Hi! Welcome to the "Activist's Guide to Changing the World - for VISTA Volunteers". This is the first book in a planned series of books.

My name is Cheryl Antier and I'm a former VISTA Leader. The book was written to give new VISTA Volunteers a practical, hands-on "how-to" guide for making their project more successful. There are 20 chapters in all, and it starts from giving you some advice for how to live (and live well) on your VISTA stipend, to the basics of community organization, to setting up a volunteer management program, to fundraising, special event planning and organizing to creating a super-successful media campaign.

The book is in the final stages of editing and is almost ready to be published. In upcoming posts, I'm going to give you a list of the chapters and also other information - including resources, Websites, "must-have" software and tools that will help you to make your project sustainable.

I'll also be sharing with you information and news about upcoming conferences, training and teleconferences that you might find useful. (By the way, if you have such news to share, please feel free to post about it here too!)

I hope you will enjoy this blog, and that it will become a useful resource for you over the coming year.

Warmly,

Cheryl Antier