DYAD Experience Brandi Clarke and Kate Dodge HSP

DYAD Experience Brandi Clarke and Kate Dodge HSP 303 May 2011

Bike to Work Day! • May 20 th, 2011 • A day where people are encouraged to ride their bike or walk to school/work • Promotes environmental friendliness and physical activity

What We Did 1. Met at WWU Alumni House to pick up equipment 2. Dragged massive canopy up into Red Square (thanks, Rachel) 3. Set massive canopy in Red Square, unloaded equipment from Alumni car 4. Set up the Bike to Work display/prize wheel/prizes/cookies! 5. Handed out treats and had bikers spin the wheel! 6. Cleaned up booth, packed up canopy, and dragged it back to the Alumni House

Why’d We Do It? • Found event by networking with a fellow Human Services student (Hi, Rachel!) • Liked the event because we wanted to work with the college aged population – Can relate to the population – Come into the most contact with this population • Therefore comfortable approaching and making connections with this population

Relationship to Delivery of HS • Similar to outreach work – Outreach is an effort by individuals in an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. – often takes on an educational component (environmental and personal health awareness) • Made services available to hose who were eligible (cookies and prizes) • Event was direct service, which is a main component of Human Services

Highlighted Helping Strategies • • • Kate Communication Reliable Appreciative Openness Respectful • • • Brandi Communication Genuine Reliable Respectful Listening

Communication and Reliability • “Our word is all we have of true value” (Zaiss, 2002). • “When we communicate from true partner ship, we talk straight and follow up on our promises and commitments; we honor and keep our word” (Zaiss, 2002). • “True partnership is where your partner can let go of the swing knowing that you will be where you said you were going to be or do what you said you were going to do” (Zaiss, 2002).

“Consider the possibility that being an individual does not mean being separate” (Zaiss, 2002).

Relationship Characteristics Trust Loyalty Openness Communication Authenticity Selfless UNDERSTANDIN Resp

How Our Interpersonal Skills Developed • Worked as part of a volunteer team – Relied on one another to maintain responsibilities • Increasing trust in others • Worked cohesively within a group – Followed instructions from a supervisor (Hi, Rachel!) • Demonstrating respect for authority • Advocated for bikers/walkers – Supported their decision to make a change – Positive reinforcement with prizes and treats! • Shows ability to incorporate strength based approach • Had to approach strangers – Prepares us for working with future clientele of diverse backgrounds • “Diversity is everywhere, and we need to realize it” (Zaiss, 2002). – Had to step out of our comfort zone • Increased our outgoingness

Connections • Booth not being busy: boredom – “Boredom is a doorway, an invitation to step into uncluttered, nothing-there space. If we can rest there, we might learn to stop fearing this unfamiliar emptiness. We might to enjoy some of its qualities, such as coolness, peacefulness, and tranquility” (Wheatley, 2010). • Kate approaching strangers: fearlessness – “Fearlessness demands that we take time to look at whatever feels threatening to us in all its complexity. We step into the fear, into the moment, and watch how by acknowledging and moving closer, fear dissipates and fearlessness arises” (Wheatley, 2010).

References Wikipedia contributors. (2011). Outreach. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Outreach Wheatley, M. J. (2010). Perserverance. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Zaiss, C. (2002). True partnership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.