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Increasing participation and membership across sectors and constituent groups is a fundamental ability that contributes to understanding the community context and collaborative planning.  Continuously working to expand membership to ensure a diverse and engaged group of participants grounds the work in what is locally important and feasible.

In this training, we will address four primary issues in increasing membership and participation: outreach, recruitment, engagement in the effort, and maintaining involvement and sustaining commitment.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how to intentionally involve others in the work, and engage them in ways that keep them involved over time
• Identify key principles in outreach and recruitment that can contribute to the group’s effort
• Learn how to build relationships and motivate participants to engage in the work
• Understand how to create an atmosphere and conditions that promote diversity, participation and success
• Learn steps in assessing whether the current involvement is sufficient and/or how to make changes in the participation plan

Introduction

Video Presenter: Christina M. Holt, M.A.