Here’s Luis from Queensland’s guide to onboarding people onto Action Network for the purposes of disseminating newsletters:
- Learn how to use well, before showing others.
- AN is easy, systems feeding the info in is the crucial part. Can use Signal Groups or an MM channel (or the Base)
- However the group is organised, info comes from media team, actions, facebook/events… UK newsletter for rebels to feel part of the global movement.
- All images 700px so newsletter doesn’t fall apart in some browsers. Free resizing software https://www.fotosizer.com/
- To clean hidden junk code from Word or similar, paste in a .txt and copy again.
- Main themes of the newsletters:
Inspirational Welcome Quote Inclusivity in a Global Movement, Education, De-escalation, Regen Culture, Celebrate Victories, Featured Activist(s) in your area, Groups in your area, Meetings in your area, Events in your area, Further Reading. Acknowledgement of Country
- On average, takes about 10 hours over a few days to get a group running smoothly.
- Proofreading! Extra person to proofread.
- Best tool I know to say more, better and write less is “Elements of Style” by Strunk & White. Attached
Hope this helps.