Lauren Kager

October 11, 2006

 

 

 

Speech 4: Motivational Speech

 

 

          Hello and thank you for joining me today. I want to take this time to thank everyone for coming to this important meeting; I am really impressed with the turnout. As you all know, recently the organization as a whole has been falling behind on meeting the goals that we set as a group at the beginning of the year. I don’t know if it’s that everyone is not as motivated to follow through, or if it is just pure laziness. Either way, I am here today to try and figure out the problem.

To start off this session, I first want to remind you all of our goals here at The Humane Society. Posed on our website, and in the handout you received before entering today’s session, are the goals of HSUS: “We work to reduce suffering and to create meaningful social change for animals by advocating for public policies to protect animals, investigating cruelty and working to enforce existing laws, educating the public about the issues, and conducting hands-on programs, such as assisting animals when disasters strike. Our major campaigns target four primary issues: 1) factory farming, 2) animal fighting and other forms of animal cruelty, 3) the fur trade, and 4) inhumane sport hunting practices. The HSUS seeks to achieve our goals through education, advocacy, public policy reform, and the empowerment of our supporters and partners. We do not engage in or support actions that are illegal or violent, or that run counter to the basic principles of compassion and respect for others. The HSUS strives for integrity, fairness, and professionalism in pursuit of our mission. We will seek to be inclusive and to develop partnerships with a broad array of society's institutions to further our goals.”

Recently I have had numerous complaints from different Humane Society’s in cities around North Carolina. I want to draw attention to the fact that the number one complaint came from parents that some representatives who were supposed to speak at Forrest Hills Elementary School about the importance of the Humane Society never showed up. This not only looks bad on those rep’s, but also on our organization as a whole. We want to promote good leadership skills, all the while educating as many people as we can about what we do.

Secondly, many volunteers have been showing up late to work or not showing up at all. Now, I don’t know if it is because there is no pay or if it was miscommunication, but either way we can’t handle the animals under the care of a few people. We need everyone to show up on time to keep us running the way we want to.

I wanted to have a meeting today to bring this to everyone’s attention. I want to give you guys some motivation to get out there and get the job done and help whenever possible. I am offering to teach workshops that will help us better work as a team and a few informational sessions later on this month if there is anyone who doesn’t quite understand their job or the goals of our organization.

I hope in the future we can all work on bettering our situation in the society because kids look up to us and adults want to respect us for what we do. Please keep in mind the importance of your job and if there are any questions, you may ask me now. Thank you all for coming today.

 

 

Lauren Kager – lek8187@uncw.edu