3 Reasons Why You Should Provide Checklists for Every Volunteer Media Position

I do think sometimes I can be overkill and have too many systems in place where it gets confusing, but I’d rather have more organization and have to pull it back than fly by the seat of my pants all the time.

I’ve served in Media Leadership roles at two large churches, at an international ministry, and as the Volunteer Coordinator for the International Christian Media Convention – the largest gathering of Christian broadcasters in the world. I say that to tell you that I’ve seen first hand how organization and systems can play a vital role in the execution of events and experiences.

When it comes to leading volunteers to execute weekend experiences, I would provide checklists for every volunteer position.

I would separate tasks into “Pre-Service”, “During Service” and “Post-Service”.

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You, as the leader of the team, do not have to be over everyone’s shoulder at every moment giving them instruction on what to do when. I’d even take this one step further and say that the leaders you’ve put in place under you won’t have need to do the same thing either. Information and direction give people ownership as to what they need to be responsible. for.

Providing the same list of tasks for everyone ensures that people are, for the most part, trained the same way across the board. Every one is working from the same lists. And it allows other veterans to train new operators easily without you around. 

Checklists provide a way for your team members to be proactive in solving potential problems before they happen. For example, if your ProPresenter Operator is checking all the lyrics and videos Pre-Service, the chances of there being a wrong lyric, a grammatical mistake, or other error on screen dramatically reduces.