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1. Use the duties of membership approach:
• Members are expected to get involved as part of the
duties of membership.
• Inform perspective members that there
is work in learning.
• State this philosophy on the membership
form.
• List the committees on the form and indicate they are
expected to check off a box.
2. Take
a personal approach:
• Identify people and then ask them.
• Don't write a letter asking or put out general statements
such as "we need volunteers."
• It makes people feel good to
be asked.
• Asking also helps dissipate the perception that
the LLI is run by an "in crowd."
3.
Make it easy to volunteer:
• Hold a reception/orientation for new members and have representatives
from each committee there with sign-up sheets.
• Mentor them by assigning a veteran to each volunteer (this is good
for all new members not just the volunteers).
• Pass out course suggestion forms in class to be filled out then (the
idea being that they might put down something of great interest to them,
increasing the chances that they would volunteer to lead).
• Tell them a week before about the course suggestion form so they
can be thinking about topics.
4. Ease
them in gradually:
• Use two-member presentation teams made up of a veteran and a rookie
(ideally, the rookie has been recruited by the veteran, one-on-one).
• Train new presenters by having them do short 10-minute sessions rather
than an entire class at the beginning.
• Have study group leaders structure their programs so that each person
in class is expected to lead a session (great way to bolster confidence
and gain experience).
• Study group leaders
make up the list of weekly topics and pass out the sign-up sheet in class.
5. Miscellaneous:
• PIER at Hofstra University has had in the past, and may still have,
two programs for helping new presenters - the first is "Presenting Made
Easier" and the second is the "Discovery Showcase." They should
be able to give details to anyone who is interested.
• Some
LLIs ensure volunteer participation by making sure that one-third of the
membership of all the committees changes every year.
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