Toolkit

Everything you need to know to make your August delivery successful can be found in the downloadable toolkit. Please take a minute now to download the toolkit and look it over.

Step by step delivery event instructions

1. Confirm your event is registered in the system and all the details are correct.
To confirm that your event is registered in our system and that all of the details are correct, you should go to http://www.projecthotseat.org/impressions and click on “login for hosts.” Simply enter your email and password to sign in. After you login, you’ll see the details of your event. To edit your event you can click on the link that says “manage.” This will take you to your event page. In the right margin you will see a link that says, “edit this event.” That link will take you to a page that will allow you to edit all of your event details.

If you haven’t yet registered your event, go to www.projecthotseat.org/impressions, click on “host” and enter your event details. If you don’t already have an account, you’ll need to create one.

2. Choose the picture that you’ll deliver.
Your delivery event is all about making an impression. And the picture that you use will go a long way toward making your delivery memorable. When you’re considering which picture to use to deliver your message, there’s one main thing to keep in mind: Make it personal.

The picture should be of a future that’s threatened by global warming. It could be a picture of your kids or grandkids, your business, or even the lake where you went fishing as kid. If it’s threatened by global warming and you care about it, it will work.

3. Write your message on the back of the picture.
The message should be handwritten and as personal as the picture. You should emphasize what’s at stake, as portrayed by the picture, in whatever you decide to write. Below are two examples, one for Representatives who have already taken the lead on global warming and signed the Safe Climate Act and another for Representatives who have not.

Safe Climate Act Supporter Example Message:
“Dear Representative ___________. Thanks for standing up for the future of ______ by being a leader on global warming and signing the Safe Climate Act. Please continue to support science-based global warming policies.”

Not a Safe Climate Act Supporter Example Message:
“Dear Representative ___________. You have a chance to be a leader and stand up for the future of ______ by supporting science-based global warming legislation like the Safe Climate Act. There’s no time to waste.”

*If you can’t remember whether or not your Representative has signed the Safe Climate Act, visit http://www.projecthotseat.org/impressions/reps

4. Invite some friends to join you.
The more individual, personal messages that people deliver to their Representatives the better. So be sure to invite your friends to join you by sending them email invitations from your event page. You should encourage your friends to RSVP for your event online, so that you can use the online events system to keep track of RSVPs and we can get a sense of how many people are participating in the week of action.


5. Flowers for the delivery.
What you do for flowers for your delivery is entirely up to you. You can pick your own, have your kids make paper flowers or you could buy them from a florist. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be flowers – it could be a single flower. Also, don’t feel required to purchase a vase for the flowers. Simply recycle something from around the house – an empty bottle, an old carton, or anything else you can find. It just makes it all the more personal.


You can go to http://ftdflorists.reachlocal.net/ if you need help finding a florist in your area.

6. Show up and deliver your message.
This is the fun part. And pretty straightforward too! Just let one of the congressional staff people working at the office know why you are there and give them the message. You should encourage them to put the flowers some place where they will be visible. Also, make sure they inform the Representative that you stopped in.

7. Upload your photo.
Please upload any photos that you take while you are at the Representative’s office. We’ll be pointing the press and the public to the photo page and we want to ensure that everyone is represented.

To upload your photo, go to http://www.projecthotseat.org/impressions/photo

8. Give us your feedback.
After you upload your photo, take a minute to give us some feedback. Simply go to http://www.projecthotseat.org/impressions/feedback and fill out the survey. Your feedback goes a long way toward helping us be more successful and is greatly appreciated.