The Big I's

Don R. Simmons, Ph.D.www.creativepotentialconsulting.org

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Identify

In order to ENGAGE UNPAID STAFF, a leader must first be able to IDENTIFY

POTENTIAL Unpaid Staff.

How do YOU do this?

Identify

In order to catch fish, you must first go to the POND.

Go where people are SERVING.

Build Relationships

People want to serve with people they KNOW, and people serve LONGEST

once they have established FRIENDSHIPS and BUILD COMMUNITY.

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Process• Maintain a List of Potential Unpaid Staff• Pray for them• Build Relationships• Be AWARE of Timing

Inform• Leaders often confuse

INFORMATION with INVITATION

Inform• Use Stories

Inform• Values• Mission• Vision

Inform• Results• Transformed Lives

Inform• Honest, accurate Ministry Descriptions• On your website, church office, all church media

Elements of a Volunteer Position Description1. Compelling Title2. Duties3. Supervisor/Leader4. Location and Schedule5. Commitment (Daily? Weekly? How long?)6. Skills Needed7. Training Provided8. Benefits

Do NOT minimize Service

JUST

Tell the Truth about Service,

and engage Honestly and Authentically.

Invite

Your Language should reflect your Culture!

• Volunteer• Recruit• Supervise• Performance Review• Job• Retention• Tasks

• Unpaid Staff/Partner/Minister• Invite/Cultivate/Engage• Support• Performance Measurement• Role/Position/Ministry• Sustainability• Service

Jesus never “Recruited”

Coaches recruit stars, Leaders invite Servants.

Invitation• Personal• Based on relationships• Engages the heart/head/hands

Invitation includes Information

Position Description

With You!

If you anticipate a large event, ENGAGE MORE INVITERS

Invest

7%* Percentage of Americans identified

with a Meyers-Briggs Personality Assessment as “Self Initiators.”

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People who “self-select” IN, can also self-select OUT.

Investment takes Time

Investment takes YOU

Investment takes a PLAN for discipleship and personal

growth

Investment requires Tracking

Investment requires a TEAM

Investment requires SACRIFICE

John 5:30

1 Thessalonians 2:8

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