CORRECTING and REPLACING On Leap Day: Man Closes Gap Between School and
Work with Internship Vision Plan
NEWTOWN, Pa. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) February 29, 2008 --
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Intern Supervisor Guidebook (sted Intern Supervisor Handbook).
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ON LEAP DAY: MAN CLOSES GAP BETWEEN SCHOOL AND WORK WITH INTERNSHIP
VISION PLAN
LEAP DAY–Matthew Zinman, founder of the
Internship Institute, an education activist and social entrepreneur,
released a sophisticated, yet clear action plan to close the gap between
school and work, with internship programs at the heart of his solution.
Published noon today on www.InternGuru.com,
the blog he hosts – Zinman unveils his
one-page Leap Day Vision to fund a network of “Employment
Readiness Career and Internship Placement Centers”
that will, in effect, “plug in”
with the employer community (mainly through Chambers of Commerce) and be
hosted on every college campus to interface with the existing
infrastructure on each.
Most notable is his vision for funding the initiative, which would be to
allot 1.5 of the 3 credits that students already pay for internship
tuition. This, of course, is part of a much more complex scenario that
combines nearly a dozen programs to address every aspect of how to make
the “Internship Leap Initiative”
work.
“There’s no
substitute for experience,” Zinman says
proudly. “The best way I can put mine into
words is as a 3-D puzzle through which I’ve
had to live in order to solve. With every experience comes new
perspective, so it’s like turning a
kaleidoscope with what I can learn each day. Finally, last week, I could
see all the outer pieces come together and I’ve
been working ever since to fill in the rest. It’s
now reached the point where there’s no place
for Lone Rangers. Making this work will take everybody. And I am honored
to help lead the charge.”
Zinman’s passion for internships and desire
to effect positive change is unbridled. He founded The Internship
Institute (www.InternshipInstitute.org)
and invented three products for employers to run programs, including an
instructional DVD of best practices – The
Blueprint for Internship Success, which he produced and hosts, a
turnkey staffing management system called Intern Toolkit, and –
soon-to-be-released, the Intern Supervisor Guidebook. He’s
also built into the plan a service learning program called
ApprentiCorps, which essentially gives his internship staffing
management materials to charitable non-profit organizations to be a “safety
net” for students who need internships to
graduate. He’s even gone to lengths to create
a campaign around a faux organization called, BETI: Businesses for the
Ethical Treatment of Interns (BETI.org) with clever video shorts and
public service announcements.
The Leap Day Vision on InternGuru.com is titled: “Internships:
The Way Things are Supposed to be.” In it,
Zinman describes “Four New Realities About
Internships:”
1) MANDATORY to graduate
2) FAIR PAY for everyone
3) CENTRALIZED on campuses
4) SELF FUNDED by students
Each one of the four incorporates his rationale, along with specific
programs to address “objections”
that occur as a natural outcome of leading and managing change.
Zinman explains, “Everyone is, by their
nature, change adverse and find challenge in getting out of their own
way. Every time we change something, it always ripples to another; which
is to say: there are objections to remedy. For now, please take the time
to see the Leap Day Diagram. Now that this is public, it’s
no longer mine. Everyone will have to work together for everything to
become clear and make each happen. In short, I’ve
take the puzzle to its threshold and now it’s
up to everyone to complete their parts.”
Zinman, who achieved what he has entirely self-financed, shares his
satisfaction and pride that these past three years of hard work are
about to do a lot of intended good. As a result of this news, Zinman
anticipates the need to step into the public light and illuminate any
blind spots.
“The written word has its limitations. I look
forward to sharing my thoughts with everyone more personably on the
radio, TV, internet and whatever else has been invented that will get
this done. I’m ready. Happy Leap Day everyone!”
The Internship Institute champions career experience as an essential
remedy to close the gap between classroom learning and workplace
ability. Our advanced practices and innovative tools enhance student
productivity and enrich the internship experience where it truly
happens: through collaboration between students and supervisors.
The Internship Institute is evolving to become a non-profit organization
(501c3 pending 2008 filing) to effect positive change in experiential
and work-based learning. Our leadership initiatives focus on education,
advocacy, and community service to benefit employers, students,
charities, and educators.
The Internship Institute provides market solutions, training and
consulting services through Z University (ZU), the education affiliate
of our products. The ZU logo and brand differentiate all commercial
offerings from non-profit endeavors. As such, the focus of Z University
is to enhance program management, work productivity and student
development.
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