Welcoming Diversity as you Bring Professional Development to Volunteers
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The is the second of a two part webinar series on bringing professional development to your volunteer team. Volunteers are diverse as is the population served by the volunteers. We will discuss how we can welcome the diversity of our volunteers as we bring Professional Development into our organization. The webinar will include: * Define Diversity * Discuss types of diversity in our volunteer organizations * Provide ideas of ways in which we could add a component of professional development to celebrate and build our diverse volunteer group
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Welcoming Diversity as you Bring Professional Development to Volunteers
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- Welcome! This is our second of 2 sessions on Volunteer Professional Development Last week we defined professional development as “The process of obtaining the skills, qualifications, and experiences that allow you to make progress in your career.” and we talked about 4 steps to professional development Assessment Creating a Plan Evaluation Recognition Today we will discuss how we can welcome the diversity of our volunteers as we bring Professional Development into our organization. We will: Define Diversity Discuss types of diversity in our volunteer organizations Provide ideas of ways in which we could add a component of professional development to celebrate and build our diverse volunteer group INSERT POLL IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO YOUR AUDIENCE IS
- You may recall our 3 session discussion on diversity in 2012. We focused on working with a diverse group. Today we are taking a bit of a twist and going to discuss how we can celebrate this diversity and use it to help our volunteers grow professional First of all, let’s recall what diversity is from that webinar: Dictionary.com says di·verse is: 1. of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions. 2. of various kinds or forms; multiform. “Primary dimensions of diversity are … those immutable human dimensions that are inborn and/or that exert an important impact on our early socialization and an ongoing impact throughout our lives. [They] represent the core of our individual indentities.” – Loden & Rosener, Workforce America! Diversity is what makes each of us a unique and interesting individuals. As we build a professional development program we should address our diversity and include this as a factor in building our professional development program.
- In that webinar we talked about the types of diversity. Often when we think of diversity, we think about cultural diversity, but there are many forms of diversity. These can be hot buttons for some and, if we allow it, can create challenges in our volunteer force. The question becomes, how do we take the diverse nature of our volunteers and celebrate their diversity and the amazing points of view it brings Share with us on the diversity of your group. <examples might be retirees and young spouses, those from various parts of the country/world, single and married> How have you used this diversity to benefit your group? <hopefully we get examples – some that could be shared – a volunteer from a culture sharing his/her tradition with the volunteers and unit (might be food or a celebration), having older volunteers mentor new volunteers, having young volunteer who are computer savvy help older volunteers understand the computer> Volunteers are a group of individuals coming together in attempt to accomplish one goal : Offer support to our Military families. There is no right or wrong way to Volunteer. There should be no us and them as we volunteer. We should be using our diversity to build a holistic program that encompasses and celebrates everyone! Volunteers come in many different forms. We should embrace each characteristic and make volunteering exceptional. Allow the diversity of your volunteers help other volunteers learn and grow.
- Did you know that throughout the Department of Defense, diversity is celebrated? One way in which this is done is by recognizing a variety of groups through the Equal Opportunity Program. You can coordinate with your unit’s representative to add an element of professional development to your meetings about the various topics and find ways to celebrate and include. One of our handouts lists the themes for 2016. Work with your EO and bring in speakers or highlight these celebrations in your newsletter. Ask those in your group to share an activity or training to celebrate one of these Department of Defense celebrations. This is just one way in which you can bring an educational type of professional development to your group. How has your unit celebrated diversity? Are volunteers invited or involved?
- One of the large challenges in today’s workforce and volunteer force is the multiple generations that need to learn to work together. Janice Celeste discusses the 4 generations in the workforce (see handout) and identifies the characteristics. We may have volunteers in all 4 generations plus youth, making 5 generations! Bring an understanding of all of the generations to your volunteers. Provide them with the opportunity to work together. Ms. Celeste recommends: Help each generation to understand each other and to work more effectively together. Develop clear goals and expectations for each team. Hold every member accountable for their individual group participation, i.e., "What role did you play in this project?” Offer ongoing formal feedback to modify behavior and performance. Meet with each team individually to monitor their success and challenges. Each generation has something to bring. How are your multi-generations working or not working together? How do you think bringing a professional development to the group would help your team of volunteers? Reference article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janice-celeste/how-to-manage-4-generatio_b_8125158.html
- Another we to celebrate diversity is for everyone to get to know each other and determine how to work together. Get to know your volunteers Have an ice breaker that allows your volunteer team to learn about each other’s similarities and differences in a way that can celebrate the diversity of your group. Something as simple as an icebreaker bingo. Interview your volunteers. Find out their strengths and challenges. Match up volunteers and build a mentoring program which allows every volunteer to assist another. Perhaps you have a creative volunteer who is not great at using a computer to create fliers and a teen who has excellent computer skills. Pair the two up to create a flier. They can mentor each other, learning from the other. This is a form of professional development. Both people are developing new skills by working together. Get to know your families as well. Perhaps you have a spouse or service member that was born in another country who could share their culture and experiences with the group. Unless they have traveled to or lived in another country, your volunteers may not realize the challenges the exist for a foreign born person living in the United States. This is a great way for them to learn how to reach out to those from another country or culture. Maybe there is a spouse or child from another country who is not fully comfortable with English. How can you reach out and include this family member? What professional development can you bring to your volunteer team as they work with those from another country?
- We also see diverse families. Many of our families may have a child or adult with special needs. These families may need accommodations for a family event. It may be a separate room where a family with an autistic or ADHD child might go to help their child calm down. It may be ensuring the location of your family event includes wheel chair access. I know one mother with a daughter with cerebral palsy who was wheel chair bound. In middle school the daughter was a part of the church choir and the choir took a trip to sing at a number of churches. The advisors never consulted with the family and there were a number of places they had planned to stop that their daughter would not have been able to utilize the bathrooms or participated in a number of activities. What should have happened here? In this case, the mother was proactive and approached the leadership team in a positive way with a plan. She was able to explain the challenges and help them plan the trip so her daughter would not be left out. I was saddened that the mother had to add this to her large list of things to take care of. No one had thought of her daughters obvious needs when planning the trip. You may have a service member with a parent suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's, perhaps a service member or one of their families is undergoing cancer treatment, you may very well have children with physical, mental or emotional challenges. Ask your families to come and talk to your volunteers about ways in which the program can help their family be a part of the unit’s volunteer program or bring in a professional who can help the volunteers understand the challenges and create a plan to include these families. This is a great way to provide a professional development to your volunteers. How are you finding ways to include those who have a special needs and help your volunteers know what to do?
- Thank you for joining us for the second session of this two-part on Volunteer Professional Development. Today we discussed how we can embrace the diversity of our volunteers as we bring Professional Development into our organization We Defined Diversity Discussed types of diversity in our volunteer organizations And Provided ideas of ways in which we could add a component of professional development to celebrate and build our diverse volunteer group How will you use this and last weeks webinars to bring professional development to your group.