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EXERCISE EIGHT
A RECRUITING PROCESS
> TASKS
Break into groups and discuss:
1) Who, as a group, should you go after?
2) Why would they join?
3) Where might they be reached?
4) How might they be reached?
5) When they should be contacted?
1. Who should we go after?
What are the three most important categories of people to
bring into the organization?
A. B. C.
2. Why would they join?
What do they need to hear from us?
3. Where might they be reached?
What places, organizations, etc.
4. How might they be reached?
Person-to-person?
TV ads? Radio?
Newspaper? etc.
5. When should they be contacted?
Time of year; time of day, etc.
RECRUITING TIMELINE
Month Month Month Month Month Month
Task #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
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2_________________________________________________________________
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Month Month Month Month Month Month
Task #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
1_________________________________________________________________
2_________________________________________________________________
3_________________________________________________________________
4_________________________________________________________________
Approaches:
Personal
Group
Printed
Audiovisual
Referral
Resource
Collaborative
CREDIT: Greg Speeter, Citizenship Improvement Training Program,
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
Comments to: crs@uvm.edu
Reviewed as of 4/20/98