Combating burnout for girl scout volunteers

Combating Burnout

The Discovery Conference Saturday, October 19, 2013

Are You Burnt Out?

What Does Burnout Look Like?

Volunteers may appear:

• Disengaged or detached

• Helpless or hopeless

• Without motivation

• Like they don’t care about anything

Online Source- www.helpguide.org

In Other Words They Are…

What Causes of Burnout?

• Working too much without breaks for fun

• Being expected to be too many things to too many people

• Taking on too many responsibilities

• Lack of close, supportive relationships

• Not getting enough sleep

Online Source- www.helpguide.org

Volunteers who Burnout may have:

• Perfectionist tendencies

• Pessimistic view of themselves and the world

• The need to be in control

• High-achieving, Type A personality

Contributing Personality Traits

Online Source- www.helpguide.org

Girl Scout

Burnout

1 Remember the Reason You Joined

Know What Motivates Others

2 Remember -You Are NOT Alone

Delegate, Delegate, Delegate

3 Keep Up with Communication

Leave No Girl Scout Behind

4 Don’t Be Afraid of Change

Lose the Battle to Win the War

Reward Your Supporters5

Don’t Forget to Reward Yourself!

So How Do You Go From

To This !!!

This???

Try These Burnout Prevention Tips

• Start/End the day with a relaxing ritual

• Adopt healthy eating, exercising, and sleeping habits

• Take a daily break from technology

• Nourish your creative side

• Set boundaries

Online Source- www.helpguide.org

A Tool to Combat Burnout

Found online @ http://www.innerhealthstudio.com/visualization-scripts.html

Now What?

Don’t Forget…