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NASW Ohio Chapter Activist Training Event Planning 101 5. Adrienne Gavula, MSW, LSW Relationship Mgr NASW OH Chapter. What does being an activist mean? 5. “One person can make a difference and everyone should try.” – John F Kennedy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NASW Ohio Chapter Activist Training
Event Planning 101
5
Adrienne Gavula, MSW, LSW
Relationship MgrNASW OH Chapter
What does being an activist mean?
5
“One person can make a difference
and everyone should try.”
– John F Kennedy
What activist(s) do you admire? Which people inspire you?
What issue(s) motivate you?
“Once social
change begins, it
cannot be
reversed.”
-Casar Chavez
What skills do you need?
My advice:Find what you
enjoy!5
“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.” – Gloria Steinem
Educate Yourself About an Issue – Research?
2-minute elevator speech – Can you quickly educate others?
Speak to a small group? A large group?
Write an editorial or a letter to the editor?
Write a research analysis/statistically analyze data?
Speak at a government hearing?
http://www.vernalproject.org/papers/change/ActQuest.pdf
Becoming an activist:
Discover what you can do for the issues that matter to you
Be realistic about your needsReformer (within the system) vs Radical (outside the system)
Do EVERYTHING you can to educate yourself on issuesRead, Listen to NPR & C-SPAN, Go to Lectures, Watch the news, Subscribe to a magazine
Find what you enjoy!Learn how to message effectively
Connect with people doing the work
Once you master event planning, you can tackle almost anything!5
“A first-rate organizer is never
in a hurry.
He is never late. He always keeps up
his sleeve a margin for the
unexpected.”
Event Planning 101
How event planning usually happens…
I have a great idea!
Ok, let’s plan an event and see how it turns out!
How it probably turns out
How it Should Happen!Each event is different, so treat it as such and answer
these questions
0 What’s your goal? What is the goal of the organization and how can you plan your events and organizing around that mission?
0 Who is your audience? How does this audience link to the mission of your organization? How will this event benefit your organization?
0 What’s your budget? How will you find funding?
0 What event matches our answers?
0 Can you realistically do? Re: your staff/members/volunteers put on this type of event with this timeline?
0 Create timeline with to-do list & make sure EVERYONE takes a task & has buy-in – who’s the lead?
Steps to Event Planning
0Decide your goal/audience/budget and what to do
0Based on your audience, where should it be held?
0Based on type of event, logistics!
0Publicity
0Executing the event
0STAY CALM – KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS IN TACT
0Celebrate!
Type of Event – Prepare!
Steps to Event Planning, Cont.
0Executing the event
0STAY CALM – KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS IN TACT
0Celebrate!
5
Questions?