Introduction to External Factors

1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?

2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s?

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership.

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

6. NGO’s – Where are they heading?

7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future

1. The Organization

– Why do we start NGO’s?

1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?

Answer to human needs and interests

The tasks and goals of an organization

1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?

Multidimentional vs. One-dimentional

Interests vs. Ideas

Four areas:

Seperatism, Activism, Altruism and Advocacy

1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?

The organizational lifecycle

Where are our organization?

1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?

2. The Members

– Why do people get involved in NGO’s?

2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s?

• Ideological advantages

• Emotional advantages

• Functional advantages

2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s?

SOCIETY VALUES PERSONALITY NEED

Welfare Internal Inner control Self-realization

Industrial External Outer control Belonging

Agrarian Providing Basic needs Safety/survival

3. Changes in the world we live in

– how do they affect the involvement?

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

First we must scout…

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

New life phases

Before:

Child – Adult – Old

Now:

Child – Youth – Adult – Senior - Old

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

Changes:

From NEED to DESIRE

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

Homo ZAPPIENS

More frequent and faster changes between identities, information and places.

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

The REAL thing

Counter-reaction

Result orientated

Core values

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

Explotion of possibilities

• Pick and choose

• To choose or Not to choose, That’s the question

• ”What Am I missing?”

• Desire for clarity

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

Time crunch

Needs and desireseconomical, functional, physical, social and psychological

Risk-minimization-filter

3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

How does technology affect us?

90-99 % has their own mobile phone.

84-96 % has access to Internet at home

More and more are using social networks on the Internet.

4. Young adults

– Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership.

4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes

to involvement and leadership.

From ME generation

4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes

to involvement and leadership.

To WE generation

4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes

to involvement and leadership.

Most young people would like to get involved in an organization.

• More women than men.

• No long-term commitment. (time-limit)

• The social context is important

4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes

to involvement and leadership.

Continued:

• Concrete missions where you can se the direct benefit, is preferred.

• A lot of people think that NGO-work is good for their résumé.

• An increasing number want to be paid for their effort.

4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes

to involvement and leadership.

Perfectionism

5. Youth Culture

– What’s happening?

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

Participation in sports:

Boys GirlsDifference

10 year olds: 70 61 9

19 year olds: 36 24 12

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

Participation in the scout movement:

Boys Girls

10 year olds: 6 4

19 year olds: 2 1

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

What used to be “in”:

2003 2007

Inline skating: 20 8

Climbing: 8 4

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

What’s “in” now:

Boys Girls

The Gym 75 25

Aerobics 10 90

Golf 75 25

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

What are their trademarks?

• High status

• Individual

• Can do it anytime

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

What in your life gives your life meaning?

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

School 2

School and leisure, but school most 10

School and leisure 29

School and leisure, but leisure most 32

Leisure 27

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

What do you want to be as an adult?

1. Professional in sports

2. Professional in culture

3. Lawyer or Entrepreneur

4. Doctor

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

• Lord of the Clock

• Friends

5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

Do we plan the fun stuff?

6. NGO’s

– Where are they heading?

6. NGO’s – Where are they heading?

• There are more organizations today than for only twenty years ago.

• There are more social arenas. Cafés and chat rooms beats the old clubhouse.

• Rent a volunteer. Direct responsibility without total responsibility

6. NGO’s – Where are they heading?

• There is a trend that people chooses organizations that focuses on single issues and interests, and leave organizations that has a holistic focus.

• From formal organizations to informal networks. The fire souls gets involved in their own projects.

6. NGO’s – Where are they heading?

• The flight from responsibility

• Consequences for the involvement and commitment: “It must be fun if I’m going to get involved”.

7. Conclusions

– Challenges for the future

7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future

Professionalization vs. Grass-root

7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future

How to deal with a new reality?

Choose to be a winner or a looser.

7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future

What are the needs of

today’s youth?

7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future

Questions?