4. Review Previous Webinars
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If you’ve attended one of the previous online
trainings
• What key take-aways do you remember?
• What ideas resonated with you?
• What actions or steps have you thought about
implementing?
• What changes have you made with regards to
how you think or talk about volunteer
engagement?
6. Overcoming Challenges
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• Identifying barriers
• What are the risks and rewards of change?
• Setting some ground rules
• What are the big questions?
• Let’s dish!
• Can we get to “Yes, and…”
7. What happens here, stays here
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Let’s create a safe space for an honest conversation.
• Respectful interactions
• Confidentiality outside this room
• Listen and connect
• Nurture innovation and creativity
• What else?
8. What are the barriers?
• Time
• Resources
• Attitudes
• Culture
• Complacency
• Fear
• Higher priorities
• There’s only so much…
• Volunteers can’t do…
• We tried that once
• It’s fine the way it is
• What if we fail? What if
people find out?
What is your yes, but…
situation?
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9. Overcoming Challenges
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What is the current situation for you or your
school with recruiting and engaging volunteers?
• Where are the opportunities and what are the
challenges?
• Who are the stakeholders in your program now?
Who should be included moving forward?
• What (or who) is holding you back?
• What needs to happen first and when does it
need to happen?
10. What can we do to create change?
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• What’s your vision? Philosophy?
• Strategic plan
• Identify your stakeholders
• Conversations – listen, don’t defend
• What are the barriers?
• What are the priorities or needs?
• Find your champions
• Where are you aligned, where’s the gap
• Transparency
• With both successes and failures
11. What can we do to get to yes, and…?
What is our role in leading change as volunteer
engagement professionals?
What do I need to feel confident leading change?
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