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Making a Valuable Difference. Bobbi Sabatini – Seneca College. Introduction. Each of us has value How we share that value impacts all aspects of our lives The difference between offering services and making a difference ‘Can I help you?” OR “How can I/we be of value to you today?”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Making a Valuable DifferenceBobbi Sabatini – Seneca College
Introduction
Each of us has value How we share that value impacts all aspects of our
lives The difference between offering services and making
a difference ‘Can I help you?” OR “How can I/we be of value to you today?”
Outline
Getting involved
Balance
Give and take
Identifying opportunities
Initiating innovative changes
Refining
Putting your skills to use
Sharing
Coming together to multiply benefits
Getting Involved
Why volunteer?
A passion for helping others
A desire to share your skills and talents
A need exists…
Why do more than what is expected?
A move away from “what’s in it for me?” to:
“how can I make a difference in this person’s life”
Making every encounter count
Benefits for patrons or people in general
Benefits for those volunteering
Origami Step One
A quick contact is sometimes all that is needed to start the process and provide the basis of all that is to come from that point
Take your paper and fold it in half lengthwise, then unfold
Balance
Balance in life is more important than ever
Work
Helping to the best of our abilities and getting regular tasks done
Life
Everyone helps out so individuals don’t feel overwhelmed
Volunteering
20% of the volunteers do 80% of the work
How do we strike a more equitable balance, or make it easier for people to volunteer so the workload is not overwhelming
Origami Step Two
Origami is very much about balance, what you do to one side, you will generally do to the other
Take the top corner and fold it down towards the middle line you made in step one
Do the same to the opposite corner
Give and take
Every interaction is an opportunity Give what you can
Information Help Skills Talents
► What do you take away?
► Increased job satisfaction
► Feeling of making a difference in someone’s life
► People are more likely to come back, organizational success
Origami Step 3
Bring up the bottom corner to the middle
This is a place holder and will be unfolded later
Identifying Opportunities
Every day offers opportunities to help an make a difference to someone’s life, from holding a door open, a smile when it’s unexpected, doing something you don’t have to in order to make someone else’s life better in some way
At Work
Going that extra mile is not only good for direct benefits, but the return on the investment keeps coming back
At Home
It is easy to get stuck in roles, only doing what is your ‘job’, however even a small change can make a big difference
Volunteering
Choose something that suits you. Ask questions about commitments, don’t assume it is going to be too much work, many places are happy with any amount of help
Origami Step 4
Being flexible and open to opportunities improves your chances for success
Fold the point down to meet the place holder from step 3, unfold the place holder
Initiate Innovative Changes(where and when possible)
Offering your skills and talents to improve a process, event or even a simple task
It seems easier to do things the way they have always been done
Sometimes the hardest part is convincing others to change processes
Communication is the most important piece!
Examples
Fundraising changes – event details, ways to raise money, tracking
VLS – challenges of a small community, what works, what doesn’t
Friends of the Library – making sure everyone feels valued even when roles change
Origami Step 5
Turning over a new leaf sometimes brings a new perspective to an old process
Turn the paper over
Refining
Once improvements have been identified and put into action, they must be monitored for any possible refinements
Fundraising
Adjusting the database for items donated, what is included, not included
Did the effort taken to get new sponsors work? Why or why not?
What information is the most useful to have included
VLS
Talking to other libraries of similar size
What works best, are there other opportunities out there
Friends of the Library
Changing roles can bring out new strengths or identify weaknesses
Origami Step 6
Refining takes precision and patience. Taking the time to do it right means it is more likely to turn out the way you would like it to
Take the top corner and fold it down towards the middle. Do the same to the other top corner
Refinement part 2 – evaluation
An important part of making any changes is to evaluate if those changes were successful
Did it make a difference and add value?
For example, book sales asking for donations only make more money overall and are less work
Is there something else that might be adjusted?
Origami Step 7
Further refinements are often necessary to make sure everything is still on track
Fold the top flaps down again to meet the middle
Putting your skills to use
Having skills and talents are great, the trick is putting them to the best use
Identifying opportunities
Offering your help as opposed to having to be asked
Innovating
Be open to change and trying new ways to do things
Initiating
Being the first step is sometimes the hardest, but is already moving in the right direction - forward
Origami Step 8
Turn the paper over
Fold the bottom in half, sliding under the triangle flap that has been created. Fold it in half again, and in half once more
Sharing
We don’t know what skills and talents others have unless we ask
Social media offers an opportunity for people to advertise skills and talents
Don’t forget to share in person as well!
Coming together to multiply benefits
When everyone is working together towards a common goal, the results can be extraordinary
Each of us has value, putting that value together can lead to exponential rewards
Origami Step 9
Putting it all together
Take the left end at the bottom and tuck in into the front flap of the triangle on its left.
Take the end of the left piece and tuck it in behind the piece on the right
Do this for each of the five pieces
Origami Step 10
Complete!
Conclusion
Making a valuable difference can be a part of everyone’s life
If we are each willing to do a small part, the workload is shared and so is the success
Any Questions?
Contact Information
Bobbi Sabatini
blsabatini@hotmail.com
Origami websites
The first is my favourite, look for Money Origami down the left side under Types of Gifts
www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.ca
www.origami-instructions.com
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