EVS in LODZ
Volunteering: a memory that should never be forgotten
"Bee volunteer"
“Motivation is the driving force that causes the flux from desire to will in life. Motivation is an inner drive to behave or act in a certain manner. These inner conditions such as wishes, desires and goals, activate to move in a particular direction in behavior.”
That`s what Wikipedia shows us as a definition of motivation. You can agree or not, it`s your choice, But the best options for us as volunteers is to check it with the methods “learning-by-doing”. And we can make some conclusions after this practical experiment (and practical advices for future volunteers”:
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Our motivation depends on the year season : volunteers energy is sleepy in the winter but blossoming as a flower in the spring (good to know for coordinators!)
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Don’t force Cata to do something. You will fail. Try to find good reason and tell them truth that you want to use him for your aims =)
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Our creativity cant be forced, if we need 5 month to make one magazine for 20 pages, let`s us take our time.
As a result we have magazine, pretty nice. We keep motivation and create it together. We had fun, remembering time from our first meeting with Dana in plastic room till last meeting in secretary room with ready online-version.
My little part of this job was to make photo contest about volunteering. Even winners got their prizes 3 months after action (i`m learning how to deal with people=), hope they got some motivation to be voluntees.
(Anyuta)