MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

Prepared for: YOU, Paradigm-Shifter Extraordinaire Prepared by: Rebecca Sweetman, Executive Director

www.theparadigmshiftproject.org | info@theparadigmshiftproject.org

MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

WERE IN DEEP SHIFT: Spread the word...p.3

SHIFT WORLDVIEWS: Host your own screening...p.4

GIVE A SHIFT: Arrange a fundraising event...p.5 Special occasions to raise funds...p.6

SHIFT WORK: Get your workplace involved...p.7

FULL OF SHIFT? Volunteer with PSP...p.8

SHIFT HAPPENS: Take action on the issues...p.9

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

WERE IN DEEP SHIFT: Spread the word

Video
All of our videos are available online at our website, on YouTube & Vimeo. Please share with friends & family via email, facebook, twitter, & other social networking sites.

The Paradigm Shift Project is a registered Canadian charity connecting people around the world to grassroots projects in developing countries through documentary media, also providing these projects with tools that enable them to reach out for support. Our work focuses on contemporary and pressing issues in sustainable development. Through our lms, we show that even with the worlds toughest issues, there is indeed hope. Grassroots organizations all around the world are nding and implementing solutions to the worlds toughest problems, and its easy for us to help and get involved but only if we know about them! PSP is a facilitator, building important relationships to bridge socioeconomic and geopolitical divisions in our world. PSP is also an educator, informing us on the issues, and more importantly, how we can be part of the solutions. For more information on our work, please visit our website: www.theparadigmshiftproject.org A huge part of our mission is simply sharing this knowledge with people all over the world, and to achieve this your help is critical. Thank you for making shift happen!

Audio
Talk about what a paradigm shift means for you & why you feel its important. Talk about PSPs work & why its important we support this kind of change.

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

SHIFT WORLDVIEWS: Host your own screening

What youll need:
Copies of our lms, in DVD format or streamed through an internet connection TV and DVD player, or a projector, speakers, & a screen or a white wall A venue with comfortable seating for your audience Additional PSP info: Contact us for brochures, newsletters, stickers, and more resources for your audience.

Hosting your own screening is a great way to raise awareness on the issues and the work of The Paradigm Shift Project and all the grassroots NGOs featured in our lms. Here are the lms weve created to date: From the Earth to the Pot: Urban Agriculture & Food Security in Lima, Peru Greasy Palms: The Impact of Indonesias Palm Oil Plantations Malaysias Invisible Children: The Rights of Street, Stateless & Refugee Children Rice Cultivation in Bali & The System of Rice Intensication (SRI) Voicing Disaster: Responding as Global Citizens to Natural Disasters

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

GIVE A SHIFT: Arrange a fundraising event

Some event ideas:
Bake sale Dinner party Film screening Walk-a-thon Bachelor/ bachelorette auction Bowl-a-thon Offer a cooking class Make cards to sell House party Club night Yoga community class

Fundraising Tips: Set a goal for your fundraising, be it $10, $100, or $1000 dollars. Decide if youd like to support The Paradigm Shift Project, or one of the NGOs featured in our projects (see our project pages for great NGOs working on the issues featured in our lms). Start publicizing your event: make posters, and post the event on facebook and any email lists you have access to. Tell us about your event and well post it to our website! Sell PSP merchandise at your event! Contact us for details. Contact us for materials you can use to support your event - brochures, newsletters, stickers and more.

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

GIVE A SHIFT: Special occasions to raise funds:

Weddings & Engagements Anniversaries Birthdays Christmas Mothers Day Fathers Day Earth Day World Water Day International Womens Day School Graduations Retirement Celebrations

Weddings: Donate to PSP instead of buying that fondu set as your next wedding gift. Well provide you with a card detailing your gift for the lucky couple. If youre getting married, add the option to donate to The Paradigm Shift Project to your gift registry. For table gifts at wedding parties, make a donation in honour of each of your guests. PSP will provide you with cards you can print and place on your tables to inform your guests of your donation. Holidays, Birthdays & Anniversaries: Make a donation in honour of someones birthday or anniversary, and well send you a PSP card for you to give. PSP merchandise also makes a great gift! From t-shirts and bags to prints of our photographs, purchasing PSPs merchandise is a great way to support our work! Ask for people to donate to PSP for your birthday or anniversary gift. This is a great option for the environment, preventing more stuff from being created, and supports important causes like PSP. In lieu of sugar-lled plastic loot bags at childrens birthday parties, why not purchase PSPs reusable unbleached cotton bags to ll with PSP stickers, postcards and other fun things that make a difference.

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

SHIFT WORK: Get your workplace involved

Ways to get your work involved in PSP:
Ask your company or organization to sponsor one of our projects Donate products and/or services of your business to PSP Arrange a screening for your workplace Post info on PSP events & projects to your ofce bulletin board Collect donations from your colleagues for PSP

Corporate partnerships are a great way for companies to give back to their communities, and with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) becoming more and more important for shareholders, PSP offers a great opportunity for companies to raise their prole internationally. Our lms have been seen by over 26,000 people in over 100 countries around the world. With your companys name and logo in the credits of our lms, PSP can expose the work of your organization to diverse audiences across the globe and around the corner. Contact us to learn more about our various levels of corporate partnership, and how our projects can collaborate to make a better world.

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

FULL OF SHIFT? Volunteer with PSP

Volunteer positions:
Community Outreach Ofcers, arranging community screenings Fundraising Ofcers, arranging fundraising events and initiatives Education Outreach Ofcers, arranging presentations in schools and universities Curricula Writers, developing curricula to accompany our lms for educators Translators, transcribing interviews and liaising with project partners Camera, Sound, & Stills Photographers, lming our projects in the eld Editors, editing our projects Board Members, governing our organization & shaping PSPs future

Andrea Maldonado, an expert on urban agriculture and food security, was the Project Coordinator for our Peru project, facilitating interviews, translation work, and collaborating in the editing room for out 2009 project in Lima, Peru. Were always looking for passionate and talented people to add to our team of volunteers. If youd like to offer your skills, send us as email to: info@theparadigmshiftproject.org

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MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN: PSPs Toolkit for Activists

WHO WHAT

Everyone interested a paradigm shift A toolkit on how you can take action

WHERE WHEN

Here, there, and everywhere Everyday, for a better tomorrow

SHIFT HAPPENS: Take action on the issues

Simple ways to take action:
Talk about it. Share info on these issues far & wide, online & in person. Sign petitions & vote. Write to public ofcials & companies. Tell them the kinds of changes youd like to see them make. Volunteer with grassroots organizations working on these issues.

Be the change you want to see in the world. Leading by example is the best way we can inuence others to take action. We post links on our website on ways to take action relating to each of our projects. If you have more ideas on ways to take action, please send them to us so we can share them on our project pages.

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