But lets back up for a moment. Let us go back to Monday and find out what happened on Monday. *wavy wavy wavy dream sequence wavy*.....Monday started out much like any other Monday. It pretty much stayed that way too. Actually it was a very productive day for me (which isn't to say that Mondays aren't productive). In the morning we had a training on some of the ins and outs to Outlook. After that I did some desk work for awhile, had lunch. Then I set up the Holiday Tree in our office. It looks beautiful! Then I got ready for my webinar. This was on Micro-blogging through Twitter. I got some very helpful tips on how to network and make connections through Twitter. I've already increased the 4-H twitter follower number from two to eight. I hope to be able to get more than that soon. I heard that Facebook was on its way out and that Twitter is now popular with teens. I've yet to see the truth in that. Who knows? Maybe its true. That was it for my Monday. It was very productive and very good for my workload.
Tuesday was another work day, where I just did a lot of desk work. I also started reading the binder of curriculum that we got from the conference in Wis. Dells a few weeks ago. It has some very useful volunteer training materials in it. I hope to be able to implement some of them soon. Too bad we just held leader training for 4-H. To be honest I didn't know it was coming up so I wasn't able to put something together for it. Oh well, maybe next year.
Wednesday I went to Fanny Hill in Eau Claire for a conference about Tools for Engaging Youth. It was a two day conference that I was only able to go to one day for it. I hope they got to the Engaging Youth part of it on the second day. Don't get me wrong, it was a good conference, it just wasn't what I was expecting. The first part of it was all about generations. We discussed four generations. The Matures, the Boomers, Gen X, and Gen Y. We discussed traits and characteristics about them, and working styles. We discussed ways to make sure the four can mesh and work together. I see how this can apply to engaging youth, obviously, but as I fall into the category of Gen Y, I think I would have liked to have seen more information on the new generation, Gen Z. (Food for thought: What comes after Gen Z?) After that we talked about a program called First Impressions. This is essentially an exchange program where you go into a community similar to yours and you spend about four hours recording your first impressions of the town, the other town does the same to your town. They then write up reports and exchange them. This is a good way to find out what you are doing well and what could use some improvement. Many towns all over the U.S. and world have done something like this and have had great success. The best thing about this program is that it can be adapted to fit anything, a workplace, a meeting, an event, a store, anything really. We are considering doing something similar in our county...but I won't say what. ;)
Thursday was my day of brilliance. I wish I had thought of it earlier. It would have given myself more time to prepare for it, but it is what it is, and we will see how it goes. What I did was set up a Holiday Gift Tree in our office. Here it is:
Each of the mittens has a gender and an age range. These are not attached to a specific child, but rather are left general. The gifts that are donated with be distributed to the local Neighbor's Place and Kids Count (The program that hep the children of incarcerated parents). If you would like to donate please contact me!
*wavy wavy dream sequence ending wavy wavy*
That was pretty much my week. I forgot all about writing this because of the gift tree idea. My head just filled with ideas about it and I wanted to put them all into action before I either forgot them or before it was too late. So we'll see how successful this is. My hope is to get at least fifteen donations. That is my goal. Maybe next year we can partner with the Neighbor's Place or Salvation Army. Cross your fingers!
Next week we have lots of Holiday things coming up. I'll try to remember it this time.
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