Obstacles
We have identified three different obstacles with one action step.
Obstacle I
Scheduling Challenges
College students are involved in a variety of areas, it was a challenge to recruit people to come to Can We Just Talk when they had prior commitments. It was also a challenge to coordinate all of our schedules to make sure that each Can We Just Talk would have 1-2 leadership members in attendance.
Action Step I
We scheduled other events people could come to such as Couch on the Quad. We invited people to Thursday evenings but we were also willing to meet with them outside of that time if needed. We discussed each of our schedules with our leadership team to make sure someone could be there each Thursday
Obstacle II
Communication Challenges
At the beginning of the semester, we make a semester schedule for Can We Just Talk. Some individuals were harder than others to get in contact with.
Action Step II
We reached out several times and found an alternative contact to attempt to reach them a different way. If someone was not able to commit to a Thursday, we found other facilitators.
Obstacle III
Managing Challenges
At the beginning of the semester there was a lot for our team to balance. For example, each week a remind text needed to be sent out, someone needed to meet with the facilitator, and we needed to market and attend the Thursday evening all while keeping up with class assignments.
Action Step III
Our team split up team roles early on in the semester. Each person had weekly tasks (marketing, meeting with the facilitator, the remind app, etc.). This helped our team stay organized and on top of all our tasks for the week.