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We recruit Puget Sound Community Change Cardholders at events and stores.  We set up an attractive table display including brochures, "live" community cards so users can immediately get a card, pens, signs, and everything else we need to sign people up.

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We have borrowed a page from the world of games to organize and coordinate our work tabling to recruit more cardholders.    Imagine a game called "Tabling to Recruit PSCC Cardholders".  This documents explains the "point of the game", the "game pieces", and the "rules of play".  Lets work together to become masterful at playing this game.  Enjoy!!! 

1.  What's the point of tabling?

With Store or Event Staff:

To build a positive relationship with the event or store personnel. For example, cashiers can introduce the program and send people your way while you are tabling. Personnel can promote the program when we aren’t tabling.

PCC has made a three year commitment to the PSCC program, so we will often table at PCC.  Through PSCC,  they can give back to the community in a whole new way. We want them to be very happy when they see us!

With Store Customers and Event Participants:

To develop a positive relationship with customers  we want to put cards in their hands that they use this visit. If they don't get a card, give them information about the program.  Staple their business card to the form for faster sign up.  If they already have a community card, answer any questions and encourage them to use the card at this store and at other participating businesses.  We are also interested in encouraging people to get involved.  More information on how to do that is at www.wiserearth.org/group/pscc and at www.pugetsound.cc

Our overall objective is to nurture and grow the program by increasing the number of cardholders, promoting the use of cards, and deepening our relationship with the community.

2. Who are the participants?

Personnel: This includes the Store Manager, store or event staff, and cashiers.

Customers: This includes new and existing cardholders.

Puget Sound Community Change Tablers: This is you and me.
 

3. What are the game pieces?

We provide a kit with the following contents:

• a fresh tablecloth
• q Puget Sound Community Change poster & stand
  
• tmerchant one page flyer (for business owners who come to the table) More are available for download from www.pugetsound.cc
  
• an acrylic display for Tri-Fold Brochures
• Community Card Carriers, to be completed legibly, detached, and the bottom given to cardholder.
• Keep the top 1/3 of the form - "Card Carrier Tear off" in a secure envelope to return to Interra HQ
  
• PSCC benefiary postcard handout
• a clipboard for mobility
• a one sheet FAQ
  
• stapler for attaching business cards to card carrier tear-off sheets
  there are pens,tape and note paper and a secure box to put the Carrier tear-off sheets into.
• a current reference of participating businesses.
• We bring water for our tablers and treats for the table
• a suggested table layout plan
  

4. What are the rules of the game?

Add yourself to the schedule

Weeknights from 4pm - 8 PM; Friday through Monday are the busiest/best times in the stores. There is a schedule of approved times that we can table. We must be approved in advance to table at a store or event.
 
When you arrive at the store...

• Introduce yourself to the store manager or the event manager.
  
• IIf there is a  community board area, replenish our brochure display with supplies if needed.
• Introduce yourself to the cashiers and event staff.  They should expect people to come to the check out with cards. Invite them to send interested people to our table.

When at the table...

• Offer Free Community Cards to incoming customers.   They must legibly, complete the contact information section of the Card Carrier tear-off sheet. Double check that you can read it before the person walks away.  They can't get a card if we don't have correct information.
• We must have a name, address, and e-mail address.  For people without e-mail addresses, we can still enroll them if they tell us their choice of beneficiary.  They can choose 1-4.beneficiaries.
  
• Offer Program Materials and direct them to the pugetsound.cc site to sign up at home, if they don't sign up now.
  
• Have fun and introduce yourself to all the good folks passing through.
  

Conversation Starters:

• Do you have two minutes to learn about Community Change?
• Are you shopping today?
• PCC is giving back to their community and loyal customers through this community card program that can be used at many local merchants around the sound.
• Take a minute now and learn how your shopping locally can make a big difference in our community.
• Did I say, it's free!!!!
• Here's something we can do that will make a difference!
• Ready for change?
  
• Have you heard about Puget Sound Community Change?
• I'll trade you your business card for a community card.
  

When you are done...

• Thank and say goodbye to the nearby staff and the manager.
• Put the tabling box and remaining supplies back in the box and return to Interra headquarters..
  
• Return the completed card holder tear offs to Interra headquarters ASAP.