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Introduction to External Factors. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership.
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The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? • The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? • Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? • Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. • Youth Culture – What’s happening? • NGO’s – Where are they heading? • Conclusions – Challenges for the future
The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?
1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? Answer to human needs and interests
1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? The tasks and goals of an organization
1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? Multidimentional vs. One-dimentional Interests vs. Ideas Four areas: Seperatism, Activism, Altruism and Advocacy
1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? The organizational lifecycle Where are our organization?
2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s?
2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? • Ideological advantages • Emotional advantages • Functional advantages
2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? SOCIETY VALUES PERSONALITY NEED Welfare Internal Inner control Self-realization Industrial External Outer control Belonging Agrarian Providing Basic needs Safety/survival
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? First we must scout…
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? New life phases Before:Child – Adult – Old Now:Child – Youth – Adult – Senior - Old
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Changes: From NEED to DESIRE
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Homo ZAPPIENS More frequent and faster changes between identities, information and places.
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? The REAL thing Counter-reaction Result orientated Core values
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Explotion of possibilities • Pick and choose • To choose or Not to choose, That’s the question • ”What Am I missing?” • Desire for clarity
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Time crunch Needs and desireseconomical, functional, physical, social and psychological Risk-minimization-filter
3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? How does technology affect us? 90-99 % has their own mobile phone. 84-96 % has access to Internet at home More and more are using social networks on the Internet.
4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership.
4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. From ME generation
4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. To WE generation
4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. Most young people would like to get involved in an organization. • More women than men. • No long-term commitment. (time-limit) • The social context is important
4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. Continued: • Concrete missions where you can se the direct benefit, is preferred. • A lot of people think that NGO-work is good for their résumé. • An increasing number want to be paid for their effort.
4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. Perfectionism
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? Participation in sports: Boys Girls Difference 10 year olds: 70 61 9 19 year olds: 36 24 12
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? Participation in the scout movement: Boys Girls 10 year olds: 6 4 19 year olds: 2 1
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What used to be “in”: 2003 2007 Inline skating: 20 8 Climbing: 8 4
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What’s “in” now: Boys Girls The Gym 75 25 Aerobics 10 90 Golf 75 25
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What are their trademarks? • High status • Individual • Can do it anytime
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What in your life gives your life meaning?
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? School 2 School and leisure, but school most 10 School and leisure 29 School and leisure, but leisure most 32 Leisure 27
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What do you want to be as an adult? • Professional in sports • Professional in culture • Lawyer or Entrepreneur • Doctor
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? • Lord of the Clock • Friends
5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? Do we plan the fun stuff?
6. NGO’s – Where are they heading?
6. NGO’s – Where are they heading? • There are more organizations today than for only twenty years ago. • There are more social arenas. Cafés and chat rooms beats the old clubhouse. • Rent a volunteer. Direct responsibility without total responsibility
6. NGO’s – Where are they heading? • There is a trend that people chooses organizations that focuses on single issues and interests, and leave organizations that has a holistic focus. • From formal organizations to informal networks. The fire souls gets involved in their own projects.
6. NGO’s – Where are they heading? • The flight from responsibility • Consequences for the involvement and commitment: “It must be fun if I’m going to get involved”.
7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future
7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future Professionalization vs. Grass-root
7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future How to deal with a new reality? Choose to be a winner or a looser.
7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future What are the needs of today’s youth?
7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future Questions?