Can the Granite State Ambassadors model be replicated?
Yes. • It is built on a growing, indigenous, sustainable industry: tourism. • It provides an easily understood service to those with a clear need – visitor information – that is repeatable, scalable and conformable to highly individualized local cultures. • The volunteerism that is the foundation of GSA’s success depends on cultivating pockets of social capital – a hallmark of communities that work; one missing in those that have become dysfunctional. • The GSA online infrastructure that permits hundreds of volunteers to manage their “shifts” with minimal management oversight is easy to maintain, even at long-distance, freeing management for field work, training and coaching individual welcome centers and volunteers. With capacity-building capital, Granite State Ambassadors, Inc. can accomplish two objectives: • Sustain the part-time Executive Director role – a position added this year in accordance with GSA’s strategic plan — and boost Member Services and IT involvement to move the o
