| Is
this really how we all work together? |
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| To
a greater or lesser degree - YES! When we work together we adopt
one, or some of these roles whether we realise it or not. Whatever
we have chosen to come together to do - be it to set up a local
fishing club, netball team or just to organise a big party for
friends we will adopt some of these roles. |
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| It
may be okay to enter into the process unknowingly if it is simply
a case of a few friends organising a one off party but if we
are going to develop a community pressure group achieving your
goals will be far easier if you have an understanding of how
people 'tick' and how they can work together more effectively. |
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| REMEMBER
- It is vital to identify the strengths and recognise the weaknesses
of your group members - that way you can work to everyone's
strengths! |
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| Section
6: |
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| Making
your group as effective as possible |
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| Welcome
new members |
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| Identify
your goals |
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| Creating
a mission statement will help the group focus and create common
goals and targets as well as establishing an agreed way of achieving
those goals. |
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| Share
the load |
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- Allow
everyone to take on some of the responsibility and workload.
This will avoid some team members feeling frustrated and
put upon and at the same time prevent others feeling unfulfilled
and excluded.
- If
one person wants to control and dominate all the time try
introducing a 'floating' or 'revolving' chair at meetings
- this will give everyone who wants to a chance of taking
the lead.
- Another
way of avoiding such a problem long term might be to have
elected 'officers' e,g, Chair, Secretary and Treasurer who
have to be re-elected every year with the previous position
holder being excluded from being re-elected for 2 to 3 years
after holding office (but this will not be practical in
many small groups or those with only short term goals).
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| Tell
people what you are doing! |
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- Regularly
update both everyone in the group and the outside world
about how you are progressing.
- Leaflets
and newsletters are cheap effective tools for informing
both your members and the community of what you are doing
- and are a good way of seeking new recruits to the group!
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| The
next stage we will look at will be how to formalize the group
and its activities. |
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