Lead-generating activities
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This article describes several different ways of generating general, overall, interest and leads for participating in AFS. For leads specific to sending students, see: Recruiting Sending Leads. For leads specific to host families, see: finding host families.
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Focus on local high schools
- Develop volunteers who excel at the It's Your World (IYW) presentation.
- Participate in high school's open houses or "back to school nights" that often occur about a month after school starts, each fall. For specific ideas on organizing this, see High School Open House Recruiting.
- Place notices in PTA newsletters.
- Request that school websites link to your Team website .
- Speak at local school board meeting
- Speak at organizational meetings before school starts each year with various target teachers on a system wide basis (examples are foreign language teacher, social students teachers, counselors and principals)
Represent AFS in the local community
- Hold a Hello-Goodbye Picnic
- Working With the Girl Scouts (Boy scouts work too!)
- Participate in a local fair or community event .
- Call all civic groups and get on their speaking agenda for at least once a year
Increase exposure for AFS in local media
- Local media materials for hosting including press release templates, letter to the editor samples and PSAs
- Photography Exhibit
Engage current and recent participants
- Reference the above It's Your World (IYW) presentations.
- Word of Pen Notebook Project
