Three ways to recruit volunteer youth leaders
from this article.
This is a series that I started following yesterday and was encouraged to check out the rest of the series. Being a full time salesman (once or twice in my life), a youth pastor and a senior pastor … I think that qualifies me for … maybe a discount at Lifeway, that’s probably about it. With that out of the way, this article is focusing on the traveling salesman approach … or the Big Push. >> the article >>
There are basically three main ways to get leaders: a Big Push, catching “Show-Ups”, and leaders replacing themselves. I tried to keep with the sales theme from last week’s post on “Selling What’s Important” and I will unveil a different approach over the next 3 days.
#1. The Traveling Salesman Approach
This is the “Big Push” discussed above. Here, we make an appeal, or cast vision, to folks who may or may not be interested. We’re knocking on random doors…the more…the better.
PROS
*Lots of contacts all at once
*Public support from above is important to parents
*Never a bad idea to get buy-in from the top brass
*Works great when you need to “catch-up” all at once.
CONS
*Least efficient method
*People’s inspiration fades quickly
*May get some folks coming for the wrong reasons
*Limited to once a year.
PRACTICAL IDEAS
*See if you can get the head pastor’s support (I realize that this doesn’t always work).
*Get people in as fast as you can, their determination from the “pitch” will fade as time passes.
*Don’t shy away from telling people how challenging the job can be and the requirements you expect out of them. This will inspire the right people and the others will self-eliminate early.
*Getting permission to run a background check right off the bat will send “creepy dudes” running.
What do you like or not like about the “Big Push” method to recruit? What Pros or Cons am I overlooking? Check back tomorrow for another, slightly better way. What image do you think best describes this approach? Send me some ideas and I’ll give you credit!
My take — The “Big Push” should only be used as a “break glass in case of emergency” resort. It’s like seining (method of getting bait fish with a big net), yes you might get some good ones … but you will get every other kind of kook and weirdo imaginable. You will spend most of your time trying to disqualify them after you have them. Plus, it looks desperate. Hey, sometimes it is. In sales, sometimes there are reasons why it looked so easy to get the big client … ha, no one else could satisfy them. I found that if it were easy … there was something that was going to swing around and hit you in the back of the head. 99% of the time it did.
The Big Push … only use in extreme situations.
Source: Orange Leaders
http://www.orangeleaders.com/?p=3459
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