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| At A MAZE. Berlin, some of the many tasks we needed help with were: submissions, | At A MAZE. Berlin, some of the many tasks we needed help with were: submissions, | ||
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| ===== Take time to understand motivations and skills===== | ===== Take time to understand motivations and skills===== | ||
| When you understand the skills and motivations of an individual helper, it's easy to see what tasks are a good or bad fit. For example, it takes a certain type of personality to continue to be polite and enthusiastic after asking the hundredth person to keep their sticky drink off a computer. | When you understand the skills and motivations of an individual helper, it's easy to see what tasks are a good or bad fit. For example, it takes a certain type of personality to continue to be polite and enthusiastic after asking the hundredth person to keep their sticky drink off a computer. | ||
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| Some of the top motivators for volunteers include community, friendship, interest in the cause, skill development, | Some of the top motivators for volunteers include community, friendship, interest in the cause, skill development, | ||
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| ===== Be mindful about how the work is being done===== | ===== Be mindful about how the work is being done===== | ||
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| Invest time in making the working environment positive and supportive. This includes you! If you notice that the work starts to feel arduous, communicate and immediately scale back. | Invest time in making the working environment positive and supportive. This includes you! If you notice that the work starts to feel arduous, communicate and immediately scale back. | ||
| ===== Talk openly about expectations===== | ===== Talk openly about expectations===== | ||
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| Until there is a major change in our economic structure, we are often dealing with volunteers and underpaid helpers in the arts. Communicate openly about money, especially if some people are paid and others are not. There is an important difference between interacting with unionized staff, contract workers, and volunteers that can't be glossed over. | Until there is a major change in our economic structure, we are often dealing with volunteers and underpaid helpers in the arts. Communicate openly about money, especially if some people are paid and others are not. There is an important difference between interacting with unionized staff, contract workers, and volunteers that can't be glossed over. | ||
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