Dear ACUPCC Signatory,
Welcome to the Kathy Schatzberg Challenge! Thank you for your participation. In this initiative each signatory is challenged to recruit two colleagues to sign the ACUPCC.
Below are tools and resources and instructions you can use in order to be successful. If you have any questions please contact Georges Dyer of Second Nature at gdyer@secondnature.org.
TOOLS AND RESOURCES:
1. Instructions, Timeline, and FAQS - download this pdf document for some tips on how to make recruiting easy and for the answers to frequently asked questions that you may get from your colleagues.
2. KS Challenge Tracking Sheet - download this tracking sheet, complete and send back to gdyer@secondnature.org.
3. List of Signatories - here is a link to the list of signatories by state.
4. List of Presidents That Have Not Signed - download this excel spreadsheet for a comprehensive list of institutions that have not signed on to the ACUPCC. The excel document has contact information for your use. Feel free to contact as many as you wish.
5. Cover Letter Template - download this word document for a cover letter template that you will be able to customize and print out on your letterhead for sending to the colleagues you would like to recruit.
6. Email Template - download this word document for an easy to implement follow up email to the colleagues you sent a letter to.
7. ACUPCC Information Kit - download this pdf document to send with your follow up email. It houses all the information your colleagues need to know to make an informed decision about joining including the Call for Leadership, the program overview, case studies, and the Commitment document.
8. 2007 Annual Report of the ACUPCC - download the pdf document of the 2007 Annual Report for the ACUPCC, which includes stories from signatories and progress on reporting from the first year of the initiative, and send it to your colleagues as part of our outreach efforts.
9. Case Studies – download this pdf document that briefly describes the climate neutrality planning efforts at UC Berkeley and Middlebury College, and provides links to similar examples at other institutions.
Thank you again and let the challenge begin!
INSTRUCTIONS: Four Simple Steps
Step One: Enlist Help from Your Team
- Engage help from your assistant, ACUPCC liaison, and/or communications department.
Step Two: Identify Your Targets
- Identify five or more colleagues to reach out to.
- Check your colleagues names against the ACUPCC signatory list to make sure they are not already signatories.
- Check the list of institutions that have not joined to get inspired on others you can recruit.
- Work with your team to fill out KS Challenge Tracking Sheet and send it back to gdyer@secondnature.org.
Step Three: Send the Cover Letter and Email
- Send colleagues personalized letters on your letterhead using our template as a guide. Please feel free to add personal success stories.
- Mark your calendar seven days out to send follow up email.
- Seven days later send colleagues personalized emails using our email template as a guide with ACUPCC Information Packet attached
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Step Four: Call Your Targets
- Call colleagues to confirm receipt and discuss participation the day after you send the email.
- Refer to the FAQs in the Instructions, Timeline, and FAQs document, if needed, to familiarize yourself with common questions, concerns, and points of confusion about the ACUPCC, along with suggested responses.
- If they have further questions, direct them to Tony Cortese, President of Second Nature, acortese@secondnature.org, 617-224-1611.
Meeting the Challenge!
Below are some success stories in recognition of some of the presidents and chancellors who have stepped-up to take the Kathy Schatzberg Challanege! Please share your story - contact Tony Cortese at acortese@secondnature.org ,and let us know about your efforts!
- President Michael Crow of Arizona State University and the other members of the ACUPCC Steering Committee have reached out to hundreds of their colleagues encouraging them to join the ACUPCC!
- Chancellor Patricia Kier of Eastern Iowa Community College, President David Roe of Central College and President Rob Denson of Des Moines Area Community College are working together to promote the ACUPCC among all colleges and universities in Iowa!
- President Jim Noseworthy of Hiwassee College, President David Pollick of Birmingham-Southern College, President Stuart Gulley of LaGrange College, and President Bill Johnston of Iowa Wesleyan College are working together to promote the ACUPCC among thirty-one colleagues in the National Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities of the United Methodist Church!
- President Karen Morse of Western Washington University reached out to twelve colleagues in the Northwest!
- Chancellor Sylvia Manning of the University of Illinois, Chicago reached out to nine colleagues across Illinois!
- Chancellor Mary Spangler of Houston Community College reached out to twenty-eight colleagues across the nation!
- President Richard Cook of Allegheny College reached out to three colleagues in Michigan!
- President Mitch Thomashow of Unity College encouraged colleagues at the Maine Higher Education Council President's meeting to sign - four expressed interest in joining the ACUPCC!
- President Daniel Phelan of Jackson Community College reached out to presidents across Michigan encouraging them to join! |
