Opening Activity

WELCOME! As you sit at your table, prior to session starting, take time to discuss with others around youre the following questions:

How do you define Esprit de Corps? Why is it important? What causes is? What challenges it?

Welcome

Developing Esprit de Corps

Amy Salinas

Session Description
This Round Robin session is geared towards both Senior Corps projects and AmeriCorps programs. With a focus on this overarching question: How do we build a team of volunteers, participants and/or members that are high performing, buyin to the bigger picture of National Service, maintain a strong programmatic identity, are committed for a period of time, and support one another, despite distance, resources, and other challenges that never go away?, participants at this round table will create a working definition of Esprit de Corps. From that definition, participants will discuss its importance, dialogue about challenges and explore and share ways to develop and maintain the agreed upon definition of Esprit de Corps.

Session Outcomes

Develop a common definition for Esprit de Corps; Discuss current challenges and limitations to achieving that agreed upon definition; and Share practices and resources that can support Esprit de Corps despite current limitations and challenges.

AGENDA
Building the Learning Environment Guiding Question Esprit de Corps Wall

What is Esprit de Corps? Why is it important? What challenges us in this area?

Wrap Up

Guiding Question
How do we build a team of participants, volunteers, members that are high performing, buy-in to the bigger picture of national service, maintain a strong programmatic identity, are committed for a period of time, and support one another despite distance, resources and other challenges that will never go away?

Opening Activity Continued

Individually, continue to consider the following questions:

How do you define Esprit de Corps? Why is it important? What causes is? What challenges it?

Observe and Reflect

What stood out? Anything surprised you or was something you had not thought about? Key Causes or Challenges that resonate with you and your own program or efforts? Ideas you have that others might benefit from hearing

Thank You!
Amy Salinas CACconsulting@hotmail.com