Phone calling
You can also call people on your phone list to try and get them to do something. If you want to do something big like hold a rally or go to a conference, you should do two rounds of calls.

The key here is to keep good records on who you’ve reached, left a message with, etc. This is vital both for your own peace of mind and so others can pick up where you left off.

If several people are working on it, write out a script (a.k.a. “rap”) to go through (“Hi, I’m Keegan from People Against Everything. We’re organizing a rally on Monday to protest a landfill, the lack of recycling, our administration, and . . .) so people will feel more confident and won’t forget major points; just as with canvassing, people can practice on each other until they feel confident.

If you leave a message with a roommate, give them your number—that way you know they’ll actually write the message down, instead of just trying to remember it. If they have an answering machine, it might actually be better to ask them to let it answer the call so you can leave a detailed message.