What was your experience like throughout the fundraiser event/process? I was so excited because the organisation that was chosen was my idea and I wanted to give it my all. In the beginning communication was a bit slow, and it was harder to reach most members, especially the non-leaders. Engaging with the Outreach leaders was great because we wanted to make it successful. Unfortunately one of leaders stepped down which was unfortunate but we got Lune on board which was awesome because she was dedicated as the rest of the leaders. The Marketing Team, later stepped up and did an amazing job. It was great to do posters, interact officially with Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children and other companies even if we did not work with them. I was also part of ARO which also advocate for Women abuse but it is an American based so I had to juggle between two charities doing the same things. I was amazed how I managed to try and keep the balance. I didn't like it when some members were not even responding to our messages because I felt like they did not want to help in any way. But we managed to change ideas and put new ones and worked to finish our project. I just would have loved it more if most put the effort because we were going to achieve more than we did. Nevertheless, it was great to participate and help the organisation raise money, I would gladly do it again. I am grateful for the leadership because I saw that when people want to do something, they definitely put in their best. It was my first time using the Nike Running App made by Reo and I just love how she quickly put that together when we were running out of time. I am amazed by the contributions of different people and how they supported our project. I hope that some members will participate more in future if we were to do the project again or similar project.
How stressed were you throughout this event? 4/5
How did you manage stress or resolve any conflict? I had to stop and breathe from time to time because it was stressful. We looked for venues but didn't get positive responses or any responses from different companies and time was running out. So, i had to step aside and gather my thoughts before I could burn out. I even found an application which helped me with stress management. It had breathing techniques, pausing and not doing anything for a few minutes, meditation, exercising etc. The techniques helped me a lot because even though I stressed it didn't affect me to a point that I could not function. I was stressed because the Leadership were doing majority of the tasks and later on the Marketing team helped which eased some of the stress. I was also thinking that our event might fail but I didn't tell our members that, because I didn't want all of us to be crippled with the fear. And with the positive energy I was getting early in the morning of doing my techniques, I stopped to overthink things and I realised that if I play my part and forget about politics or complaints, I can do more. That's why I managed to do more. I was also stressed because I was part of two charities campaigning at the same time and I thought I was going to fail massively in both of them. But I chose my battle wisely and managed to prioritize my project more because at ARO they really got it handled but with us, we were knew at starting it. If it was not for the stress management techniques, I think I would be saying another story at the moment.
Please comment on your role of the group dynamics I interacted with the group, changed some of my methods according to the changing circumstances and my relationship with others. I was flexible because I was able to perform various tasks when change occurred. When we had to change the venue from physical to online, I quickly got on board because I saw how it was going to help our project. I had to readjust so many times to avoid conflicts because some members were not participating, instead of shouting at them or getting angry to a point of giving up, I and another member we encouraged one a other and decided to give it our all besides the frustration we were feeling
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