1. Recruiting walkers Graham Brennan November 2013

2. In this workshop? Recruitment? A concept to consider! What’s your problem/what’s your plan? Speed dating my way! What next?

3. Questions? What shold we do? What works? How long does it take? How do I get men? How much does it cost? How long will it take? How did you do that? Why is it so hard? Do I really have to do it? Will you do it for me? What next? Does it work? WHAT DO YOU DO??? What is recruitment?

4. Recruitment Defined What is recruitment… – Definition: – Foster and Brennan et al, 2011 Asking people to take part!

5. A concept to consider? Programme Knowledge + Resources Plan

6. Recruitment Defined What is recruitment… – Definition: “The process of inviting, negotiating and facilitating participation in an event or activity, not merely the creation of awareness” – Foster and Brennan et al, 2011 Asking people to take part!

7. What’s your problem? Any of the following?: Money? Staff? Pressure? Know how? Reluctance? Isolation? Time? A spark? Do you even know???? Capacity Process Management Competing Forces Skills & Experience Legacy

8.  What method(s) works???? Active Recruitment Passive Recruitment Passive Participants Active Participants

9. What’s your plan? Know the following: Who? What? How? Where? When? Why? Method? Strategy?

10. What do we know so far? Active Recruitment Passive Recruitment Passive Participants Active Participants Awareness Builders? Networkers ? In-person inviters?

11. Working Examples! Work with partners (FFIT) Understand their needs (Chi-Gung) Adapt when needed (Go Walkabout) Be active (StepWise)

12. Speed dating my way (Word of mouth)

13. Who are you? What do you do? What do you want me to do? What does that involve? What’s in it for me?

14. The Recruitment Process? Programme Planning Programme Delivery Delivery level recruitment! (Doing and Monitoring) Organisation level recruitment! (Planning and Managing) Recruitment Processes (A.N.I. strategy) Capacity Process Management Competing Forces Skills & Experience Legacy

15. What positives can I take home from here? 1.Organisational level: Planning works! (Who, what, where, etc...) 2.Methods are better when they are strategies! (A.N.I. Model) 3.Delivery level: Word of Mouth can/does have a structure!

16. Leap of faith? Tell me what happened! graham.brennan@glasgow.ac.uk recgen1@gmail.com