Title: TAC Team: Strategy, Ideas, Etc

Description: We’re overdue to spend some time chatting together….collaborating, asking and answering questions, brainstorming, etc. We’ll talk about some plans from national first, then just open it up for a discussion session, q/a, etc.

Date & Time: Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 4:00 pm PST

Please register for the above meeting by visiting this link: http://tenthamendmentcenter.enterthemeeting.com/m/E78954EK

Once you have registered, we will send you the information you need to join the webinar.

Now that you’ve gone through the first 6 steps of learning some basics, the next question is probably “Ok, what do I do now?”

Since we want you to be a self-starter, to experiment, to test, to develop your own system – we’re not going to tell you exactly what to do now, or at any future turn. We will, however, provide guidance, ideas, and guidelines when necessary and/or possible. And, most importantly, you’ll want to share, question, and collaborate in the TAC hotline. That way, you can harness the power of personal experience – from other TAC chapter team members around the country. Make sure to join in or email us to request access if you’re not there yet!

But, for now, some introductory ideas. What to do now?

1. Write a blog post. Get in the habit of doing so as often as you’re able to

2. Share your blog post with others on TAC hotline – ask for feedback and ideas

3. Share your post on your chapter Facebook page. Interact with people there.

These are VERY basic steps, but essential to do regularly.

For more information – in more detail too – on these and other actions you can take, CLICK HERE (.pdf) to see the TAC webinar document on basic steps to building a successful chapter.

When you’re first starting up a new TAC chapter, there’s so many things that could be done that it tends to be a bit daunting even to experiences activists. For some best practices at this stage, we recommend:

1. New posts on the website: 1-2 weekly at most (more than that will get lost in the shuffle). They can be a full article, or as short as a couple sentences and a youtube video. As you post new content, you’ll want to share that link on the facebook page. See here for some info:
http://grassroots.tenthamendmentcenter.com/posting-articles-on-your-facebook-fan-page/

2. Facebook invitations – start by inviting your full personal friend list to join.

3. Facebook growth – slow, steady addition of new people on the page…Andrew has used this technique with great success:
http://grassroots.tenthamendmentcenter.com/growing-your-facebook-fan-page/

Once this becomes a regular rotation, it’s good to move to some higher level items:

1. Bringing in outside contributors for articles, and even admin support for the many tasks that are needed to fully grow the chapter. A team of tenthers in your area

2. Sending out updates to supporters

3. Begin thinking about strategies to have local meetings on the 10th

4…and the list can go on and on….and on.

Most importantly, though, these are recommended best practices, not rules. It’s recommended to start with this as a guideline and then develop techniques that work best for you.