If you’ve been following this series and are interested in creating your own community outreach/awareness project, we’re very excited to have you involved with us!
By now, you’ve had some time to think about what drives you and what you’re passionate about. Hopefully you’ve written down your passion statement, and you may have started your list of potential team members.
Now it’s time for the next logical step in creating your community outreach project. You’re ready to identify your project goal! Goal identification is pretty simple, but it does require a bit of thought.
First, Think about Results
To determine your goal, it’s important to be very clear about what, exactly, you hope to accomplish. For example,
In other words, think in terms of the specific results you’d like to see.
Springboard from Your Passion
Review your passion statement and go from there. Let’s say you’re passionate about reducing the amount of trash that goes into our landfills. Several goals could flow from this passion. It might be something like, “I want to implement a community recycling program.” Or, on a smaller scale, it might be, “I will learn which types of plastic can be recycled in my community and teach my children, too. Together, our family will start recycling!” What a wonderful habit to introduce in your home!
Or perhaps you’re passionate about keeping the air we breathe as fresh and pure as possible. Your goal might be, “To get more people to ride bikes instead of drive.” Or simply, “To teach others about the dangers of chemicals in common household spray products.”
See how starting with your passion statement naturally leads to creating a goal? Whether your goal is large or small, if you’re passionate about the underlying idea you can’t go wrong.
Speaking of Size . . .
In thinking about the scope of your goal, aim for “big, but not too big.” Since this project is about personal growth too, you want a goal that will stretch you and your team out of your collective comfort zone a bit. A big goal makes success all the sweeter!
That said, you want a goal that’s also ultimately achievable. After all, success is motivating! We’re all more likely to keep trying to make a positive difference if we’ve been successful before. So aim for something that will stretch you and your team, but not break you.
Finally, in thinking about your specific, achievable goal, pull out your list of potential team members and add anyone else you can think of who has special talents that might be helpful. The larger your team, the more encompassing your goal can be. If your team is smaller in size, you might want to keep things simple for now. Matching the scope of your goal to the size of your team will help ensure that you all have fun as you also make a difference!
Progress Report: Norwex Community Outreach Project
As promised, we want to keep you in the loop about our Norwex Movement corporate outreach project. Here’s what we’ve accomplished so far!
Earth Day – Friday, April 22
In support of our mission of reducing chemicals and plastics in the environment, Norwex Movement wishes you a happy Earth Day!
What on Earth are YOU Doing?
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Do you already know what your community outreach project goal will be? We’d love to hear from you! Just leave a comment below.
I love this…the company I work for (other than Norwex) has a 3F committee (the three F’s are Fun, Food and Fitness). I gave the committee members a list of ideas for Earth Day as a group project. I got some feedback from the members and I’m looking forward to seeing what they chose. When I sent them my list they told me they never thought of doing something for Earth Day. Glad I pinged them about it.
We love the idea of a 3F (Fun, Food and Fitness) committee! And kudos to you for sharing your Earth Day ideas with them. Please keep us updated!
Well, our 3F committee didn’t do anything for Earth Day, but that’s not stopping us. We also do community service projects through the parks department in the suburb where our office is located. We adopted a nearby park that we clean once a month. We also do a project with the parks department every year. Next month we will be doing just that. We are doing plantings at water’s edge to help with erosion and preparing for a pump park installation.
That’s great, Amy! Who says Earth Day has to be just once a year? Sounds like your 3F committee is definitely committed to keeping our Earth a beautiful place! Kudos!!
I’ve been sharing your blog posts to let others know how to help the environment.
This is great – I’ve shared it with a local charity, Beachkeepers, who organise litter picking activities on our beaches – as a holiday town on the coast they raise awareness of plastic pollution along with other pollution issues. I am connecting with them regularly to promote our mutual interest.
I love working for a company that is so committed to the environment.
I would love to see more of what Norwex Movement members have accomplished!!