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Volunteer Center of Burlington County |
RESOURCES FOR VOLUNTEER MANAGERSEffectively Recruiting on CampusMany BB/BSA agencies have used the services of college departments such as Psychology, Marketing, Sociology, Social Work, Art and others depending on agency needs. Agencies have had most success with graduate departments, although there are some areas where undergraduate programs are just as effective. Some agencies recruit psychology administrators to evaluate their 16-PF and other personality tests. Others have drafted art students to do some of their advertising work. Many universities have the facilities and talent to produce broadcast-quality public service announcements and may be approached for such assistance. College athletic and food service departments have helped agencies with transportation and meals for special collaborative programs. Agencies have also requested the use of space and facilities as a first step in their relationship with the college in their area. Excerpted from Recruiting College Students: A Guide for Volunteer Recruitment and Management, 1995, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. Found at the Energize website. Posters Tip #1: Get permission first Tip #2: Don't hog the boards Tip #3: Remove your old posters Don't wait months to take down your flyers. "At one school, I found posters that were 18 months old, 30 layers thick," Mid-South's Crockett says. "If it looks messy, people will poster over top of you. A lot of students aren't going to check before they post you over." Tip #4: Walls are no-no's Tip #5: Never use glue or staple guns Tip #6: Keep track of the best locations Tip #7: Target your audience Tip #8: Classrooms vs. breezeways Tip #9: When to poster Tip #10: Best time of day to poster Tip #11: Where to post on a board Excerpted with permission from The Student Leader. Copyright 1998 Oxendine Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Found in the Energize website library. How to Reach Youth That Are Not on the College CampusYoung people without college experience (43 percent of the 20-29 year old population) are less engaged in volunteering than their college counterparts. Indeed, youth with college experience are more than twice as likely to volunteer their time as youth without any college experience. We draw upon previous research by J. Foster-Bey that also found that high levels of education predict high levels of formal volunteering. New media, such as email, social networking sites (MySpace, Facebook), Youtube, and text messaging represent possible avenues for youth with no college experience to participate. For example, new media were widely utilized in 2008 to promote voting and political involvement among young people. But is it true for volunteering? Data show that young people who used new forms of media for civic purposes tended to volunteer at higher rate than those who did not. This was true for youth with no college experience and youth with college experience. Non-college youth who used various types of media were 10 to almost 40 percent more likely to volunteer than non-college youth who did not. The data should be interpreted with caution, as use of new media is also likely to be associated with other factors that are related to volunteering (such as income and general levels of civic engagement other than volunteering). However, it is possible that new media are breaking down barriers to volunteering, such as a lack of information and opportunity by helping youth with no college experience find information related to volunteering opportunities throughout the country. Breaking the Barrier to Recruit the Youth to VolunteerOnly teens can tell you what is going on in their lives, what are the pressures they face. Involving young people in decisions is a way of showing respect, of saying their opinions and ideas count. To accomplish this, both youths and adults will need adequate preparation and training. Just appointing young people to an all-adult board and giving them full rights and responsibilities won't work unless they have adequate education in governance and trusteeship. There has to be a commitment to creating a youth-friendly environment and giving all members the tools they need. Young people must give up the notion that adults are domineering taskmasters who want to keep all command, and, on the other end of the spectrum, adults must acknowledge that young people have something of value to contribute. A trust for each other is needed, according to Obergoenner. What does it mean to involve youth in your organization? FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, this means:
FOR ADULTS, this means:
Excerpted from Younger Voices, Stronger Choices: Promise Project's Guide to Forming Youth/Adult Partnerships, by Michael McLarney and Loring Leiger, 1997, YMCA of Greater Kansas City. Found in the Energize website library at: http://www.energizeinc.com/art.html Additional links:
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