350 Wenatchee Climate Conversations NCW

We did it! Last night was our first Regional Skill Up with the 350 Washington Network. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this timely conversation about movement building and volunteer engagement, and thank you to Shemona Moreno of 350 Seattle for sharing with us.

I loved hearing these ideas that are working at your local groups:

• Phone calls to check in with people and recruit

• Events like a virtual shoe strike (9/25) climate trivia night (10/30)

• Have a sign in spot on the website. Get back to the people soon.

• Develop stronger partnerships with other orgs

• Book/article discussion group is a great way to recruit volunteers interested in a topic like race/transpo

• Using combo of zoom and virtual meetings to bring people in alongside in person meetings once safe to do so

• Book/article discussion groups as a great way to recruit volunteers interested in a topic like race/transpo

• 1:1 phone calls can help people connect

• Tabling at events, especially colleges; when we can again

Here is the link to our video and slides and chat document

And here are your resources!

• 350 Seattle’s “Join Us” page as an example of creating a front door for new volunteers

  • This includes a link to the AMAZING “Volunteer Opportunities” living document

  • For 350 WA Network groups, reach out to Shemona Moreno with your group’s volunteer job opportunity if you would like to have it added to Seattle’s list. (shemonamoreno@350seattle.org or text/call at 206.715.4427)

    • You can also send your local group’s request for volunteers out over the 350 Washington network listserv (350-Washington-Network@googlegroups.com)

    • The Nerdy Movement training series Shemona recently attended. Team Design training coming soon!

• Worksheet for bringing volunteers into your campaign

  • Take a few minutes to imagine growing your local group through one of your current campaigns

• Volunteer + Leadership Development Master Toolkit including

  • The Volunteer Welcome Kit for 350.org Local Groups – template you can use to begin training new volunteers in the movement

  • The Replace Yourself Challenge – for cross training others in the work you carry

  • The Community Skills Request Toolkit – for finding skilled help for your local group from within your community

• Potential Roles for a Volunteer Engagement Team  

• 350.org’s Volunteer Engagement Training Slideshow

There is so much more to talk about and dig into as we learn how to build this movement at each of our local groups and together across the region!

Whether you need some support figuring out how to use the Action Network autoresponder well, or setting up a volunteer opportunity document on your own group’s website, or just want to talk to someone about how to prioritize volunteer engagement in your team, I am here to support you.

We know we have the skills, talent, and resources within our network, and we get to work together to help your local group thrive.