Free Online Lunch and Learn: Mobilizing for Action, October 8 at Noon

Mobilizing members and colleagues to attend a rally, hearing or other action or meeting is one of the most challenging aspects of union organizing and stewardship. There are few feelings more anxiety provoking than the 15 minutes prior to the start of the action as people begin (or don’t!) to trickle in, particularly when your action or event relies on having key people in attendance and/or a specific number of participants.

In this free and entirely online lunch and learn, we’ll go into the art and science of turnout including setting goals and creating realistic timelines, strategies to get people to say ‘Yes’ and understanding why they are participating, building individualized turnout plans with participants, and what to do when you hear ‘No’ and how to respond to ‘Maybes’.  We’ll also touch on reconfirming participants, and the benefits of debriefing actions and meetings with participants’ post-event. Take the stress out of turnout and even learn how to accurately predict how many people will participate in an event.

This class is entirely online over Zoom and requires pre-registration. Join us just for the lunch hour (12-1) to share some of your experiences with turnout and learn this model and stay for the 2nd hour (1pm-2pm) to get support in putting the model to use. 

To get the most out of online courses we recommend connecting on a computer with a camera, speakers and internet (not a smartphone) and be prepared to go “camera on”. However, we understand that access to technology can be difficult and encourage folks to participate in any way they are able to, including calling by phone if necessary.

Language interpretation available with advance registration; registration required to get the meeting link and call-in numbers. 

Register online today or call us at 206-934-6671 to register by phone.