Leadership vs. Community Service

[agt8at]

If I was a volunteer with a nonprofit organization and then developed a leadership role while still volunteering, can I make that two separate activities, leadership and community service? If not, should I label this as community service or leadership?

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[yellowarmpit47]

Personally I would label it as community service and talk about your impact and leadership in the description box. Don’t separate them as you only have 15 slots and they are the same activity.

 

[Catalystik]

If I was a volunteer with a nonprofit organization and then developed a leadership role while still volunteering, can I make that two separate activities, leadership and community service? If not, should I label this as community service or leadership?

Do you have enough leadership-only hours for a Leadership space to stand on its own? Recall that you can't double-count the hours.

 

[agt8at]

Do you have enough leadership-only hours for a Leadership space to stand on its own? Recall that you can't double-count the hours.

How many hours would you say is reasonable to be on its own if i had the role for a year?

 

[Catalystik]

How many hours would you say is reasonable to be on its own if i had the role for a year?

Are you not able to be specific about the volunteer vs leadership hours? Is this perhaps a future activity?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

If I was a volunteer with a nonprofit organization and then developed a leadership role while still volunteering, can I make that two separate activities, leadership and community service? If not, should I label this as community service or leadership?

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[agt8at]

Are you not able to be specific about the volunteer vs leadership hours? Is this perhaps a future activity?

Sorry, I should’ve been more specific! I had about 30 leadership hours that were separate from volunteering hours, so I guess my questions is if that’s enough hours to stand alone as a separate activity?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Sorry, I should’ve been more specific! I had about 30 leadership hours that were separate from volunteering hours, so I guess my questions is if that’s enough hours to stand alone as a separate activity?

Without additional details about responsibilities, I tell people that my committees don't consider activities with fewer than 50 hours except shadowing. Maybe that will help your strategy.