PROMOTE PATRIOT VOICES AT a FESTIVAL OR FAIR
| Prep Time |
2 -3 hours |
| Event Time |
4 - 8 hours |
| Supplies |
Signs, sign-up sheets, clipboards, pens, tickets for prize drawing, container for tickets, tablecloth, table, two chairs, individually-wrapped candy, palm cards, chapter flyer, flyers about your next chapter meeting, petitions (optional) |
| Estimated Cost |
$25-100 |
| Research festivals and fairs held in your area. Check with your Republican headquarters, Chamber of Commerce, Visitor Bureau, Farm Extension office, and other civic groups. |
| Select an event and recruit chapter members or a few friends to help staff the booth. |
| Secure booth space through the organizers. Contact our national staff for help with this step: chapters@patriotvoices.com. If a written contract is required, you must obtain this from our national staff. |
| Gather supplies ahead of time. Suggested supplies: 6 - 8 ft. table (maybe be provided by organizers – be sure to check), table cover (black, red, white or blue are great colors), patriotic decorations (red, white, and blue balloons, American flags), sign-up sheets, Patriot Voices flyer, prize tickets, signs, chapter flyer, petitions, candy, etc. Click here for helpful downloads.
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| Register your booth with Patriot Voices below. Once your event is approved, we’ll ship you a complimentary Booth Kit which may include the following: signs, palm cards, stickers and either a shirt or “Our Sacred Honor” DVD to give away! If you would like more prizes, check out our store: www.patriotvoices.com/store |
| Review Patriot Voices’ mission and other info on our website so you can answer questions. |
| Prepare two fliers: one about your chapter and one about your next chapter event/meeting. |
PROMOTE
| If your event has a Twitter hashtag, use it to help promote your booth ahead of time. Let your state chairs and our national staff know the hashtag so we can help! |
| Display Patriot Voices signs on the front of your table and/or back of display. |
| Arrive early to set up. |
| Be friendly and smile! |
| It's important to collect contact info to help build your chapter and our national organization! Keep this in mind throughout the day. |
| Ask people to sign up to win a free Patriot Voices t-shirt or “Our Sacred Honor” DVD! Make sure they include their phone number and email address. |
| If your event has a hashtag, be sure and use it to help promote your booth throughout the day. Tweet photos of your booth, volunteers and visitors! |
| If you’ve printed out one of our petitions, ask people to sign! |
| Share about Patriot Voices and why you personally decided to get involved! |
| Avoid conflict and deep political discussion. Remember you are a grassroots organizer and not responsible for delivering policy/messaging. Encourage folks to visit our website if they want more info. |
| Invite people to attend your next chapter meeting. Give them a flyer about your chapter/meetings. |
| Toward the end of your event, draw a prize winner. Notify winner with request to stop by the booth to pick up prize. Take a photo to tweet and post on Facebook. If the winner has already left the event, arrange to meet them to deliver or mail it. |
| Have fun and take lots of pictures! Make sure you have a designated “photographer” so that you end up with good shots for Facebook and Twitter and to email to our national team. |
FOLLOW UP
| Share photos in your chapter’s Facebook group. |
| IMPORTANT: Follow up with signups with a phone call or email. Invite them to attend your next chapter meeting! If they are from another area of the state, connect them with your state chair. |
| Thank everyone who volunteered – a follow-up phone call or email is a great idea! |
| To help promote your chapter, send one of your event photos to your local newspaper. |
| If your project attracts volunteers who are not yet members, ask them to join your chapter! |
| Encourage everyone to visit www.patriotvoices.com and sign up for email updates. |
| Ask folks to get connected on our social networking channels. |
| Add your members/volunteers to our network using this grassroots tool. <link > |
| Send us an email report with photos: photos@patriotvoices.com
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2013-12-06 19:50:41 -0500
