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Re: New Member Motivation
If they are friends/friendly, they may have fallen into a group think together, following each other's lead in unproductivity. They may be a little intimidated or unsure and so follow the pattern you are seeing.
Try creating a couple of activities to break the group into separate small groups. During the fall season, sometimes we have the new members disassemble and reassemble sections of our robots. Old members are around to answer questions and to assist but the new members do it.
The suggestion of making some time just to do some fun activities is a good suggestion as well. And again, break the group into smaller groups, mixed with you veterans. Also the suggestion of giving them individual tasks, assignments is excellent.
Jane
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Last edited by JaneYoung : 10-11-2006 at 10:15.
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