A few tabling tips:
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<li>If you’re signing people up for something, put a name or two at the top.  Nobody likes to be the first.
<li>If you do collect money, put it in a visible jar—and put a few dollars in to start it out.
<li>Have a stack of your group pamphlets.
<li>Don’t spend too long talking to kooks or shooting the breeze with one of the converted.
<li>Never (or almost never, especially in heavy traffic areas) petition for two things at once.  It’s very confusing.
<li>Clipboards are very useful for collecting signatures and working the crowd (free of the table).
<li>FREE CANDY does wonders in attracting people
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<b><br>Teach-ins</b>
<br>Teach-ins are useful for providing an array of opinions about a timely issue. They can be as short as having a single speaker, but are often an afternoon or daylong. They are most useful if organized swiftly in reaction to an event (wars, racist incident, environmental disaster). You can also use it build momentum around your campaign. To ensure good attendance, you need to choose an issue which a lot of people have heard about (either through the mainstream media or because your group has made a lot of noise), but want to know more about. A possible format is to break up your time into 30 minute segments, giving each speaker fifteen minutes to talk and fifteen minutes to take questions and for the audience to debate (both the speaker and amongst itself). Have drinks and snacks to encourage people to stay and talk.
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