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Understanding & Utilizing Community Volunteers

Understanding & Utilizing Community Volunteers. Tree City USA Bulletin 36. What Drives Volunteers to Service?. It depends on the individual. What Drives Volunteers to Service?. Recognition Altruism/Public Duty Affiliation Achievement Power Preservation. Recognition.

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Understanding & Utilizing Community Volunteers

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  1. Understanding & Utilizing Community Volunteers

  2. Tree City USA Bulletin 36

  3. What Drives Volunteers to Service? It depends on the individual

  4. What Drives Volunteers to Service? • Recognition • Altruism/Public Duty • Affiliation • Achievement • Power • Preservation

  5. Recognition Managing the Volunteer

  6. Recognition • Thank volunteers for their efforts. • Be generous with gratitude. • Volunteers need to be recognized for their work. • Many people are concerned about status and prestige • Will do well on high visibility projects • Design projects to have well-defined outputs • Avoid vague or on-going results. • Recognize that volunteers need a timely return on their investment.

  7. Recognition Volunteer Assignments

  8. Ceremonial tree plantings

  9. National Arbor Day Awards Organize or take part in an Arbor Day Ceremony

  10. Appear on television or a radio talk show

  11. Authorize bylined articles for newspapers and magazines

  12. Become a liaison person with government or elected officials, or with corporate officers.

  13. Altruism/Public Duty Managing the Volunteer

  14. Altruism/Public Duty • Volunteers are concerned with the general good or public interest. • People tend to be idealistic • Placing high value on fairness, decisions and learning • Tasks well suited for this group: • Involving all elements of a community in a project • Dealing with conflicting values • Addressing community-wide goals

  15. Altruism/Public Duty Assignments

  16. Planning and coordinating large tree-planting events

  17. Organizing Arbor Day or Tree City USA award ceremonies

  18. Serving on tree boards, and/or liaison positions with city council, planning and zoning, or other units of government.

  19. Serving on beautification and appearance committees

  20. Developing or improving ordinances

  21. Affiliation Managing the Volunteer

  22. Affiliation • These individuals need social contacts. • They enjoy working with others • Forming cohesive partnerships and making friends • Being liked is a major concern • Have a wish to support others • Feel at home in a group • Solo tasks are not for them

  23. Affiliation Assignments

  24. Participating in tree planting projects

  25. Planning and conducting social events or workshops

  26. Selling T-shirts, trees, memberships, etc

  27. Developing organizational identity through logos and media promotions Minneapolis

  28. Being in charge of volunteer recognition or award events and acting as a liaison with service clubs

  29. Achievement Managing the Volunteer

  30. Achievement • The desire to pursue excellence drives these individuals. • Concerned about perfection and being innovative • May be competitive • Volunteers need: • Challenging tasks • Constant feedback • Opportunity to learn and do new things

  31. Achievement Assignments

  32. Liaison w/ local utilities to resolve conflicts involving trees and esthetics

  33. Monitoring insect/disease conditions

  34. Providing leadership in hazard tree reduction programs

  35. Track and improve planting survival

  36. Serve as a neighborhood tree warden or as a representative on a tree board Achievement

  37. Power Managing the Volunteer

  38. Power • These volunteers desire to have influence • Possessing authority is important • They like to be involved in decision making • Often feel the need to control others • Directing fellow volunteers • Enjoy planning • Prefer to deal directly with community and political leaders

  39. Power Assignments

  40. Serving as a committee chair or voting member of a tree board

  41. Directing tree planting

  42. Developing position statements and proposals

  43. Serving as a liaison with political figures

  44. Helping enforce ordinance provisions

  45. Preservation Managing the Volunteer

  46. Preservation • Environmental responsibility is paramount • Seek to ensure that programs are eco-friendly • Concerned about change • Likely to be apprehensive with development • Volunteers will excel at teaching • Especially about environmental benefits

  47. Preservation Assignments

  48. Developing public education and children’s programs

  49. Speaking at service clubs

  50. Helping to write and enforce ordinances

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