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101 Ways to Motivate Your
Students
Kristen Salo – University of Colorado
Jennifer Stewart – Webster University
Types of Motivation
1. Achievement Motivation - the drive to pursue and
attain goals
2. Affiliation Motivation - the drive to relate to
people on a social basis
3. Competence Motivation - the drive to be good at
something, perform high quality work
4. Power Motivation - the drive to influence people
and change situations
5. Attitude Motivation - how people think and feel.
how they react to the future
6. Incentive Motivation - reaps a reward from an
activity
7. Fear Motivation - coercion to act against will
Achievement Motivation the drive to pursue and attain goals
1. Establish an Employee of the Month/Year award
2. Have a banquet or awards ceremony at the
beginning/middle/end of the year
3. Set Goals: Individual/Personal goals & Group & Longterm goals
• Write down your goals
• Include goal-setting in training sessions
4. Create Success Networking Teams – regular meetings to
discuss goals, progress towards them & receive suggestions
and support from the group
5. Create To-Do Lists with specific details – it’s motivating to
check items off the list!
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GOALdfish – award a GOALdfish to all of those who achieve
their goals after a period of time – these could be real, toy or
cracker form.
7. Conduct regular Performance Appraisals or Evaluations
8. Membership Certificates – give something that is able to
be displayed
9. Prioritize tasks to be completed – work to do the not so
fun tasks done first, then you get to the fun stuff!
10. Adjourn in Honor of…. – include in your minutes, adjourn
your meeting in honor of someone who has excelled
11.
Press Releases – Send out official releases
about the efforts of the students you work with.
They enjoy seeing their names in their local
papers and it’s FREE!
12.
Play BINGO! – Create Bingo cards with
goals/tasks as the squares. Creates some
friendly competition and incentive to get a
BINGO!
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Wishing Well – give everyone a coin and create a
“wishing well.” Have each person make a wish
into the well, establishing a goal for their year
14. To Do Jar – have the members fill up a jar with
slips of paper listing fun “to do” items. Pick an
item to complete out of the jar after a long day
or after accomplishing a goal
15.
Celebrate small victories!
Affiliation Motivation
- the drive to relate to people on a social basis
16. Socializing with Food
Treat someone to lunch
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Cook dinner for your staff
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Have a potluck or snack day
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17. Personal Notes
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Hand written Thank-you notes
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Write a letter for their file
Send a note home to their family
18. Host themed meetings
19. Support Your Students – go to their events, games, concerts, etc.
Just showing up shows that you care!
20. Celebrate Birthdays
21. Decorate their office/work space
22. Hold Off-Campus Retreats, Training Sessions or Social
Activities
23. Know their names – this is especially valuable when there
is a large staff
24. Simple Math 1 HUG = 2 SMILES 
25. Leader Trees – Plant small
trees on campus to honor
student leaders. Work with
administration to find an
area in need of planting &
create a living testimony to
the work of your student
leaders
26. Honor Pins / Service Pins / Medallions – give these as
rewards to students who provide on-going service or
meet certain goals within the organization
27. Proclamations– ask your President , Dean or other
Administrator to issue a proclamation to recognize the
achievements of a student or group.
28. Letter Bombs– encourage all members of the group to
send notes to someone who has excelled or may
need some extra encouragement
29. Wear Apparel/Pins In Honor of… – Recognize someone at a
meeting and then have the entire group wear their group
pin/shirt/etc. the next day in honor of that person
30. Coloring Books – create a coloring book based on your
group. Sell it as a fundraiser or use it to release some stress
31. Start New Traditions – encourage your students to create a
cheer, handshake or something else that is just for the group.
32. Fun-on-Ones – rather than a traditional one-on-one, take your
meeting out of the office and do something that your student
enjoys
33. Give students control in planning training or social events.
34. Utilize campus media outlets (radio or TV) to promote the
work your students have done
35. Dedications – dedicate an event
or program to an outstanding
Individual who deserves recognition
36. Staff Attack! – attack another
organization during a meeting.
Get full-time staff members or
other student groups to show appreciation.
Competence Motivation the drive to be good at something, perform high quality work
37. Reapply for Positions Each Year – keeps students
motivated to excel throughout the year, they learn how to
‘sell themselves’ on their resumes.
38. Report Cards – give everyone
a report card at the end of a
project to recognize
accomplishments, you may
even send them home !
39. Model the Way – Show students
what you expect of them by
modeling it for them
40. Ask Them Questions – find out what types of motivation
work best for them
41. Provide Opportunities for Advancement
42. Appreciation Marbles - give each member of your group a
small jar. Each time they do something you appreciate put a
marble in their jar – even better with a note attached!
43. Know their Strengths – give them responsibilities that you
know they will excel in completing
44. Recognition cards – pass these out to be redeemed for
gifts/prizes
45. FROGS – (For Recognition Of Growth) - recognize those
who are maturing and developing in their roles
46. Talk about successes – how did you get there?
Power Motivation
- the drive to influence people and change situations
47. Volunteer to do Someone Else’s Undesirable Tasks
48. EMPOWERMENT! – make sure students know they have a
stake in something
49. Take Advantage of More Experienced Students – give
them a role in recruitment, selection and training of new
student leaders
50. Treat Students Like Adults – expect more from them
Attitude Motivation
- affecting how people think & feel, how they react to the future
51. Use YouTube to make a video message for your students
52. Give Students Time to be Creative
53. Have a Flexible Schedule and Flexible Meeting Times
54. Positive Attitude/Outlook
55. Give Positive Feedback, Words of Encouragement, and Daily
Appreciation
56. Trust and Respect
57. Send Texts or E-mails to give them a boost
58. Keep a “Props” Box or “Kudos” box –
59. Visual Recognition – keep a bulletin
board for recognition purposes only
60. FiSH! Philosophy –
create recognition cards, use a toy fish as a reward
61. Be Goofy! – if students see
their advisor/supervisor acting a
fool and getting involved they are
more likely to join in
62. Participate – don’t just sit there and observe, lend a hand!
63. Slide Shows
64. Chalk the Walks – praise and honor students by writing it
on the sidewalks
65. Share a compliment you’ve heard about them from
someone else
66. Provide them a membership to a professional
organization (ACUI – hint, hint)
67. Banners !
68. Create an environment where students feel free to vent
frustrations and be open and honest
69. Listen to them
70. Take a genuine interest in
all aspects of their lives
Incentive Motivation
- the drive to reap rewards from an activity
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FOOD
(the overwhelming #1 response)
72. Offer to Make them
something crafty –
try a scarf, hat, or a painting
73. $$$$$$$$$
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Raises
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Bonuses or cash incentives
74. Give Away Movie Passes or Theme Park Tickets
75. Reserved or Priority
Parking
76. Paid day or Paid Shift off
77. Staff Development Pay
78. Housing Incentives
79. Free Massages
80. Goodie Bags – during Midterms or Finals or just because
81. Meal Plan Money
82. Class Credit
83. Priority Registration
84. Study Room Privileges
85. Honor Cords/Stoles to wear at Commencement
86. Trivia Contests - first to respond wins a prize
87. Creative Awards (too many to list!)
88. Incentive Programs / Star charts
89. Friendship Plants – these are plants that can be
propagated easily by rooting a cutter in water. Keep a big
plant in your office and give a piece to those deserving of
recognition
90. Show Them Their Efforts – give students copies of
nomination letters or other accolades you have received
about them. This is especially powerful combined with
award nominations or induction ceremonies
91. Chancellors Lunch (or Dean or Director) – have a highranking administrator take an outstanding student to
lunch once a month
92. Creative Bribes – set a goal with the students and if they
achieve it agree to do something out of the ordinary
Fear Motivation
- Coercion to act against will
93. The only thing we have to
fear is fear itself.
94. Constructive Criticism
95. Fear of Disappointment
96. Progress Reports
97. 360 Reviews with peers
98. Indicate the consequences for certain behaviors in advance
99. Have the students determine their own punishment
100. Presentations on progress – require students to give a status
report on their progress
101. Honesty is the best policy
Special Thanks To:
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Tori Amason
Beth Bailey
Stephanie Baldwin
Justin Brady
Laura DeRos
Erin Dewese
John Ginsburg
Daniel Gray
Katie Knetzer
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Kim Kruchen
Lucas Langdon
Nancy Loosle
Carrie Miller
Erin Morrell
Billy Ratz
Chris Rice
Megan Wetzel
Reflection Questions:
1. How do your Top 5 Strengths relate to how you
motivate others?
2. What category of motivation to you use the
most/least? Why?
3. Why did some categories have fewer
suggestions than others? What might that
imbalance indicate?
Contact Us:
Kristen Salo – University of Colorado
[email protected]
Twitter: @kristensalo
Jennifer Stewart – Webster University
[email protected]
Twitter: @jennyvstewart