What to Bring to Your Shift
Running Your Shift
If you need materials, reach out to Brent to coordinate!
A-frame sign
Kits for new canvassers – be sure to have some extras on hand, just in case someone brings friends along!
Two clipboards (one for each petition packet)
Each of the two petition packets (fur and slaughterhouse) for every new petitioner
Extra petition packets in case anyone has filled theirs
Extra clipboards
Canvassing Quick Guides for new volunteers
Many extra pens (we will provide you a box of pens when you start hosting shifts)
Supplies for volunteers – Pro-Animal Future will provide these for you
Sunscreen
Snacks
Water
Volunteer Contacts – be sure to add these to your phone! This will allow you to easily update volunteers in the event of any changes, as not all volunteers are active on Slack. Use Action Builder to find the volunteers on your shift and save their phone numbers.
Scrap paper for notes and tallying signature counts
Arrive first at the designated meeting location to welcome shift participants
Make sure canvasser petitions are folded to the signature page and clipped there to protect the pages and staples
Provide campaign updates – these can be found in the #campaign-general channel in Slack!
Share the number of total signatures achieved
Share the percent to our total goal
Briefing
Discuss plan for the shift: distribution across the event, meeting location and time for post-shift debriefing, share where you’ll be standing if anyone has questions
Reminders:
QR code on the signs links to the PAF website for anyone looking for more information
Ask for contact information for anyone who has been inside Superior Farms
Talk to anyone who is super supportive of the campaign about volunteering with us, and try to get them to fill out the volunteer form
For people who enthusiastically sign, ask if they're willing to take a photo with the petitions!
Ask if there are any questions before getting started
(Optional but encouraged) Have canvassers set a group goal around the number of signatures they’d like to reach during the shift
Pass out resources
New Volunteer Kits: Clipboards, both petition packets
PAF-provided volunteer resources: Sunscreen, water bottles, snacks
Check in to see if anyone needs new petition packets
Provide orientation to new volunteers
Provide some basic talking points and the Canvassing Quick Guide
Consider some brief role-playing to allow them to practice asking for signatures
Offer to let them shadow you or another seasoned volunteer
Stay close by for their first shift in case they have questions or need help
Remind them not to worry about how many signatures they get their first time, and to just focus on getting comfortable!
Check in with newer volunteers
How are you doing? Do you need any help?
Have you gotten any questions you don’t know how to answer?
Step in to help as needed
If you hear anyone struggling or unable to answer a question
If someone provides wrong information, let them know after their interaction for next time
Be available to answer volunteer questions
Provide additional resources as needed
Take photos of the campaign in action!
Visible A-frame sign or clipboards
Visible faces
Action shots of people signing petitions
Meet at designated location
Debriefing Questions
How did it go? What did you notice?
What was your favorite interaction today?
What did you learn from it?
What was your least favorite interaction today?
What are some other things you learned today? Any insights to share with the group?
Take time to provide feedback to volunteers to help them improve and become more confident
Reminder to complete the post-petitioning report form – found using QR code on clipboards underneath packets
Consider getting a group signature tally from the shift
Take a group photo and post to Slack and Dropbox
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