Hopefully you've encouraged members to reflect on their service experience throughout the year in monthly, quarterly, or midyear evaluations; journals or portfolios; and training sessions. However, reflection is especially useful as the year draws to a close and members assess what it's meant to them.
Look at these resources for ideas on prompting reflection:
- Introduction to reflection
- Reflection activities
- End of year project
- Group reflection: The Council Process
- Group reflection: Group Reading
- Group reflection: Youth Resumes
Click play to hear Laura Firtel of Notre Dame AmeriCorps (Apopka, FL) discuss how reflection can impact retention and encourage members to serve another term.
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For suggestions on how reflection activities build bridges from old members to new ones, check out Passing Along Wisdom.
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