At Biola University, in our Capstone course, I worked with one group partner that we choose our project, Special Olympics. Our project, Special Olympics, must include situation analysis, history, project goals, five processes (discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution), team dynamics, and faith integration. We worked on a split of our categories that we focus on improving for business strategy to understand this organization's goals to succeed. We will deliver to present this project in the class. However, due to the coronavirus situation, we instead create a narrated voice on this project to submit on canvas (online).
2. History
From a backyard summer camp for
people with intellectual disabilities to
a global movement, Special Olympics
has been changing lives and attitudes
since 1968.
3. Mission
To provide year–round sports training and
athletic competition in a variety of Olympic–type
sports for children and adults with an intellectual
disability, giving them continuing opportunities
to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage,
experience joy and participate in the sharing of
gifts, skills and friendship with their families,
other Special Olympics athletes and the
community.
4. Sports Available
1. Aquatics (Swimming)
2. Athletics
3. Basketball
4. Bocce
5. Bowling
6. Flag Football
7. Floor Hockey
8. Football (Soccer)
9. Golf
10. Softball
11. Tennis
12. Volleyball
5. Development Programs
● Athlete Leadership
● Healthy Athletes
● Young Athletes
● Special Olympics Unified Sports
● Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools
● Team Wellness
● Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), Families
Program
6. Situational Analysis
● Current volunteers for Special
Olympics range from 50+ year olds
● Capture more 25-50 year olds to help
sponsor Special Olympics and/or
help promote
● Create a Mentorship Program
7. Discovery
● Survey Created
○ Questions Included:
○ How old are you?
○ Do you like to volunteer?
○ What would attract you to volunteer for a company?
○ Have you ever heard about the Special Olympics?
○ Did you know you could volunteer?
○ Do you follow them on Social Media?
○ Would you be interested in volunteering?
○ What if an incentive was offered?
8. Interpretation
Surveyed 50 individuals Ages 25-45
○ Data Shows:
○ 40/50 Knew About Special Olympics
○ 10/50 Knew About Volunteering
○ 50/50 They would Volunteer
○ 0/50 Follow on Social Media
○ 30/50 Wanted An Incentive
9. Ideation
How might we improve the number
of volunteers who are 25-50?
● MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, WNBA, CFL, MLS,
NWSL could sponsored for volunteer
program
● Have a Better Online Presence
● Service hours for high school students
● Have Organizations Host Volunteer Days
10. Experimentation
Social Media Attract Volunteers
● Difficult to Navigate Website
● Social Media Presence
● LinkedIn Presence
● Lack of Volunteer Experiences
12. Experimentation
● A program for High School
○ Contact High School Career
Centers/ Avid Programs
● A program for College Students
○ Have College Groups and
Dorms Volunteer
13. Experimentation
● A program for Corporations
○ Partner with corporations like
■ Target, Port of Los Angeles,
Beckman Coulter, Google,
Apple, Disney, etc.
○ Increases Team Building among
Coworkers
○ Every event = Different Company
15. Evolution
● High School
○ Provide Posters for campus
○ Promote that they will receive Prizes
○ Have High Schoolers be mentors
○ Add team photos on social media page
● College
○ Have booths on campus
○ Build Connections with other college
students
○ Raffle Scholarships for helping
○ Have College Students be mentors
16. Evolution
● Corporation
○ Have Corporations work certain events
○ Have Department Competitions Based on
Sign Ups
○ Offer prizes for volunteering
○ Post volunteer stories on social media
○ Bring volunteers back to mentor
17. Evolution
● Create a Special Olympic Volunteer
Base On:
○ Instagram
○ Twitter
○ Facebook
○ LinkedIn
○ Youtube
● Share volunteer stories
20. What Would We Do
Differently?
● Be able to communicate with people who
volunteered and receive feedback
● Be able to communicate more with
employer
● Have been able to volunteer to gain more
insight
21. Faith Integration
Acts 20:35
● “In everything I did, I showed you that by this
kind of hard work we must help the weak,
remembering the words the Lord Jesus
himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than
to receive.’ “
Proverbs 27:17
● “As iron sharpens iron, so one person
sharpens another.”
All: Hello, my name is… And we are the employer project of Special Olympics
Guillermo:
We want to create google form to asking every people who are interested to volunteer for Special Olympics that allow us to do human centered research.
Guillermo:
Looking at the data, most of the people feel that they want to attract to this organization for volunteer program, but they believe that the organization need to improve with volunteer program to convince them to join them.
Many people feel they prefer to choose any sports they like rather than this organization assigned them to sports.
Many people feel they prefer to work as individual than group basis.
Many people don’t quite to consider to be part of this future organization because they stated that they would like to learn about this organization as well as taking new opportunities.
Jennika
Guillermo: As DiSC personality test shows me as more on steadiness because I took as a team player that always listen to a leader on my team as they need my supportive and help them to create project and understand business how we focus on our goals to be succeed. I always patient and think positive to helping my team to change their lives more better.
Jennika:
Jennika:
There are five stages of Team Dynamics:
Forming- explore for get leadership experience to use acquainted that require to get know each other with team members.
Storming- Team members discussed their feelings about goals and team performances that they able to overcome their fear of failure to accomplish team tasks and goals as individuals.
Guillermo:
Norming- Team members feel they want to be part of a team that able to understand their goals to be succeed if they focus on their goals and work as cooperate.
Performing- Team members are committed to be trust and supportive each other that they focus on their mission because this is very important to solving these problems and helping each other to accomplish their team’s goals.
Adjourning- This is last stage that helping team to understand goals to be accomplished that they want to plan to transitioning roles in the future.
Guillermo: Acts 20:35 remind us through the rest of the semester that we worked on our project, Special Olympics that show we want to help this organization to improve strategies to focus on our target audience to be encouraged with helping of God who giving us more blessed to learn to get experience for this project.
Jennika: Proverbs 27:17