Sample Speech to Employees

One of the best, easiest ways to respond to this call to action is to raise awareness, influence, and advocate for empowered communities by engaging residents as equal partners in finding sustainable solutions to the challenges that face their communities.

There are many ways to educate staff, volunteers, and others such as communicating through your Web site and newsletters or by placing inserts into paycheck envelopes, but nothing motivates people more than a direct appeal, in person, from another individual. Especially if you are a leader in a national organization, you have a built-in structure of year-round events that lend themselves to this kind of outreach. Annual meetings, conferences, or staff events offer opportunities to inform affiliates and employees about your new focus on neighboring.

Grassroots and local organizations may find that staff and volunteer meetings as well as community events are appropriate venues where you can use a speech like the following to raise awareness among stakeholders and get more support.

Use the following sample speech as a guide at your next event to encourage those in your organization or community to start seeing neighboring as an exciting new way to strengthen families and transform neighborhoods.

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