Outreach Media Kit

Outreach and Fundraising FAQ

Thank you for accessing these resources! This media kit is designed to help you teach about our work and answer questions.

Your part can be meaningful in a range of ways. The primary goal of our fundraising is to create opportunities for outreach, make new friends and strengthen existing friendships. If folks are keen on seeing things get better, then I ask if they’d like to get on our newsletter list. Having folks subscribe to our newsletter about a substantive solution is more important than having them become a sustaining donor. No need to push the criticality of funding. If they can help fund us, they will. Through good rapport and our newsletters, we can ensure direct, ongoing education and outreach critical to the econ4peace mission and making a real difference!

So, the most important thing is: ‘raise awareness.’ Keep it light, encouraging and inspiring. For many, this may be the first time they learn about social fieldwork and its importance in conservation or ecological restoration. Teach and educate as best you can. From my own experience, it gets easier as you go.

Social equity issues are not just about color. And, good decisions need more than a pre-occupation with environmental justice as a category of offense. BIPOC issues are traumatic. I know this first-hand. All the same, the situation is such that now – this moment – all are affected. We need better local information to inform nation scale policy and implementation. Social fieldwork can provide that information. Let’s keep it substantive, solution-based and forward-thinking.

Myriem Le Ferrand, founder

Help us get do the groundwork! Point potential supporters to our sustaining donor campaign. Encourage them to support us financially. Every donation matters! Our sustaining donor campaign is like crowd-funding kickstarter! We need your help to get more people involved in this good work – the groundwork! Thank you for fundraising to promote social fieldwork and Economics for Peace Institute!

OVERVIEW OF CONTENTS

• Preparation
• Steps you can take
• Our Fundraising Approach and Suggestions
  • Check out various ways to donate to Economics for Peace Institute.
  • About target pledge levels
  • Payment methods and security
  • Sharing on social media and through email
  • Building relationships with local sponsors
  • Building relationships with large donors
  • Your input is encouraged
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  • Images
  • Words and Content
  • Press Releases
  • Weblinks
  • Film Suggestions
  • Book and Literature Suggestions
  • Selection of Memes

This is a start. We hope to make the kit better and better!

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL SPONSORS

We appreciate donations by local businesses towards our community circles. We will provide cling stickers for their shops and business offices.

We already are receiving food donations from local farms in Center Valley and will make sure to give credit for their fine efforts on our bulletin boards online and at the Grange.

For now, please suggest that they take advantage of Paypal Gives to encourage their customers to contribute a portion of their purchase to Economics for Peace Institute.

Let’s work on ways to bring wonderful sponsors into our circle and celebrate together every bit of progress we make. I’d like to arrange for quarterly social gatherings such as picnics and hikes and beach walks to keep building our econ4peace community. What ideas do you have?

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BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LARGE DONORS

This campaign does not have for goal, donations by large donors. But, please do not let this hold you back. I plan to work more directly on developing these materials. For now, I can customize a packet for their review and we can set up a time to talk directly if that is helpful. I’ll let you arrange the details. We can develop this set of materials in time.

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YOUR INPUT IS ENCOURAGED!
You are invited to help us develop our strategy.

Our work is based on team organization. We will communicate through bulk email, but also hopefully you can talk directly with other fundraisers. Cooperation is encouraged. We will also create opportunities for weekly teleconferencing in the month of December and during active campaigns.

For now, please let Myriem know what else you might need or like to need. She will do her best to accommodate.

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Images

Post on social media or send as an inline photo as part of an email introduction to social fieldwork and Economics for Peace Institute.

Images are available to Associates through our office portal. If you don’t have access to the portal and would like to get more involved, consider becoming an Associate. Learn More.

In time, we will also set up downloads of a subset of content for all volunteers and volunteer fundraisers. For now, please take screenshots.

Instructions for Windows 10 are provided at the end of this section. how-to-geek is creator of the linked instructions. If you need help on a mac, please contact us.

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Photopoet photos – Choice of archival print from four photos by Marcus Butler of photopoet.earth Take a screenshot of the four photos grouped. Do not enlarge as resolution will be poor. The archival prints are very high resolution, crisp and amazing. Marcus Butler’s fb page displays many, more than on his website still in development. He plans to start selling prints as limited-edition, high resolution archival prints and digital downloads in the next year or two. Always post with attribution and creative commons copywrite Marcus Butler.

Take screenshots you can send in email with attribution or post with attribution. Here are some examples of screenshots you may wish to take.

1. Take screenshots four photos by photopoet.earth.
2. Take a screenshot of Donation Tool Tiered Pledges when you activate the Philantro donation tool.
3. Take screenshots of content our newsletters or website, as you wish and with attribution econ4peace.org

How to Screenshot on Windows 10

By taking a screenshot, you can capture an image of your entire display—or just an area of it. Windows 10 has a variety of built-in tools for easily capturing a screenshot.

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Words and Content (to be developed)

Most important, is for you to introduce our work in your own words. Share with people what you think social fieldwork can do to restore democracy and improve ecological resilience!

Go through the website and pull content into a notes file. Draw from there what you think is important. Below you will find a possible scenario for what you might write or say:

• The information is to help you share with others what social fieldwork can do to bridge current divides and inform public decisions in a way that can make a difference.
• The situation is bleak, but let us not despair. We need to establish a solid foundation for our better futures!
• We need to take substantive action now! We need to unite across the chasm of misunderstanding.

Please also refer to a listing of written content by econ4peace supporters from their own postings, essays and transmittals.

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Web links

Sustaining Donor Campaign Overview

https://econ4peace.org/2021/11/23/sustaining-donor-campaign/

Ways to Donate

https://econ4peace.org/category/donate-to-economics-for-peace-institute/

Spread the love. Become a sustaining donor – we need your monthly financial support!

The Guild for Social Fieldwork Ways to Donate page

https://www.socialfieldwork.net/donate/