Welcome newbie! Your Borgen Project Boot Camp begins now. These steps and the corresponding documents were carefully created to quickly transition new members of The Borgen Project into skilled ambassadors for the world's poor. Some people completed it in a day, others work through it over the course of their first week.
1. THE NEW HIRES CHECKLIST: This document is your new best friend! It's going to take you from newbie to ambassador for the world's poor in a matter of hours. Have it completely within five days of joining the team and email it to your contact or manager at The Borgen Project.
New Hires 2012 Checklist.xlsx
2. KNOW THOU TALKING POINTS: When you start talking global poverty and international aid, you're going to get the same questions and hear the same misperceptions over and over. Once you're armed with the facts and comfortable explaining why it's in the best interest of the United States to improve conditions for the world's poor, you'll find it's very easy to serve as an advocate for the world's poor.
Quick study links -
AID 101.pdf
Borgen Project Flash Cards.pdf
Global Poverty FAQs.pdf
3. MEMORIZE YOUR "ELEVATOR PITCH"
Be ready to answer the question, "What is The Borgen Project?" Below is our suggestion, but be prepared to simplify for grandma or talk indepth with a nonprofit type.
Sample Response:
What's The Borgen Project? "We fight global poverty. The Borgen Project is an innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy."
Verbiage you might use:
And of Course...
Be ready for that classic American question, "What do you do?" Be ready to answer that as it pertains to your role at The Borgen Project.
"I'm a (title here) for The Borgen Project. I'm responsible for..."
4. READY FOR BATTLE?
Size up your gangster of poverty-reduction cred:
- You know who your congressional leaders are and you've got them programmed into your phone.
- You can confidently answer these questions:
If you've got these down... You're Ready!
