Complex Thoughts
Rewarding and Recognizing Volunteers
- Accept their individuality
- Accommodate personal needs and problems
- Annual ceremonial parties
- Back rubs
- Be a real person
- Be pleasant
- Build you own sundae party
- Buy a soda
- Celebrate outstanding projects and achievements
- Commend to supervisory staff
- Create pleasant surroundings
- Defend against
- Distinguish between groups and individuals in the groups
- Enable to grow on the job
- Enable to grow out of the job
- Free tickets to events
- Greet by name
- Have a picnic
- Have a public reception
- Have informal get-togethers
- Have members to your house for dinner
- Have them train new members
- Help develop self confidence
- Keep challenging them
- Nominate for awards
- Pizza
- Plan a recognition edition in the student newspaper
- Plan staff social events
- Praise them to their friends
- Promote a volunteer-ofthe-month program
- Promote staff smiles
- Provide in-service training
- Provide opportunities to go to conferences
- Recognize personal needs and problems
- Recommendation to prospective employers
- Respect sensitivities
- Respect their wishes
- Revolving chair for running meetings
- Say ‘good morning’
- Say ‘thank you’
- Say ‘we missed you’
- Send a birthday card
- Send a valentine
- Send Christmas cards
- Send impromptu fun cards
- Send newsworthy information to the media
- Smile
- Take time to explain fully
- Utilize as consultants
ADAPTED FROM COUGAR CLUES, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA–MORRIS.
