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Why Volunteers Do What They Do & Don’t Do What They Should?

1. Identify True Motivation 2. Highlight Meaningful Contribution 3. Assess Personal Satisfaction

passion

inspiration

belief

purpose

desire

WANTto

matching & fitting

The Not-Knowing Position

See the Child every 30 days

Submit a monthly reporting form

Write Court Report / Attend Court

“Reasonable Advocacy”

situations

DCFS style

communication

time

An issue will never really go away unless you work through it.

satisfaction

adjusting to reality

It’s all relational!

Why Do Volunteers Do What They Do & Don’t Do What They Should?

“Why Volunteers Do What They Do & Don’t Do What They Should”

National CASA Conference

Washington, D.C.

June 10, 2012

MOTIVATION: moh-tuh-vey-shuhn

Identify and Harness Volunteer’s True Motivation: CONSTANT

CONTRIBUTION: kon-truh-byoo-shuhn

Highlight and Empower Meaningful Contribution: REGULARY

SATISFACTION: sat-is-fak-shuhn

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Assess Volunteer’s Personal Satisfaction and Customize Accordingly: ON GOING

Gregory O. Guthrie, FFN

D. Christopher Ramsey, AHM

CASA of Northeast Louisiana

318.398.0945

“ONE THING” =

National CASA Conference / 2012

Greg Guthrie : gguthrie@cfcfnela.org Chris Ramsey : cramsey@cfcfnela.org

CASA OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

WHY VOLUNTEERS DO WHAT THEY DO & DON’T DO WHAT THEY SHOULD?

Greg Guthrie & Chris Ramsey CASA of Northeast Louisiana 318-398-0945 gguthrie@cfcfnela.org cramsey@cfcfnela.org

Why Do Volunteers Do What They Do & Don’t Do What They Should?

National CASA Conference

2012 Washington, D.C.

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