Second Week

In my second week at the Center for Conflict Resolution, I have begun my initial assessment of CCR's (Center for Conflict Resolution) training multimedia and established a tentative plan of digitizing everything on DVD or CD onto cloud based databases (YouTube and Google Drive). In doing so it is my hope that any member of the organization will then have whatever training aids and/or forms available to them no matter where they are. This focus on organization and efficiency is paramount in my thinking considering the vast amount of information required to mediate over the legal disputes the Center deals with everyday. In addition to my digitization I have also begun my introduction to the Center's volunteer databases which I hope to be able to streamline in order to facilitate not only speed but also the efficient use of such valuable information. In the coming weeks, both myself and my supervisor will begin hammering out the final details of the Center for Conflict Resolution's 35th Annual Gala. 

Introductions

Hello all,

My name is Jared Matthews, I am a senior at Loyola University Chicago majoring in History with minors in Anthropology and Islamic World Studies. In my final semester as an undergraduate student, I will be interning with the Center for Conflict Resolution where I hope to establish a foundational knowledge of conflict resolution which I can then extrapolate into a broader context to fit my studies and research interests. Throughout my time with the Center for Conflict Resolution, I will be assisting with mediation cases when required, organizing and streamlining the Center's volunteer database, planning the Center's 35th Annual Gala, as well as a digitization project of multimedia training videos. I look forward to this opportunity and further diversifying my own work experiences.