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How to plan a Ridiculously Awesome Invisible Children Screening
Step One: Contact Invisible Children. If the documentary moved you, and you want others to have the same experience, setting up a screening is a great way to do that. Begin by e-mailing Invisible Children with your ideas and a time window that the screening could take place. They'll write you back, and together you can decide on the best date for the screening.
Step Two: Assemble a Team. After seeing the documentary, it's easy to feel small and not know where to start. You'll find that other kids feel the same; the important thing is to not get overwhelmed, and to take the first step. By setting up a team you can distribute different jobs, such as creating posters, writing letters, contacting clubs, and even coordinating fundraising activities if you're an overachiever. The main thing about a team is that everyone is important. Everyone has a job or something to contribute to make it work. Each member is valuable.
Step Three: Find a location. Where would you like to screen the film? Consider who you are inviting. Having the screening on a campus is always a good idea, because everyone knows where it is. If you invite members of the community, maybe a rec hall would be a better setting. Screenings have taken place in houses, auditoriums, basketball gyms, places of worship, restaurants, and even hair salons. So get busy talking to your principals and hairdressers to see which venue could be the right one for your screening. If they are hesitant to lend you the space, make sure to emphasize the length of the movie (55 minutes) and the commitment that your club has already made to leave the venue in spotless condition. Don't forget to bring a projector, screen, DVD player, chairs, tables, and a positive attitude.
Step four: Make Ridiculously Awesome Flyers. There are many factors that go into making ridiculously awesome flyers. Start by identifying your key points. For example, if your showing is free, make sure that that's on the flyer. Don't forget the essentials: time, date, location, etc. Writing a short summary of the film is a good idea, if not the Invisible Children website should defiantly be on there (www.invisiblechildren.com). I would also recommend using the back of the flyer to give directions, perhaps even a map, to help simplify the lives of your future documentary audience. This is a lot of information to put on one piece of paper, and it's crucial that the flyer is not overwhelming. Clutter is the enemy.
Step Five: Tap into your resources. Now is the time to talk to your principals, teachers, club leaders, ministers, student council, parents, roommates, even your crazy neighbor Harold that always smells like ketchup and mumbles constantly about the 1986 world series. Writing these people a letter about the film is a good idea. After they receive the letter, wait a few days and then visit to follow up about the film. Having flyers with you at this point is wise as they can pass them on to their various groups throughout the week. If you have never met these people before, it might be a good idea to open with a joke – unless it's a bad joke. Use your own judgment.
Step six: Promote Your Event. Now is the time to make the posters, create fliers, set up tables in the lunch court, make buttons, show trailers of the film, put an add in the school paper or even the newspaper. Having IC t-shirts for your team would be a great idea, however it is not a mandatory step. Shirts (homemade or purchased online) help to remind people that your Invisible Children screening is coming up. By making your team visible, students feel comfortable to ask questions and seek more information about your event. I would also recommend creating a secret handshake for your team members, but that's not really necessary.
Step seven: Be Excited. If you and your team are pumped up about the screening, then others will be as well. Make posters, write e-mails, you can even start to fundraise (WARNING: Bake Sales are extremely dangerous, serious injuries may occur). You are on a mission; don't let anything get in your way. Snow, fire, rain, a math test…whatever. If your mom wants you to clean your room, but you are too busy helping Uganda, then she will just have to deal. Break a rule or two, or even the law. Just kidding, but seriously, if you believe you can make a difference, then others will as well, and together you will put on a ridiculously awesome screening.

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