aid office of the past.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The downside of the technology upgrades is that since it makes
it easier to fill out applications for financial aid, more people know about
the opportunities and are rushing to take advantage of it. We talked about the shrinking MAP deadlines
in the past. Even though the state of Illinois is having problems now with
disbursing MAP funds for the current year, in order to possibly funds for the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">next </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">school year (2016-2017), Illinois
residents need to fill out the FAFSA within the next week.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2014/08/map-grants-deadlines-are-shrinking.html" target="_blank">We previously wrote about MAP deadlines</a>, with 2015 running
out by approximately Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14). Below is our projections for
when MAP money will run out not just for the upcoming school year, but the
school year following.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_J8dTt1bSY7fVwxOo6cnxRXJH9rqYE0FwoGcbRUfVWRcKJEZgjKE_GlM_fXU3oZERwvcIVMTIYVR0A-scoxwsXEFehr_UvEFhgz81b6a_mR6jjnwJcuAjeKElrK1ZRGjNj1waB0FkRI/s1600/2016+MAP+Grant+cut-off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_J8dTt1bSY7fVwxOo6cnxRXJH9rqYE0FwoGcbRUfVWRcKJEZgjKE_GlM_fXU3oZERwvcIVMTIYVR0A-scoxwsXEFehr_UvEFhgz81b6a_mR6jjnwJcuAjeKElrK1ZRGjNj1waB0FkRI/s640/2016+MAP+Grant+cut-off.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In looking at the graphic, you may have noticed that our
projection for the end of MAP money is the middle of </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">this </span></i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">November. That’s
because of some major changes with the FAFSA for the next school year.
<a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2015/09/fafsa-opening-day-has-been-moved-up.html" target="_blank">Do-</a><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2015/09/fafsa-opening-day-has-been-moved-up.html" target="_blank">Gooder</a><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2015/09/fafsa-opening-day-has-been-moved-up.html" target="_blank"> Consulting documented these changes in an earlier blog</a>.<br />
<br />
There are some good reasons for this change.
The earlier deadline, which now coincides with many college application
deadlines. This allows students to make a timely decision to see if a college
is a good fit not just academically but also financially. See our graphic below
for details on the need to have both a completed FAFSA </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> a college application that is not just completed, but </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">accepted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
by the college.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL1nSHnprokf3iHhUuLctYWjalV1z4Grrj2Ge6voRtUcKyffM2EAFOZEnTAPVBtB01NMI8VucdSjB8db7-y0TaRKTfxiy1n8PdwqbnTatxi-wokMjv8XNPnkiMvsvEpM3eH9M4Kjbl7Y/s1600/FAFSA+%252B+App+%253D+Financial+Aid+Award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL1nSHnprokf3iHhUuLctYWjalV1z4Grrj2Ge6voRtUcKyffM2EAFOZEnTAPVBtB01NMI8VucdSjB8db7-y0TaRKTfxiy1n8PdwqbnTatxi-wokMjv8XNPnkiMvsvEpM3eH9M4Kjbl7Y/s640/FAFSA+%252B+App+%253D+Financial+Aid+Award.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The main trouble will be for families who have returning
students. They will think “Didn’t we just fill this out?” And that feeling is justified, as it may have
been 8 months or less when they filled out the FAFSA. That is going to require a change in mindset.
For years, Do-Gooder Consulting has advocated FAFSA completion sessions at the
beginning of the year. We have worked with churches to do such a session
following their service on the first Sunday of January. </span></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, we encourage churches to hold such a session in October
or if needed, November. Nonprofits can work with families with holding evening
sessions, or also during the day if the families have Columbus Day or Veterans’
Day off. It’s a huge shift in
scheduling, and may conflict with other activities. But if going to - and
graduating - college is a priority, then lifestyle changes </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">need</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to be made.<br />
<br />
So please, plan accordingly, so your student can get the best financial aid
possible. If you are part of a church or nonprofit (or even business that
wishes to maximize help for your employees, customers and their families),
please contact us at Do-Gooder Consulting, and let’s see how we can work
together for the best interest of students. We would be happy to help you
organize a coalition of organizations to maximize resources and impact. Feel
free to call or text Do-Gooder Consulting at 872-222-8008 or e-mail at blog@do-gooder.us</span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
</div>
J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-34841959026863491842016-01-21T08:33:00.000-06:002016-02-04T08:37:09.450-06:00Illinois College Access Network February 2016 meeting = Feb 9<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span class="im"><span style="color: #500050;"><strong>Where? </strong> Chicago Scholars – 247 S State Street – Chicago IL</span></span></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #993366; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>When?</strong></span> Tuesday, February 9, 2016</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
<div>
</div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2091980941" tabindex="0">8:00</span> – Light Breakfast and Networking<br />
8:45 – Onset of Mental Health Issues During the College Years</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Coalition of 80 <b>national </b>private and public colleges (4 in Illinois) proposing innovative approach to processing applications</li>
<li>BRING YOUR OWN QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS</li>
</ul>
<div class="yj6qo ajU">
<div class="ajR" data-tooltip="Hide expanded content" id=":1w4" tabindex="0">
<img alt="" class="ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" /></div>
</div>
<div class="adL">
<div>
Announcements and additional discussion until adjournment +/- 10;30</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Questions or RSVPs to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222;">illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@</span><wbr></wbr>gmail.com</a><span style="color: #500050;">.</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="adL">
<div>
</div>
<div>
Membership or Renewal: <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.illinoiscan.org</span></a>. Current members, categories, fees, and applications are at the website under “Membership.”</div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div class="adL">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br />There are a lot of changes in the world of college access & financial aid. Come get updated!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span>You can also call/text </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/november-2015-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></strong>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFukOKvgukQny5FIiAANwIE1XLrdxdQbsSj3Kd0MV-_QG2LGdX7zyuJ1CMTpbaemFfg8rzoAqwbHI93rcfu7mWbosx-VGVT-V-qFdpMKotswxngSUxt-NCUtgBUATzZo97m8h9JTORnI/s1600/ICAN+February+2016+meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFukOKvgukQny5FIiAANwIE1XLrdxdQbsSj3Kd0MV-_QG2LGdX7zyuJ1CMTpbaemFfg8rzoAqwbHI93rcfu7mWbosx-VGVT-V-qFdpMKotswxngSUxt-NCUtgBUATzZo97m8h9JTORnI/s640/ICAN+February+2016+meeting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></strong>J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-31338389895395887662016-01-19T19:30:00.000-06:002016-02-06T21:47:43.180-06:00JP Paulus on V103 THIS Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKIWjXAkGloNgmI4yPbS6vUw1lir_r1O3IZxAyz4eFBmjn9Y2aRXDZHE1wv3-Ky3YplbsPNSvHzHkFdpPkZuOf8LkZiu_W2pjLHmfUpsO3Qcz1BjcyT9xIKJv-vjqaY9jmthXcex4Z_c/s1600/v103_logo_web_180x115_0_1405351576.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKIWjXAkGloNgmI4yPbS6vUw1lir_r1O3IZxAyz4eFBmjn9Y2aRXDZHE1wv3-Ky3YplbsPNSvHzHkFdpPkZuOf8LkZiu_W2pjLHmfUpsO3Qcz1BjcyT9xIKJv-vjqaY9jmthXcex4Z_c/s1600/v103_logo_web_180x115_0_1405351576.png" /></a>Do-Gooder Consulting President JP Paulus will be on V103's Sunday call-in show "Chicago Speaks with Darryl Dennard".<br />
<br />
He should be on some time between 6:30pm - 7:30pm (depending on topics and guests) on Sunday, February 7.<br />
<br />
You can listen by tuning into 102.7 FM, or <a href="http://www.iheart.com/live/865/?autoplay=true&pname=2062&campid=play_bar&cid=%2Fonair%2Fchicago-speaks-14420%2F" target="_blank">online by clicking this link</a>. V103 is part of the iHeartRadio network, and can be found on their app and website, if you'd like to listen online.<br />
<br />
2 weeks ago, Chicago Speaks featured the MAP Grant crisis in Illinois, where the current state budget crisis is preventing the Illinois Student Assistance Commission from disbursing funds to colleges. Because of Chicago State University's current budget issues, the lack of MAP (Monetary Assistance Program) money is causing even larger problems, which is prompting quicker action.<br />
<br />
That inspired JP to share his recent blogpost about <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2016/01/your-student-needs-to-fill-out-fafsa-now.html" target="_blank">2016 MAP Deadlines and the new FAFSA opening date</a>. Despite the current crisis, students will still have to plan for next year, as ISAC won't suspend their normal process. Also, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will have an earlier deadline. JP will talk about those issues on this Sunday's show.<br />
<br />
Now, breaking events <i>could </i>bump JP from the lineup, but plan to hear him some time between 6:30pm - 7:30pm<br />
<br />
We hope you can tune in. You can also call in with questions at 312-591-8103.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtCi5Xy1tyrhkIaTMnyQg3f7bvRW6r0DLJZPKeQ2AtF0KEZuAJxvxsYUeRprygaIHWb2F6-p-vx6ARS67nr4Wj1sbF3rueMQDL1XdX5adOqG1lSVJ45GeVJ_BMzfk2fOZ4D2e7I1ewFI/s1600/Darryl+Dennard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtCi5Xy1tyrhkIaTMnyQg3f7bvRW6r0DLJZPKeQ2AtF0KEZuAJxvxsYUeRprygaIHWb2F6-p-vx6ARS67nr4Wj1sbF3rueMQDL1XdX5adOqG1lSVJ45GeVJ_BMzfk2fOZ4D2e7I1ewFI/s640/Darryl+Dennard.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Darryl M. Dennard, host of "Chicago Speaks" on V103, 102.7 FM in Chicago</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
.J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-5152304324198577272016-01-12T19:30:00.000-06:002016-01-12T20:27:02.924-06:00Did you know we do graphic design and Powerpoint Presentations?Did you know we can do basic graphic design and PowerPoint presentations?<br />
<br />
If you are a speaker, teacher or preacher, you have a lot of great things to say. But you probably don't the time or the technical expertise to create an appropriate visual complement, to help your listeners absorb that information.<br />
<br />
We can also use PowerPoint to help you set up detailed professional flyers for events. JP Paulus of Do-Gooder did this promotional card for Oakdale Covenant Church's recent Men's Week:<br />
<span id="goog_830712123"></span><span id="goog_830712124"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYI7_gAUm8Bcd3ld2WK6Vkf_KuuIf6F9LXaAFdWvY_oqq_N1MDV0cmuxMDXRMLJtH1atnz_gtD2iKBvnJxsrMny9qKigpL1h_lMXMdqLqAoM6yn9s3JvmdkZCHsLCwVRevBWept6FKWA/s1600/SIDE+1+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYI7_gAUm8Bcd3ld2WK6Vkf_KuuIf6F9LXaAFdWvY_oqq_N1MDV0cmuxMDXRMLJtH1atnz_gtD2iKBvnJxsrMny9qKigpL1h_lMXMdqLqAoM6yn9s3JvmdkZCHsLCwVRevBWept6FKWA/s640/SIDE+1+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span id="goog_830712124"></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE62I10cajoh0oJaau9ognZ98lcTfV0RagBBsyRcbOeIE7z_TPc6rgmT_xIGN-5g2LFWSjlXTmlDGwpiELeZkxhiIxPJeLJJVjI9fcwuvu7EeDTypiEypsdLFRPAdiKLLqa4vcf2MACA/s1600/SIDE+2+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE62I10cajoh0oJaau9ognZ98lcTfV0RagBBsyRcbOeIE7z_TPc6rgmT_xIGN-5g2LFWSjlXTmlDGwpiELeZkxhiIxPJeLJJVjI9fcwuvu7EeDTypiEypsdLFRPAdiKLLqa4vcf2MACA/s640/SIDE+2+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
We've also helped their Women's Ministry as well<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7pYtIFe0c6gyCmFUCP_dhCg_LzPCgMbWGLEKjo681S-TpiWjKiNnbKKQeL6mAFPlgvTf554qG-01T6NvH2aOU61wSZ19M-wZeXRDg_bt8jIj08NP69RsK0ss-VC_hMN99ey2YdPwYkc/s1600/Slide8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7pYtIFe0c6gyCmFUCP_dhCg_LzPCgMbWGLEKjo681S-TpiWjKiNnbKKQeL6mAFPlgvTf554qG-01T6NvH2aOU61wSZ19M-wZeXRDg_bt8jIj08NP69RsK0ss-VC_hMN99ey2YdPwYkc/s640/Slide8.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXc4NBRSbQXz-SSjBt8dD0N0pB3XOmzDZyGk4YMBYqE_gJgWnoE8qUHsYwi6-aWgNc8LlOwgpqluPRYMqUWQxawaghyphenhyphenQmBTTe_d47x4V-07naJaAbHFMs024tybdTc5k0EJ7DX8eVWP4/s1600/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXc4NBRSbQXz-SSjBt8dD0N0pB3XOmzDZyGk4YMBYqE_gJgWnoE8qUHsYwi6-aWgNc8LlOwgpqluPRYMqUWQxawaghyphenhyphenQmBTTe_d47x4V-07naJaAbHFMs024tybdTc5k0EJ7DX8eVWP4/s640/Slide4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
What are your needs? Let us know how we can help you! Contact Do-Gooder Consulting by phone or text at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us">blog</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">@do-gooder.us</a><br />
<br />
We are also contemplating doing a webinar with about 7-10 Powerpoint tips to help you maximize your use of Powerpoint. Let us know!J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-3685232890630579452016-01-06T20:00:00.000-06:002016-01-13T13:52:22.158-06:00New events for a new year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a brand new year for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> and we would like to see you as part of the action. Call or text us at <b>872-222-800</b>8 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> blog@do-gooder.us</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!) </span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span> </span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br />The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday January 16at 9am. The location is different than usual - New Life Covenant Northwest, 5100 w. Diversey. From UYN coordinator Nick Rivera:<br /><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">I want to extend an invitation to join UYN on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_486779377" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">Saturday January 16</span></span></span> to cover 2 areas. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">
<div style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul>
<li>First to unite in prayer with other youth workers to cover our students. The work we do can be very difficult and praying with out brothers and sisters in Christ is absolutely crucial. </li>
<li>Second is to hear about how to make an impact in the schools around your church. Perhaps you have had a desire to get in the schools but don't know how, Shawn Proctor of Grip Outreach for Youth will lead a workshop on how to do so. You don't want to miss</li>
</ul>
</div>
</span><div>
<br /></div>
</span></span><br />
<div>
February's is guest speaker is longtime Chicago Urban Youth Worker Amy Williams. Date is to be determined, but probably Feb. 20</div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"> Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick Rivera at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Business First Friday </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">This longtime networking event continues at Chef Sara's Cafe in South Shore. See you Friday, January 8 at 8:30 am, located at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31px;">7261 S. Exchange. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings, such as Global Generation group (see our previous blog post). Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This event is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of Technology TV (among many other ventures).</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"></span></span><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the First Friday </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342832375902760/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></div>
<br />
<div>
</div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><br /><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></h3>
</div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
<span class="im"><span style="color: #500050;"><strong>Where? </strong> Chicago Scholars – 247 S State Street – Chicago IL</span></span><br />
</span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #993366; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>When?</strong></span> Tuesday, February 9, 2016</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">
<div>
</div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2091980941" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">8:00</span></span> – Light Breakfast and Networking<br />
8:45 – Onset of Mental Health Issues During the College Years</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Coalition of 80 <b>national </b>private and public colleges (4 in Illinois) proposing innovative approach to processing applications</li>
<li>BRING YOUR OWN QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS</li>
</ul>
<div class="yj6qo ajU">
<div class="ajR" data-tooltip="Hide expanded content" id=":1w4" tabindex="0">
<img alt="" class="ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" /></div>
</div>
<div class="adL">
<div>
Announcements and additional discussion until adjournment +/- 10;30</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Questions or RSVPs to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222;">illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@</span><wbr></wbr>gmail.com</a><span style="color: #500050;">.</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="adL">
<div>
</div>
<div>
Membership or Renewal: <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.illinoiscan.org</span></a>. Current members, categories, fees, and applications are at the website under “Membership.”</div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
</span><div>
</div>
<div class="adL">
</div>
<br />
There are a lot of changes in the world of college access & financial aid. Come get updated!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span>You can also call/text </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/november-2015-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"></strong></div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhbF0McdpJ3j25Ifa_M-Xrlq-dp8jXMGtbVusgo9Hrn8EZMCFul3GzG3B7ZMoFvfh_faczVQFUy7_E9X6MtaTWlp4O1XX3XI3qUG74VzeW2V1w4_G4BlIwJBvlLDBhjbcrHrIn3Mj35Q/s1600/ICAN+February+2016+meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhbF0McdpJ3j25Ifa_M-Xrlq-dp8jXMGtbVusgo9Hrn8EZMCFul3GzG3B7ZMoFvfh_faczVQFUy7_E9X6MtaTWlp4O1XX3XI3qUG74VzeW2V1w4_G4BlIwJBvlLDBhjbcrHrIn3Mj35Q/s640/ICAN+February+2016+meeting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting at 8:30am on Tuesday, January 12, at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, IL 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting, held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc., is to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago.<br /> You do not need to be a member to attend, but you should register. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-november-10-2015-1454" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><div>
</div>
</span><div>
</div>
</span><div>
</div>
</span><br />
<div>
</div>
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike><br /></strike></span> <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tutor Mentor Conference</span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the May 2015 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on "Twists on Traditional Fundraising". <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">The 44th conference will be in May 2016, with a smaller gathering planned in November 2015. Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>.</span></strong></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></strong></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 17, 2016. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates. Call text or e-mail us to schedule your own session!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></span></a></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to more fully participate in events such as:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the </span><a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College Changes Everything Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in July 2016 (where we presented at the 2015 conference),</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" width="640" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Colege Access Network Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in August 2016, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Conference in September 2016. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</a>). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us">blog@do-gooder.us</a><br /><br />We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
</div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4nrRUYHRzE4%2FTtUIpYlnNwI%2FAAAAAAAAArI%2FNfMkDWNqTB4%2Fs1600%2Ffafsa-on-the-web.gif&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com05100 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639, USA41.9317188 -87.75427819999998741.9313498 -87.754908699999987 41.9320878 -87.753647699999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-38912456893619201142015-11-24T12:42:00.000-06:002015-11-24T12:42:39.596-06:00Tips to more effectively share on social media<br />
I wanted to give some suggestions on using social media, particularly Facebook, to promote an event. So here's an example of an event that you might want to share on Facebook. It's a simple graphic that gives all your information in a memorable way.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPgiKqaP4wzXA40NZpiQNzqy2Bv3yts764EsLDvAYF6RekqyrpKWDR_HRVIHo0bB8ZaNF41aXz2KmpZmkayldupswFtKHiYqJHIRy1Z9hBFHjEP_xQl_Cl4lrrx7wp6Y_MgqjJAuaD6M/s1600/Prayer+Teleconference+2015+Dec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPgiKqaP4wzXA40NZpiQNzqy2Bv3yts764EsLDvAYF6RekqyrpKWDR_HRVIHo0bB8ZaNF41aXz2KmpZmkayldupswFtKHiYqJHIRy1Z9hBFHjEP_xQl_Cl4lrrx7wp6Y_MgqjJAuaD6M/s320/Prayer+Teleconference+2015+Dec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
One of the most common mistakes is that people post such a graphic, but forget about the privacy setting. The problem is that even though you've shared an event with your friends on your Facebook wall, those friends can't share the graphic with others, because the privacy mode limits it to <strong>only</strong> your friends. That situation than kills the virality of graphic. Friends and fans who would <strong><em>want</em></strong> to share your information won't be able to. It's not fair to expect such fans to take the extra steps to make the graphic public, or even expect them to have the technical expertise even if they were willing.<br />
<br />
The following graphic was created by Derek Jenkins, and makes it plain how to fix that mistake : <br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftpD9yjOy2OnXfDkgEKDqjMzff2Y7LwMDCQfGOzlCYzKN5cWWCnAo265wTF8lvbqUwApWTcDitX4jlkQkX1PcgNdFPYKZYIKFhIZoV83sqGIfrLbgcJM-ZHPyWPuMzADHJGYWEESUI9U/s1600/How+to+make+your+graphic+public+-+by+Derek+Jenkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftpD9yjOy2OnXfDkgEKDqjMzff2Y7LwMDCQfGOzlCYzKN5cWWCnAo265wTF8lvbqUwApWTcDitX4jlkQkX1PcgNdFPYKZYIKFhIZoV83sqGIfrLbgcJM-ZHPyWPuMzADHJGYWEESUI9U/s640/How+to+make+your+graphic+public+-+by+Derek+Jenkins.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Thanks to Derek Jenkins for creating this helpful graphic</em></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
So now you know -- if you post an informational graphic, follow to above steps to ensure your message is spread.<br />
<br />
Once you've made that informational graphic public, there are a few other tips that can help promote your graphic:<br />
<ul>
<li>Tag some friends who you think would seriously act on this graphic and/or further spread the graphic</li>
<li>Call or e-mail friends as well, or even meet up with them. Building interest in a personal way gets people excited about it.</li>
<li>Post the graphics in groups which allow such graphics and are specifically relevant to it</li>
<li>If you have annual or very special events, make sure you let staff, board members, or key volunteers know at your next scheduled meeting. That will put this graphic at the top of their priority list, and can boost the effectiveness.</li>
</ul>
If you need help developing your social media strategy, empowering your volunteers, and organizing your resources, contact JP Paulus of Do-Gooder Consulting at 872-222-8008 or at <a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" target="_blank">blog@do-gooder.us</a><br />
<br />
<span id="goog_541559011"></span><span id="goog_541559012"></span><br />J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-37480258088395743882015-10-15T19:21:00.000-05:002015-10-19T11:07:58.329-05:00October & November events<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October and November has so much going on for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> that we'll actually miss some of the events we're listing. Call or text us at <b>872-222-800</b>8 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> blog@do-gooder.us</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!) </span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span> </span><br />
</span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br />The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday October 24 at 9am. The location is Park Community Church at 1001 N. Crosby. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"> Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick Rivera at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> </span><br />
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Business First Friday </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">This longtime networking event continues at Chef Sara's Cafe in South Shore. See you Friday, Nov. 6 at 8:30 am, located at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31px;">7261 S. Exchange. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings, such as Global Generation group (see our previous blog post). Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This event is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of Technology TV, among many other things..</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"></span></span><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the First Friday </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342832375902760/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></div>
<br />
<span style="color: #222222;"></span><br />
<div>
</div>
<span style="color: #222222;">
<br />
<span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><div>
<br /></div>
</span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
</span></span></span></span></h3>
</div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">The next <a href="http://illinoiscan.org/">Illinois College Access Network </a>Meeting of 2015 be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">will meet on </span></span>Tuesday, November 10th, 2015. We </span>come together in Room 8005 of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd at 8am sharp for the next meeting of the Network. There are a lot of change sin the world of college access & financial aid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span>You can also call/text </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/november-2015-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouKi9PZ-DG72gM7QOiK7pXFmV1MPuIISInOX0KMNglOO5a4cEVgx5k-FWjjhaw9o6ulh_6vBqG6Z2kOJJcgO6xkohNQzxJYNq3GWaXdBnJBSf925VyOB4V8OH9e5gvPyGwdnZ_hF12Q0/s1600/ICAN+November+2015+meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouKi9PZ-DG72gM7QOiK7pXFmV1MPuIISInOX0KMNglOO5a4cEVgx5k-FWjjhaw9o6ulh_6vBqG6Z2kOJJcgO6xkohNQzxJYNq3GWaXdBnJBSf925VyOB4V8OH9e5gvPyGwdnZ_hF12Q0/s640/ICAN+November+2015+meeting.jpg" width="640" /></a></strong></div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /></span> <br />
</span></span></span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></h3>
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting at 8:30am on Tuesday, November 10 at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, IL 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting, held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc., is to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago. November's presenter is <b>Quilen Blackwell, </b>Owner of Blackwell Energies.<b> </b>His topic is<b> "Utility Auditing for your Business "</b><br /> You do not need to be a member to attend, but you should register. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-november-10-2015-1454" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event. </span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
</span><div>
</div>
</span><div>
</div>
</span><div>
</div>
</span><br />
<div>
</div>
</div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tutor Mentor Conference</span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the May 2015 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on "Twists on Traditional Fundraising". <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">The 44th conference will be in May 2016, with a smaller gathering planned in November 2015. Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>.</span></strong></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></strong></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 3, 2016. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates. Call text or e-mail us to schedule your own session!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></span></a></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to more fully participate in events such as:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the </span><a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College Changes Everything Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in July 2016 (where we presented at the 2015 conference),</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" width="640" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Colege Access Network Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in August 2016, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Conference in November 2015. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</a>). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us">blog@do-gooder.us</a><br /><br />We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
</div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4nrRUYHRzE4%2FTtUIpYlnNwI%2FAAAAAAAAArI%2FNfMkDWNqTB4%2Fs1600%2Ffafsa-on-the-web.gif&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-58320039232177616572015-09-22T10:19:00.000-05:002015-09-22T10:19:00.117-05:00FAFSA opening day has been moved up!The US Department of Education is changing when families can begin filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). "Traditionally", it has begin January 1 of the year the student begins fall semester. With the changes, that opening date is moved to October 1 (starting in 2017). <br />
<br />
(see below for the full announcement.)<br />
<br />
What does that mean?<br />
<br />
Factually speaking, a student can fill out the FAFSA, and possibly get information on their financial aid eligibility for a college, almost 1 full year before they begin fall classes. <br />
<br />
On the positive, financial aid packages can be created earlier, so that students can get a better idea of if they will receive financial aid at a particular school, or if they should apply for a different one (before those deadlines passes). Another possible positive may be that other financial aid forms , such as the CSS(which some private colleges require) may not be necessary. So possibly less paperwork, and less money (CSS charges a fee; FAFSA is always free, with it being the FREE Application for Federal Student Aid). <br />
<br />
On the negative, financial aid deadlines will also be moved up, meaning things such as Illinois' MAP grant (worth up to $4700) will run out of money even sooner.<br />
<br />
<strong><em>What you can/should do about it?</em></strong><br />
<br />
Plan to have a FAFSA completion service the first week of January. Whether it is on the actual holiday of New Year's, or the first Sunday, or during the week, the next round of financial aid won't begin until January 1, 2016. <br />
<br />
Then immediately plan TWO big financial aid pushes for the following year. The first should occur near the first week of October 2016. Another alternative is to hold a FAFSA completion session on Columbus Day. Both Students and many parents should have that day off. Churches could hold their session on the holiday, or following their service on Sunday.<br />
<br />
<br />
The second big push should continue to be either the first Sunday of the new Year, or starting in 2016, in December, when your returning college students are back as well. <br />
<br />
See Do-Gooder's<a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2014/09/plan-your-fafsa-completion-session-now.html" target="_blank"> previous blog on planning a FAFSA completion session</a>.<br />
<br />
Here is the official announcement from the US Department of Education. They also have a <a href="http://financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov/resources/fafsa-changes-17-18-faq.pdf" target="_blank">PDF with FAQ's (Frquently Asked Questions)</a> about this change.<br />
<br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 625px;"><tbody>
<tr style="height: 75pt;"><td style="background: white; height: 75pt; padding: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgvPgPLdE1dnAOXrwXkVSYAy2gBFJhMkCZP3JGUP5ggj-k7wC3JLo-u6djJlnotq2f2GarEdxZg2PRe2xnEqsZL69PHMVg63I_KcWOlGQtDyVBodWYMmw3AHSVoXdOQVsyWfSzS1MOD-R6hDN6PEP2JZvgW0NwDa8c2k17GCycO8ZIvPMu2rmCbWTDbIqHUyqPmoxb7hyR6XPmedQ6M_AjaLVyR=s0-d-e1-ft&oid=00Do0000000HpYr" /><u></u><u></u></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 3.75pt;"><td style="background: rgb(190, 247, 129); height: 3.75pt; padding: 0in;" valign="top"></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 225pt;"><td style="background: white; height: 225pt; padding: 0in;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" style="width: 688px;"><tbody>
<tr style="height: 300pt;"><td style="background: white; height: 300pt; padding: 3.75pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Today, Monday, September 14, 2015, President Obama announced significant changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) process that will impact millions of students. We want to inform you—our partners in the college access, planning, and funding process—about these changes and provide you with tools and information you can use. </span><span style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Changes for the 2017–18 FAFSA®</span></b><span style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0in;">
<u></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(1)<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><u></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(1) The 2016–17 FAFSA® will be the final FAFSA to launch on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302396" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">January 1</span></span></span>. Beginning with the 2017–18 application, the FAFSA will be available to students and families <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302397" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">October 1</span></span></span> of the previous year. This means students who need to complete the 2017–18 FAFSA will be able to access and submit the form anytime from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302398" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">October 1, 2016</span></span></span>, through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302399" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">June 30, 2018</span></span></span>. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0in;">
<u></u><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(2)<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><u></u><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u> <u></u></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(2) (2) In addition to changing the launch date for the application cycle, beginning with the 2017–18 FAFSA, we also will change the requirements for reporting income information. Currently, FAFSA applicants are required to provide income information from the “prior year.” For example, 2016–17 applicants must report 2015 income information. Beginning with the 2017–18 FAFSA, applicants will be required to provide “prior-prior” year income information. This means that the 2017–18 FAFSA will collect 2015 income information. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u><u></u></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The following table provides a summary of key dates as we transition to using the early FAFSA submission time frame and earlier tax information.</span><span style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 750px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="border-image: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 150.5pt;" valign="top" width="251"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">When a Student Is Attending College (School Year)</span></b><u></u><u></u></div>
</td><td style="border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-image: none; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 178pt;" valign="top" width="297"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">When a Student Can Submit a FAFSA</span></b><u></u><u></u></div>
</td><td style="border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-image: none; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="203"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Which Year’s Income Information Is Required</span></b><u></u><u></u></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext; border-image: none; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 150.5pt;" valign="top" width="251"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">July 1, 2015–<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302400" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">June 30, 2016</span></span></span></span><u></u><u></u></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 178pt;" valign="top" width="297"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">January 1, 2015–<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302401" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">June 30, 2016</span></span></span></span><u></u><u></u></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="203"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2014</span><u></u><u></u></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext; border-image: none; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 150.5pt;" valign="top" width="251"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #232323;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302402" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017</span></span></span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 178pt;" valign="top" width="297"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #232323;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302403" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">January 1, 2016–June 30, 2017</span></span></span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="203"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2015</span><u></u><u></u></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext; border-image: none; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 150.5pt;" valign="top" width="251"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #232323;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302404" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018</span></span></span></b><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 178pt;" valign="top" width="297"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #232323;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302405" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 1, 2016–June 30, 2018</span></span></span></b><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="203"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2015</span></b><u></u><u></u></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext; border-image: none; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 150.5pt;" valign="top" width="251"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #232323;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302406" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019</span></span></span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 178pt;" valign="top" width="297"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #232323;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302407" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 1, 2017–June 30, 2019</span></span></span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
</td><td style="border-color: currentColor windowtext windowtext currentColor; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="203"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">2016</span><u></u><u></u></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u><u></u></span><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Resources for You and Your Students</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u><u></u></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To assist you and your students in learning about these changes, the U.S. Department of Education and the White House have prepared several informational pieces (a fact sheet, FAQ, etc.). You can access some of them at <a href="http://financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov/tk/announcement-detail.jsp?id=2017-18-fafsa-changes" target="_blank">FinancialAidToolkit.ed.gov/<wbr></wbr>fafsa-changes</a> now; and others will be added later today.</span><span style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We will update the Financial Aid Toolkit and StudentAid.gov sites as the 2017–18 FAFSA launch approaches. Keep an eye out in spring 2016 for further resources such as talking points, suggested tweets and Facebook posts, etc.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u><u></u></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u> <u></u></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Please know the President’s remarks which will be streamed live from Des Moines beginning at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2037302408" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: #232323; color: #eeeeee;">4:40 p.m. ET</span></span></span> at <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/live" target="_blank">whitehouse.gov/live</a>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><u></u><u></u></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As always, we thank you for everything you do to advance equity in access to higher education for the nation’s students.</span><span style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 3.75pt;"><td style="background: rgb(190, 247, 129); height: 3.75pt; padding: 0in;" valign="top"></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 45pt;"><td style="background: white; height: 45pt; padding: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgfur6tam39-360h3N5OnvvcvlfFisW-tpquAWx8BRl1mzcLOGWDLwHGEZAyGrSwG4eI8UZnby60Kl3lGgfSJzz1ZPrVkHzXM3ZFCC_NnP-NrL0GelASwWIWqi0KSVv5f7RWFFDb4MpVqWGBksWMYjW7euG2akTgVZpz-Z7cvlOttofxtRAUNvYrpPW3PD7lP8r8dueWCajFBhR37FaTYpMUhvY=s0-d-e1-ft&oid=00Do0000000HpYr" /><br />
<div class="a6S VP5IZb" dir="ltr" style="left: 858px; opacity: 0.01; top: 1240.66px;">
<div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":447" role="button" tabindex="0">
<div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<u></u><u></u><br /></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 3.75pt;"><td style="background: rgb(190, 247, 129); height: 3.75pt; padding: 0in;" valign="top"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Federal Student Aid Outreach Team <br />
830 First Street, NE <br />
Washington D.C. 20202<br />
<br />
<br />
===============<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<em>Do-Gooder Consulting is a consulting firm for churches, nonprofits, and small businesses. We provide coaching and teaching on issues relevant to the field, and aim to "help you help others." Please contact us at 872-222-8008 or </em><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><em>blog@do-gooder.us</em></a><em> to see how we can help you and possibly other partners get your students to college -- and then graduate.</em></blockquote>
<br /></div>
J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-3739371109662887402015-09-16T15:03:00.002-05:002015-09-19T09:59:43.754-05:00We're partnering to save you money!JP Paulus is partnering with <a href="http://www.globalgengroup.com/" target="_blank">Global Generation Group</a> to help save money for churches, small businesses and others.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.globalgengroup.com/" target="_blank">Global Generation Group</a> is a <a href="https://www.comed.com/business-savings/find-contractor/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Trade Ally</a> of Com-Ed and is helping them with the Small Business Energy Saving program, which helps small businesses and even churches get free light bulbs and other reduced-cost energy saving fixtures. (You can see<a href="https://tradeallies.comed.com/ContractorMapReport/ComEDMap/Reportpop.aspx?smallbusiness=&TNAME=Chicago" target="_blank"> Global Generation's entry as an official trade ally by clicking here</a>, and typing "Global" in the search engine, or through their <a href="https://www.comed.com/business-savings/find-contractor/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Trade Ally directory map</a>)<br />
<br />
If you would like to schedule a church, or small business, please call me at 872-222-8008 to set up an appointment or more information. See below for my introductory letter.<br />
<br />
---<br />
<br />
from Do-Gooder President, JP Paulus:<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
My name is JP Paulus, and I am president of DO-Gooder Consulting, which aims to serve churches, nonprofits and small businesses to "help you help others." I am now partnering with Global Generation Group, which is a trade ally with Com-Ed (the electric company). There are one of several organizations which are administering the Small Business Energy Saving program, which help small businesses, as well as churches and nonprofits, by replacing their current light bulbs and some fixtures with more energy efficient options.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Most of the work is free. There may optional (and I like to stress that_”optional” portion) repairs we might be authorized to do at a subsidized cost. We are required to put it in the assessment, but you are absolutely free to refuse any work.<br />
<br />
This program is mostly free (and otherwise subsidized) because you have already paid for this program. Look for the line “Energy Efficiency Programs “ on your electric bill, under “taxes & Fees”.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Here’s the process of how this program works:.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<ol>
<li>I (and perhaps with a colleague) will visit your building.</li>
<li>We will need a copy of your Com-Ed bill (just one from the past couple of months)</li>
<li>We will go over the bill to make sure that you qualify (such as being classified as a NON-residential property, using 0-100KW range)</li>
<li>(We will also need a photocopy of that bill to submit with paperwork, see below)</li>
<li>We then have a form that needs to be filled out.</li>
<li> We will then walk through your facility and make an assessment, noting any bulbs and fixtures we can upgrade.</li>
<li>Our office will then process the assessment and produce a report (usually within 1 week).</li>
<li>I will bring that to you, and you can sign off on any upgrades you want (or reject what you do not want, such as anything where you have to pay money, or ones you haven’t planned/budgeted for ).</li>
<li> Once we submit the final paperwork, you will be approved by Com-Ed to receive our services and they will have money set aside to make those changes.</li>
<li>Once the funds come in (usually a 2-3 week wait), we will begin work, which takes a short time depending on size , complexity, and schedule . It is usually between 1 day and two weeks at the latest.</li>
</ol>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
If you have anyone you could refer me to, I would greatly appreciate it. <b>The word is that the program can run out of funds as early as October,</b> so time is of the essence.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
Thanks for your help, and I hope to help your organization VERY soon!</div>
J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-65179839365987128102015-09-08T09:33:00.000-05:002015-09-08T09:33:00.246-05:00Spend your Fall with Do-Gooder Consulting<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a lot going on this fall for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> with several major events. Here's where you can find us in the next few weeks and beyond. Call or text us at <b>872-222-800</b>8 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> blog@do-gooder.us</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> </span><br />
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Business First Friday </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">We used to meet at Flecks Coffee for their First Friday networking event. Unfortunately, they have closed, so we have more to Chef Sara's Cafe in South Shore. See you Friday, oct 2 at 8:30 am, located at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31px;">7261 S. Exchange. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings, such as Global Generation group (see future blog post). Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This event is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of Technology TV, among many other things..</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"></span></span><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342832375902760/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span> </span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br />The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday September 12 at 9am. The location is Park Community Church at 1001 N. Crosby. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"> Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick Rivera at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>Oakdale Covenant Church Men's Week</span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JP Paulus is part of the planning committee for Oakdale Covenant Church's 2015 Men's Week, and working with much of the behind the scenes work. We will update this blog as plans are finalized. JP designed this plugger, organized the teleconference, coordinated registration, co-produced a commercial and contributed in other areas.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
</span><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<div>
</div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54JD8KQ31Oyq_fKtciHsTN7w_hrXD3RhAc2otWYDFq67HjODqM4Si5zQ2yrtdmKa8TnJcqKm8n46l5DWPixQe0YDKiDq5uhumjsLqqHX3yBvfn1gKXkylxjDcPxz03_JM451PGZvu1xY/s1600/SIDE+2+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54JD8KQ31Oyq_fKtciHsTN7w_hrXD3RhAc2otWYDFq67HjODqM4Si5zQ2yrtdmKa8TnJcqKm8n46l5DWPixQe0YDKiDq5uhumjsLqqHX3yBvfn1gKXkylxjDcPxz03_JM451PGZvu1xY/s640/SIDE+2+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRlQXJCOKJWVF10lwYXCj40c_NozLAOjTn36I7yprOQACdXkg_zazZ3qNR8D7rbQm3WROTw_EieRCk6Ae1J0w7DDkFqfKSspkgRUw7N0P3QsWq_0e0y1U8eZROHUQ6HiVcAHegxNtuXw/s1600/SIDE+1+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRlQXJCOKJWVF10lwYXCj40c_NozLAOjTn36I7yprOQACdXkg_zazZ3qNR8D7rbQm3WROTw_EieRCk6Ae1J0w7DDkFqfKSspkgRUw7N0P3QsWq_0e0y1U8eZROHUQ6HiVcAHegxNtuXw/s640/SIDE+1+%253D+2015+Mens+week+%253D+BIG+POSTCARD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">The next <a href="http://illinoiscan.org/">Illinois College Access Network </a>Meeting of 2015 be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">will meet on </span></span>Tuesday, November 10th, 2015. We </span>come together in Room 8005 of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd at 8am sharp for the next meeting of the Network. <span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span> You can also call/text </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/may-2015-ican-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span> </span><br />
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Tutor Mentor Conference</span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the May 2015 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on "Twists on Traditional Fundraising". <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">The 44th conference will be in May 2016, with a smaller gathering planned in November 2015. Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>.</span></strong></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></strong></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> </span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /></span>
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting at 8:30am on Tuesday, October 13 at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, IL 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc. is held to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago. You do not need to be a member to attend, but you should register. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-march-10-2015-1172" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event. </span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 3, 2016. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></span></a></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to more fully participate in events such as:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the </span><a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College Changes Everything Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in July 2016 (where we presented at the 2015 conference),</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" width="640" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Colege Access Network Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in August 2016, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Conference in November 2015. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</a>). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us">blog@do-gooder.us</a><br /><br />We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
</div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4nrRUYHRzE4%2FTtUIpYlnNwI%2FAAAAAAAAArI%2FNfMkDWNqTB4%2Fs1600%2Ffafsa-on-the-web.gif&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-29243368546965692382015-07-01T14:43:00.004-05:002015-07-01T14:43:26.552-05:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">July will be a very busy month for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> with several major events. Here's where you can find us in the next few weeks and beyond. Call or text us at <b>872-222-800</b>8 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> blog@do-gooder.us</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">College Changes Everything</span></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span> </h3>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">JP
Paulus is part of a panel at the 5th annual <a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/conference.html" target="_blank">College Changes Everything conference</a>. The
topic is “It takes a village...to send a child to college “. The cost is $40, but includes 3 workshop
sessions, 2 general sessions as well as breakfast and lunch. People from all
over the state in a variety of capacities will participate. This is an
excellent opportunity to network, in addition to learn about how to help
students go to college. To <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-college-changes-everything-conference-tickets-16866062848" target="_blank">register, go to the College Changes Everything</a>
website. The <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank">Illinois College Access Network</a> is a co-sponsor of this event.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghM2f9ss-KIEh5cXqDFarovlyNJTzoNF9mzOH16MCeUbf__i9zki8rzYSloZGwQ34iXhyuu92h3gcK9Fr1u6Luaovy6TX0bDPXYlnMMldzVhuleYBljy_hWCEoVHzPzgDcb0_OWkkSv6M/s1600/ICAN_logo-300x55.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghM2f9ss-KIEh5cXqDFarovlyNJTzoNF9mzOH16MCeUbf__i9zki8rzYSloZGwQ34iXhyuu92h3gcK9Fr1u6Luaovy6TX0bDPXYlnMMldzVhuleYBljy_hWCEoVHzPzgDcb0_OWkkSv6M/s1600/ICAN_logo-300x55.png" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago’s
Urban Youth Network is still meeting during the summer. This is an excellent
support group for those who work with youth. Not just for full time youth
pastors, but bi-vocational pastors as well as their volunteer youth workers.
The next meeting is Saturday, July 11 starting at 8am (<strong><em>earlier</em></strong> than usual, and <strong><em><u>not </u></em></strong>on a Thursday). We meet again at Park Community
Church, at 1001 N.Crosby, Chicago IL. The Urban Youth Network has met since
2000, and is not built on projects or events, but relationships. The goal is to
uplift and empower youth workers, so they can stay the course rather than feel
isolated and give up. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick River. a at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></h3>
</div>
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Business First Friday <br />
</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We used to meet at Flecks Coffee for their First Friday networking event. Unfortunately, they have closed, so we have more to Chef Sara's Cafe in South Shore, located at 7261 S. Exchange.<br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings. Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This event is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of technology TV, among many other things..<br /><br />We
hope to make it to Business First Friday in August. (We recommend you going to
the July meeting if you are able – we just aren’t able to make this month).</span><br />
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342832375902760/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54e16df4e4b0f4c3cc032163/t/54e175dbe4b0bfaec1e6afe2/1435774370215/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a> </div>
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Legacy Conference</span></h3>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.gripyouth.com/sites/default/files/Legacy%20logo_0.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.gripyouth.com/sites/default/files/Legacy%20logo_0.png" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One
other event we recommend (but are not able to make ourselves) is the Legacy Conference.
This conference is aimed at youth and young adults, and blends strong Bible
teaching with Hip Hop culture. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more
information, go to their website at </span><a href="http://www.legacy-conference.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.legacy-conference.org</span></a></span><br />
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></a></div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">The next <a href="http://illinoiscan.org/">Illinois College Access Network </a>Meeting of 2015 be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">will meet in November</span></span>, 2015. Check the <a href="http://illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank">webpage</a> for updates.</span> <span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;">(You can also call/text </span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.)</span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/may-2015-ican-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span>
<br />
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tutor Mentor Conference</span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the May 2015 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on on "twists on Traditional Fundraising". We look forward to the 44th conference in November. <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"> Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>. Registration is NOW open.</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting at 8am on Tuesday, July 14 at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, IL 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc. is held to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago. You do not need to be a member to attend, but you should register. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-july-14-2015-372" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event. </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 3, 2016. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
Conference in November 2015. </div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</div>
</span><div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a </span><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4nrRUYHRzE4%2FTtUIpYlnNwI%2FAAAAAAAAArI%2FNfMkDWNqTB4%2Fs1600%2Ffafsa-on-the-web.gif&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-61703955118959534482015-04-29T19:15:00.000-05:002015-04-29T19:15:00.119-05:00Do-Gooder Consulting in May 2015 and Beyond<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May will be a very busy month for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> with several major events. Here's where you can find us in the next few weeks and beyond. Call or text us at <b>872-222-800</b>8 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> blog@do-gooder.us</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Business First Friday </span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">We used to meet at Flecks Coffee for their First Friday networking event. Unfortunately, they have closed, so we have more to Chef Sara's Cafe in South Shore. See you Friday, May 1 at 8:30 am, located at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">7261 S. Exchange.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings. Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This event is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of technology TV,among many other things..</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342832375902760/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<div>
<span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" height="95" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next meeting is Thursday, May 8 at 9am. The location is Park Community Church at 1001 N. Crosby. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"> Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick River. a at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
<div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet us at The Light House, 4338 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago IL.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"> This location is just blocks from the Dan Ryan (43rd Street exit), as well as the Green Line (43rd stop) and the #3 King Drive bus.</span></span></div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h3>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVSAT6BgxQRFtDqOesnMkatG3hVW-P5hK1AE0KINlJuTycC0g3OGiZXPhwNCvbEvYB4gC75NQi4pYFA4HVEtLiQq4zlpa2HuCGKCGUtzjcJEpji9Dj79JLsfO0Ht3vhMv4IzGhDAFC-4/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" height="110" width="200" /></a></div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">The next <a href="http://illinoiscan.org/">Illinois College Access Network </a>Meeting of 2015 be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">will meet on </span></span>Thursday, May 14th, 2015. We </span>come together in Room 8005 of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd at 8am sharp for the next meeting of the Network. <span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/may-2015-ican-membership-meeting/">From the event page</a>:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IMUA</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> is a web-based and mobile tracking tool developed by HOKU Scholars. It enables access professionals to guide and prepare student clients for college admission/enrollment, then monitor their progress to degree completion. Mark Cassidy, co-founder of HOKU Scholars and co-developer of IMUA, will share features of the program, which is already being utilized by other college access organizations, some of them members or friends of Illinois CAN.</span></blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;">(You can also call/text </span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.)</span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/may-2015-ican-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span>
<br />
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Tutor Mentor Conference</span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the May 2015 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on on "twists on Traditional Fundraising". <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">The 43rd conference will be Friday, May 8, 2014 at Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 W. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago, and the 44th in November. Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>. Registration is NOW open.</span></strong></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></strong></span></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting at 8:30am on Tuesday, May 12 at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, IL 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc. is held to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago. You do not need to be a member to attend, but you should register. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-march-10-2015-1172" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event. </span></span><br />
<div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
</h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 4, 2015. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the first retreat, and is in charge of the administrative and registration needs for the retreat. He, through Do-Gooder Consulting, can help your church set up a retreat or conference. Contact us at</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="mailto:conference@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">conference@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for more information.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></span></a></h3>
<br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to more fully participate in events such as:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the </span><a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College Changes Everything Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in July 2015,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" height="62" width="640" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Colege Access Network Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in August 2015, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" height="115" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Conference in November 2015. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" height="122" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" height="200" width="200" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a </span><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
</div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4nrRUYHRzE4%2FTtUIpYlnNwI%2FAAAAAAAAArI%2FNfMkDWNqTB4%2Fs1600%2Ffafsa-on-the-web.gif&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-29631240030786974732015-03-11T09:38:00.000-05:002015-03-11T17:07:29.760-05:00Checklist for the 2015 Chicago Reload Conference<i>Whether you are going to the Reload conference in Chicago, or really any other gathering of professionals or other like-minded people, the following are some good tips to remember:</i><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpZXrIXD4fxPJnp596H7c288exPGp_weOJostQWljtvsvbhrp4g5oegAu8Fx7V1sm2PIpJGA-zYKwCLtQ2O6QY2DdwzCp3WfpokB2_UiPD1aV5bSz27snhYxSNyD55RLlcfBQZwiSo3k/s1600/Reload+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpZXrIXD4fxPJnp596H7c288exPGp_weOJostQWljtvsvbhrp4g5oegAu8Fx7V1sm2PIpJGA-zYKwCLtQ2O6QY2DdwzCp3WfpokB2_UiPD1aV5bSz27snhYxSNyD55RLlcfBQZwiSo3k/s1600/Reload+logo.jpg" height="172" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Reload is almost upon us here in Chicago.(Saturday, March 28, 2015 to be exact). <a href="http://uywi.org/events/regional-training/" target="_blank">Reload</a> is a national gathering of urban youth ministry workers. They might be full time youth pastors, but they can also be simply volunteers who participate when they can. The Urban Youth Workers Institute established these regional trainings to help youth workers who were unable to travel to far-away conferences and couldn't afford time off & hotel stays.<br />
<br />
In Chicago, <a href="http://northpark.edu/cyms" target="_blank">North Park University's Center for Youth Ministry studies</a> leads the coordiantion for the event, and hosts the conference.<br />
<br />
Here are some things to have ready:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Money</b> (there may be a few cash only items, but most vendors take credit cards)</li>
<li><b>Pens & scratch paper </b>- in case you have to write a note. Yes, you COULD put it on your smartphone. But will you be smart enough to remember to review it? One other alternative is to have your sound recorder or video camera readily available. That might be another viable way for you to take verbal notes. But remember to review these notes either that night or a scheduled time the next day. </li>
<li><b>Business Cards</b> --- see <strong><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank">our Bootleg Business Card blog entry</a> for</strong> details </li>
<li><b>List of seminars</b> - you can always change it on the spot,</li>
</ul>
<br />
Have a great time, and we hope to see you there. if you haven't registered, or need info, go to <a href="http://www.northpark.edu/Centers/Center-for-Youth-Ministry-Studies/Reload-Urban-Youth-Worker-Conference/About-Reload" target="_blank">Reload Chicago's homepage </a>for more details<br />
<br />
At the conference, feel free to text us at 872-222-8008 to meet up. See you at Reload Chicago!JP Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13860554217847927753noreply@blogger.com0North Park University, 3225 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625, USA41.9754184 -87.70940859999996116.453383900000002 -129.01800259999996 67.4974529 -46.400814599999961tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-5014992091869987982015-03-03T09:38:00.001-06:002015-03-03T09:38:47.017-06:00Look for Do-Gooder Consulting in March and beyond!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March will be a very busy month for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> with several major events. Here's where you can find us in the next few weeks and beyond. Call or text us at 872-222-8008 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!</span><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<div>
<span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" height="95" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next meeting is Thursday, March 5 at 9am. Meet us at The Light House, 4338 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago IL.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;"> This location is just blocks from the Dan Ryan (43rd Street exit), as wel as the Green Line (43rd stop) and the #3 King Drive bus. Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick River. a at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Business First Friday </span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">We used to meet at Flecks Coffee for their First Friday networking event. Unfortunately, they have closed, so we have more to Chef Sara's Cafe in South Shore.<br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings. Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This event is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of technology TV,among many other things..</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/538904192903006/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<br /></h3>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting at 8:30am on Tuesday, March 10 at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, IL 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc. is held to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago. You do not need to be a member to attend, but you should register. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-march-10-2015-1172" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event. </span></span><br />
<img alt="" height="107" src="http://cloud.chambermaster.com/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9035/Image/Presenters/NicholasDelgado.jpg" style="color: #666666; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; height: 107px; width: 80px;" width="80" /><div>
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, MS Sans Serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Presenter is Nicholas J Delgado, Principal at Dignitas and he will speak on </span><strong style="color: #666666;">Small Business Succession Planning Strategies</strong></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reload Chicago 2015</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://northpark.edu/reload" target="_blank">Reload Chicago 2015</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (an Urban Youth Workers Conference) on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at North Park University. JP Paulus plans on attending and networking with you and 300 others.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1W36yzDRqhCAK83I8LaZKr_Heb5607dKhJW_q_g98RQIjplVz0LEyluLULyrTQlo5fn-JpFGM1I_RuEJuafc-CRLVgeupcXPuPcBS8b5_kSkAKf9bqblhAhUflOzqMYlHASN_tF7K2c/s1600/Chicago+Reload+Banner.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1W36yzDRqhCAK83I8LaZKr_Heb5607dKhJW_q_g98RQIjplVz0LEyluLULyrTQlo5fn-JpFGM1I_RuEJuafc-CRLVgeupcXPuPcBS8b5_kSkAKf9bqblhAhUflOzqMYlHASN_tF7K2c/s1600/Chicago+Reload+Banner.gif" height="174" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 4, 2015. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrYhccFTdqo5WZYPCxVvQ8GExSyLCLXFkI5WNiyXbxKHYg-0oCK2b8C8LbDI3TlLsYF8-twbv7Tscq-WbaXNVTIH3yo9Ax3_XaJxjvrUQcaGdq-nFruYQZvTcApMH3MQS3WOqMQTjVYo/s1600/MIP3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrYhccFTdqo5WZYPCxVvQ8GExSyLCLXFkI5WNiyXbxKHYg-0oCK2b8C8LbDI3TlLsYF8-twbv7Tscq-WbaXNVTIH3yo9Ax3_XaJxjvrUQcaGdq-nFruYQZvTcApMH3MQS3WOqMQTjVYo/s1600/MIP3.jpg" height="198" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JP Paulus is involved in the planning of Oakdale Covenant Church's men's retreat, April 15-17 at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort, IL.<br /><br />JP helped with the first retreat, and is in charge of the administrative and registration needs for the retreat. He, through Do-Gooder Consulting, can help your church set up a retreat or conference. Contact us at <a href="mailto:conference@do-gooder.us">conference@do-gooder.us</a> for more information.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">The next Illinois College Access Network Meeting of 2014 be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">will meet on </span></span>Thursday, May 14th, 2015. Location and agenda is To Be Announced. </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;">(You can also call/text </span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.)</span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> U<a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/may-2015-ican-membership-meeting/" target="_blank">pdates for the event are at this link</a> and the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"> We also want to say thanks to everyone we met at the 42nd Tutor-Mentor Conference </span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the November 2014 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on on "4 Steps 2 College". <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">The 43rd conference will be Friday, May 8, 2014 at Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 W. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago, and the 44th in November. Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>. Registration will be open soon.for now, they are accepting proposals for workshops!</span></strong></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></strong></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to more fully participate in events such as:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the </span><a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College Changes Everything Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in July 2015,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYz_JWxNLuljtCmnYWU0GPaGsvejjPP9KzBG22K3ptX_rnteqTi4M7fYQLFX7LNNQs-zR9UrF79UZ4KQbI2nMSBQ0Q6DXa56ypzerNNWOJOYhJsQykqzAQJeAigWAqknn4pGhuxa8wgNw/s1600/collegeChangesEverything+long+logo.gif" height="62" width="640" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Colege Access Network Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in August 2015, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJyqTN1825b7RErSSvWBoQc09QQR6gBuuuy3MoG2ZJ9X1Epvr5TmqgndU0XNMB_pWBC0H69unBLEN69EbNtA1EZ7mI1utS4CWWKrdoMWF73lL83Eqb1NCG8zhd1yS3GPUus94IPOYx0Q/s1600/ICAN_logo.png" height="115" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Conference in November 2015. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUbDnAE410BaLCWikk3f0GJwYZeO6KFpaOt_iiVPN3f4qtdazU9vh4PqtEbVScDoRZlIaFez1UhnEwPXIWbC4cbTIrBH3jYR41uXT9NaahQMRmZg4Ctt1Suzm7Hv1Ro92DRh86NvhyphenhyphenhE/s1600/CCDA+logo.png" height="122" width="640" /></a></div>
</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" height="200" width="200" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a </span><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
</div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4nrRUYHRzE4%2FTtUIpYlnNwI%2FAAAAAAAAArI%2FNfMkDWNqTB4%2Fs1600%2Ffafsa-on-the-web.gif&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-43451427809238634992015-02-03T09:30:00.000-06:002015-02-03T09:30:00.461-06:00Make sure your students fill out the FAFSA -- RIGHT NOW!!!<br />
<br />
Your students need to fill out the FAFSA as soon as possible.<br />
<br />
Last year, the state of Illinois' MAP grant ran out on February 28. Based on the infograph below we published last year, the 2015 deadline could be February 25 or earlier!<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpomJPGuEtX7zubWyqvp_6QZp3ZQSIqrDyVRkWiw8izdMjpYtUu-ouWy-IxJTjzpOpvl7eiqcuigUNKpSnosaJR7bOHNDmk9oVHBLlybKPt3kk752qeVgQwwU6DbXGwmcUKvmG7BIk3o/s1600/IL+MAP+Grant+cut-off+2003-2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpomJPGuEtX7zubWyqvp_6QZp3ZQSIqrDyVRkWiw8izdMjpYtUu-ouWy-IxJTjzpOpvl7eiqcuigUNKpSnosaJR7bOHNDmk9oVHBLlybKPt3kk752qeVgQwwU6DbXGwmcUKvmG7BIk3o/s1600/IL+MAP+Grant+cut-off+2003-2015.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
In the "old days" of the FAFSA, we were told to fill out the FAFSA after taxes were done. This was so because recalculating financial aid was done by hand, and so by giving estimated information created a lot of lot of work and time delay.<br />
<br />
With the wonders of the internet and computer automation, this process is much easier.<br />
<br />
If you need help in this process, please contact Do-Gooder Consulting at 872-222-8008 or college@do-gooder.us<br />
<br />
<br />JP Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13860554217847927753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-8854004677134624802014-12-23T09:14:00.000-06:002014-12-24T18:09:17.557-06:00Janaury and other 2015 plans for JP Paulus and Do-Gooder Consulting <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all, we wish you a Merry Christmas!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we hope to wish you happy new year personally in one of the many events happening in January. And see below for several OTHER opportunities to meet in 2015.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">December will be a very busy month for <b>JP Paulus</b> and <b>Do-Gooder Consulting,</b> with several major events. Here's where you can find us in the next few weeks and beyond. Call or text us at 872-222-8008 or e-mail us at </span><a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> if you have questions or would like to meet! (Also, see the bottom of this post regarding an opportunity to help your students with financial aid!</span><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<div>
<span style="color: #888888; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhMqqgN77HSL4nGOx5JcXQNJqwNLR_B5PDfWcxhofttesK1R5hiJabJfJEI6dn04b6iT608jIzunO5sQLuoq76FQCteHF9u7aSwevyLQEZHAfn1Aj3zI2pRCqUiuTyETeQfnu84GTOEM/s1600/urban+youth+network+logo.jpg" height="95" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Urban Youth Network</span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next meeting is <strong><em><u>tentative scheduled for</u></em></strong> Thursday, January 8 at 9am. </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.46px;">Time: 9am-11am</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">Location: To Be Announced (probably Park Community Church)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;">(Usually, the meeting is the first Thursday of the month, 9am-11am). Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">You can also call/text 872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> for an update, or questions. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">Free breakfast (includes doughnuts, fruit, juice and coffee) is provided.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;">For more info, contact Nick River. a at </span><a data-mce-href="nick@gripyouth.com" href="mailto:nick@gripyouth.com" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;" target="_blank" title="nick@gripyouth.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nick@gripyouth.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center;"> or see the</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157392998144/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.47px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Urban Youth Network Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Business First Friday </span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;">We used to meet at Flecks Coffee for their First Friday networking event. Unfortunately, they have closed, so we will need to find a new location (and possibly alternative date, due ot New Year's)<br /><br />We have begun some great partnerships through these meetings. Many members of the Chatham Business Association (see below) plan on joining us. This even is hosted by Bruce Montgomery of technology TV,among many other things..<br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/538904192903006/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">event's Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAwQhwjaQrDgVSWc2ijcnwUkgrtmV_gPiYYC_v2jrbzGDrEc58hZVIm5fh5TvVw-WTH7i_bllHlnfqxOUb-DKiyAj8pY3KmLBc6LfWLjXkSNkZvA737fVdo74agLHCowt8epLM0Bn1Pc/s1600/fafsa-on-the-web.gif" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
FAFSA Completion sessions</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also scheduling FAFSA completion sessions for the first week of January, where we help families correctly fill out the FAFSA. The first that we have planned is one at Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes after the 10:30am service on Sunday, January 4, 2015. We will utilize Oakdale Christian Academy's computer lab to allow up to 20 families to fill out their FAFSA at a time. Check our blog for details and updates.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></h3>
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><a href="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://louisgroceries.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CBA-logo.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatham Business Association </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.47px;">We'll see you at the next Chatham Business Association meeting on Tuesday, December 9 at the </span><span style="background-color: white;">QBG Foundation Building, Meeting Room, </span><span style="background-color: white;">806 E. 78th St. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">icago, Il 60619</span> .The<em style="background-color: white;"><strong> </strong></em><span style="background-color: white;">Monthly Membership Meeting held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc. is held to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago. You do not need to be a member to attend. Breakfast is provided for a small fee. See <a href="http://members.cbaworks.org/Events/details/cba-sbdi-monthly-membership-meeting-december-2014-1011" target="_blank">their webpage for details</a> on this event.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57laD_JMr81M0xIq4rNeScdukzKVguu5di5JddnJARy-9o3foK1g1qfGw7WRfnofb5DGuMhLQO1dL5CpYxeZNKBP4fxS1nJG0LcwqA0Wm0hLQRiejZNrUabcAZxb9h-25dPdIlKhjWfE/s1600/Illinois+College+Access+Network+logo.gif" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois College Access Network</span></h3>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;">The last Illinois College Access Network Meeting of 2014 be </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">will meet on </span></span>Thursday, February 5th, 2015. Location is to Be Announced. </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18.46px;">(You can also call/text </span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;">872-222-8008 or e-mail </span></span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> for an update.)</span><span style="line-height: 18.46px;"> They will update the website at <a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/">www.illinoiscan.org</a> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.47px;"> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JP will be involved in the planning of Oakdale Covenant Church's men's retreat, April 15-17.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a href="http://northpark.edu/reload" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reload Chicago 2015</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (an Urban Youth Workers Conference) on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at North Park University.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<h3 style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="background-color: yellow;"> We also want to say thanks to everyone we met at the 42nd Tutor-Mentor Conference </span></span></h3>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/Portals/29/TMILogoSM.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We appreciate Daniel Bassill of the Tutor Mentor Institute inviting us to the November 2014 Tutor-Mentor Conference to present on on "4 Steps 2 College". <strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">The 43rd conference will be Friday, May 8, 2014 at Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 W. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago, and the 44th in November. Look for <a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org/" target="_blank">updates here on their website</a>. Registration will be open soon.for now, they are accepting proposals for workshops!</span></strong></span></span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.47px;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></strong></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to more fully participate in events such as the </span><a href="http://www.collegechangeseverything.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College Changes Everything Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in July 2015, The </span><a href="http://www.illinoiscan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois Colege Access Network Conference</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in August 2015, and the </span><a href="http://ccda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CCDA (Christian Community Development Association)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Conference in September 2015. We will post details as they arrive.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="mailto:web@do-gooder.us" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="web@do-gooder.us" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMWbj-o5sG0GpJzU-RENaUdqRCeiHTP-C2OQQIXLt_NwTjo9cuZ5NYnOblx65XxDpXwt7vOTNQL1b_1ObSssNSK645OiasRcchRCrVT9FTmyrczfol6fXAORHr0FUO6eOkd4XI4hw3XQ/s1600/Mail+-+Red+round+logo.jpg" height="200" width="200" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhxnaeX4v6yVuLlxilUDRD6MXjdtAokkH8us9YO4qckTiO6sSKJslUYQI1il183KjXZKriUGA892dMx_aeIHniHVIgyCJcUpo6r_J6tV5Dylk7SQQFJVvlT-KgpdFt6kTKsdyx3sl15M/s1600/Phone+-+Blue-white+round+logo.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you at these and other events. Don't forget to bring business cards, even if it is a </span><a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"bootleg" business card (see our blog on it</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). If you plan on coming to these events, please call/test us at 872-222-8008 or by e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to see you soon!</span></em></div>
<!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutormentorconnection.org%2FPortals%2F29%2FTMILogoSM.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" --><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi7PyaX0fjC4Gk6k77ECNN185YNXpsG1jn1Kb2cuXi-9taAkhTXw1A5UA0kqOLErBHkIVpQKdi8qotyW6z3MGy0hXAfqq51NENu3PllARYGctlfzjrlzqoLzsdBMbpFqxzT-O0dpgL7JREDWHjDUoSj9fJjITjKyq7JiZEdTw=" -->J. P. Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157809016060912715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2299147638027882910.post-90477591906869205552014-12-16T10:47:00.000-06:002014-12-16T10:47:00.390-06:00Check some of our best work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We just wanted to do an end-of-the-year review of some of our best work over the years</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within a week<a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2014/08/fafsa-pin-number-will-be-phased-out.html" target="_blank"> the article on the FAFSA transitioning from a PIN system to a Username/Password</a> system became our second most-read post.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />It took a couple of years (past the 2013 expected date), but some new <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2012/09/church-web-extention-coming-in-2013.html" target="_blank">web domain extensions are now available, such as .church</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our article about <a href="http://do-gooder-consulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/even-bootleg-business-card-can-work.html" target="_blank">"bootleg business cards" </a>talks about the need to create some sort of business card, even if doesn't "look professional" -- the key is getting your information out there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have an idea of a topic we should focus on? Let us know! <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Contact us at </span><a href="mailto:blog@do-gooder.us" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">blog@do-gooder.us</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> or call us at 872-222-8008 for details on the free and paid services. We look forward to hearing from you. Find out more about us at <a href="http://www.do-gooder.us/" target="_blank">www.do-gooder.us</a></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwmZ0nxRb5TSaRJA8f16JcdXJZ4bCi0IkJwC53X7lVOvPuI1zdiQpMjl3Mzw3dSRxbJuOVDoQOPyCFPU5XqZUXES1GIBytZ23PB6FVtUzI2Ucj2DI5HSS1FWHSdmVGx2d1zaWDuVtcoI/s1600/Do-Gooder+Contact+info+=+BIG4+x+6+photo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwmZ0nxRb5TSaRJA8f16JcdXJZ4bCi0IkJwC53X7lVOvPuI1zdiQpMjl3Mzw3dSRxbJuOVDoQOPyCFPU5XqZUXES1GIBytZ23PB6FVtUzI2Ucj2DI5HSS1FWHSdmVGx2d1zaWDuVtcoI/s1600/Do-Gooder+Contact+info+=+BIG4+x+6+photo.gif" height="425" width="640" /></a></span></span></div>
JP Paulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13860554217847927753noreply@blogger.com0