Building Effective Relationships

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Building Effective Relationships

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• Generation Y?

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Generation Y

• Those born between 1980 1994
• Originally known as the Millennial Generation
• Economy Changed 9/11 happened
• Known a Global Citizens

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Generation Y

• Significantly larger than Generation X
• Just slightly smaller that the Baby Boomers
• 1 in 3 is not Caucasian
• 2 in 4 come from a single-parent home
• 4 in 5 have working mothers
• gt 2 have one or both parents incarcerated

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Generation Ys

• Children family were fashionable
• Gen Y children have been wanted, valued coddled
  from birth
• They have lived highly structured lives
• Parent have micro managed their schedules

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Generation Y

• Beloit Colleges Mindset
• Quick Look _at_ Generation Why?
• Generational Comparison Chart

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Profile of a Yerthe tough side

• Theyre impatient
• Theyre skeptical
• Theyre disengaged
• Theyre blunt expressive
• Theyre image driven
• Theyre young

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Profile of a Yerthe Bright Side

• Adaptable
• Techno savvy
• Able to grasp new concepts
• Time manager Multi-taskers
• Efficient
• Tolerant
• Sense of Commitment

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Y Retention Strategies

• Check your assumptions
• Encourage their values
• Train them
• Mentor them
• Make it Valid

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Generation Y likes

• Exciting, challenging, thrilling experiences
• Opportunities to be innovative creative
• Immediacy
• Clearly defined tasks expectations
• Technology
• Collaboration teamwork
• Being a respected equal
• To ask questions challenge assumptions

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Ladder of Participation

• 3) Tokenism
• 2) Decoration
• 1) Manipulation

Adapted from Roger Harts Ladder of
Participation, Children Participation From
Tokenism to Citizenship, UNICEF
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Ladder of Participation

• 8) Youth-initiated, shared decisions w/adults
• 7) Youth-initiated directed
• 6) Adult-initiated, shared decisions w/ youth
• 5) Consulted Informed
• 4) Assigned but informed

Adapted from Roger Harts Ladder of
Participation, Children Participation From
Tokenism to Citizenship, UNICEF
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Level of Youth Engagement
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Exploring Engagement

• What does engagement mean to you?
• Describe a time you felt most engaged at work or
  in the community.

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Process of Youth Engagement

• Initiating Factors
• Want to
• Need to
• Have to
• Why do youth become involved
• in 4-H?

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Process of Youth Engagement

• Sustaining Factors
• Individual
• Organizational
• Community Societal
• What keeps youth engaged/involved in 4-H?

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Process of Youth Engagement

• Barriers
• Personal
• School/family/organizational
• Community/Societal
• What prevents youth from becoming staying
  involved/engaged in 4-H?

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Resources

• Eric Chester Generation Y
• http//www.mcs.bc.ca/yps/home.htm
• Centre's of Excellence for Childrens Well-being
• http//www.engagementcentre.ca/
• 1-Stop Youth Participation Shop (McCreary Centre
  Society)
• http//www.mcs.bc.ca/yps/home.htm

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Thank You!

• Questions
• Comments

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Karyn SantlExtension Educator 4-H Youth
Development218-463-0293santl001_at_umn.edu