INTRODUCTION
Day to promote and appreciate bottoms-up active citizenship. This event will be a
collaborative effort contributed by the private, public and people sectors.
Connect Singapore is also one of the signature events in the NDP 2008 Celebrations
Calendar.
President SR Nathan will be gracing this occasion.
• To reach out to our youths and actively engage them through event planning,
organizing and execution to completion
• To inculcate in our youths the qualities of servant-leadership through actively
practising the 10 Principles of Servant-Leadership
• To emphasize that every person matters by recognizing every individual
contribution
• To foster stronger citizenship engagement between people, public and private
sectors in nation-building and helping charities
• To inspire our people to overcome challenges and seize opportunities in life
through surmounting obstacles in organizing a project of such magnitude
• To collect database via online Youth Bank to promote borderless citizenship,
volunteerism and making a difference, both locally and abroad
• To promote National Education with a display of major milestones in Singapore’s
43 years of independence
• To raise $500,000 for President’s Challenge 2008 (70%) and Heartware Network
(30%)
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
A) 500 dynamic motivators to join us as:
Block IC (≥ 17 years old)
To assist the planning EXCO in coordinating
all motivators during training sessions,
rehearsal and actual event
Chief Motivator (≥ 21 years old)
1) To liaise and coordinate with teachers from
partnering schools
2) To lead and manage a group of 250
students during the actual event (welfare,
safety etc)
3) To conduct training and assembly talks for
student leaders and the participating
students
Motivator (≥ 17 years old)
To understudy and assist the Chief Motivator in all duties
Logistics Volunteer (≥ 17 years old)
1) To assist in preparing the logistic items
required for all training sessions, rehearsal
and the actual event
2) To supply and oversee the logistic items for
a sector of 0.5km during the event
3) To ensure the clearing up of the area after
the event
Note: 1. All interested applicants have to undergo a selection process. 2. We will require all volunteers to assist us in pre-event activities such as road shows, fundraising etc.
Schedule for Motivators (tentative)
14 June 0900 - 1800 1st Training for all motivators
21 June 0900 - 1300 Trial Run
20 and 28 June 0900 - 1300
General briefing for representatives from
participating schools
28 June 1400 - 1800 2nd Training for all motivators
23 June – 4 July
Assembly talk for participants by individual
motivators
Distribute pledge cards to participants
26 July 0900 - 1300 Final Briefing for all motivators
2 August 0900 - 1300 Final Briefing/meeting with teachers
8 August 0730 - 1300 Actual Event
However as the role of motivator is very crucial, it will be on a voluntary basis, especially for the J2 who need to study for prelim...This is a very meaningful project that gathers 20 k youths together to do something significant and great, thus one can feel the common passion and the heart to serve the community, yah..So the motivators are expected to be enthusiastic, responsible.
As we are dividing the route into 20 Blocks, 1 km will have a block IC, 4 motivators, 2 logistics volunteers and 1 assistant block Ic.1 motivator will be in charge of 250 students, under them there are 10 student leaders to assist them.
Motivators will basically motivate, talk to the kids, ra ra them to keep them hyper for the event. Their job is also to facilitate the students to move them from their gathering points to the route, to be the contact point between the headquarter to participants. That means that the Motivators need to pass down the chain of command efficiently to ensure that the students will hole hand and recite the national pledge together.
Thus there will be trainings required to keep the motivators prepared for their role, to help them handle people on the ground, and bond together with other motivators.Besides, as the participants are mainly students, Motivators will be allocated to the schools within their Km to give one or two assembly talks to the students to get to know them and motivate them as well, explain to them the meaning and significance of this events.As Motivators will be working closely in teams, and leading people, they also need to know the hierarchy of command ( this is included in our manual when members come for trainings) and bond with their teams.
