公民领导学PPT Module 4.pptVIP

Maintaining and Deepening Member Participation Chapter Four: Organizing for Power and Empowerment Week 5 LDRS640 Mardell Maxwell Vocabulary Initial engagement Long-term relationship Maintaining Deepening Plugged into Assessment Commitment Expectations Reinforcement Hands-on Peer support Training Sustained involvement Episodic involvement Core of leaders Periphery of members Non-salaried participants Contributing members Staff Volunteers Members Member retention Member attrition Member longevity Member entitlements and roles Burned out Differential membership Individual needs Collective interests Phase III: Phase of Participation Capture the interest of new recruits so that they come to participate more regularly and intensively in the organization Develop long-term relationship between recruiter and the organization Overcome any barriers to participation Recruiter becomes member This phase forms a bridge from interest to active and committed participation Organizer and members must capitalize on recruits reasons for joining: -Motives -Commitment to the issue -Individual interests -Ideas -Hopes of what they want to achieve -Knowledge of the organization and the issues Organizers and members need to marry the recruits’ motives to opportunities in the organization. (pp. 64-65) Phase III Recruits need to be plugged into the fabric of the organization Plugging them in is a process that needs careful attention New members needs should not be ignored Organizers need to balance the organizations present and future needs with the needs of recruits and members. Phase III Assessment in Initial Engagement Acting on Initial Engagement Assessing current and future organizational needs and matching new recruits to them Creating and identifying organizational work out of the individual recruiter’s interests and concerns (p. 66). What is involved in each step in assessment? (pp. 66-67) Expectations from organizers Personal invitations Reinforcement Specific t