More Ways to Support IHE
We at IHE are always appreciative of financial support; we count on donations to be able to train new humane educators and to educate and empower citizens to live a MOGO life. But there are also numerous ways to support humane education and IHE without spending a penny. Each and every day presents an opportunity to support and promote humane education (and IHE); here are a few suggestions:
1. Join IHE's Virtual Outreach Team
Help spread the word about upcoming events and courses through your contacts and networks. There are varying levels of participation. Find out more.
2. Become a Fan
You’ll find us on places like Facebook, Twitter, Change.org, Flickr, WiserEarth, etc. Become a fan or friend of our pages there, contribute your own ideas and resources, and let your own contacts know about us and the work we’re doing.
3. Leave Your Mark
Our blog, Humane Connection, is much stronger and more useful when you leave comments and give us suggestions for posts you’d like to see there. (And, when you tell others about what you've found there that you like.)
4. Digg Us
Do you like our blog posts, e-news articles or other media? Share them with others by using social media tools such as Digg, Reddit, Stumble Upon, Newsvine, Delicious, and others, so that more people can learn about IHE, humane education and humane living.
5. Talk About Us
Word of mouth (WOM) is one of the most powerful means of sharing information and influencing others. In your on- and offline conversations, talk about the power of humane education (and what IHE can offer) to teachers, administrators, groups that address one or more humane issues, friends, changemakers, legislators, anyone, everyone!
6. Write About Us (or Get Someone Else To)
Use your blog, social networking pages, website, wiki page, podcast or other online forum to promote humane education and IHE. Tell people what we're doing; let them know about our programs, courses and resources. Encourage your favorite bloggers and journalists to write about us. Write reviews of us on sites like Great Nonprofits. Write your own articles and letters to the editor about humane education and humane living issues and mention IHE as a resource.
7. Make Us Your Cause
Make IHE a favorite cause on your Facebook page, or on Change.org or other social media sites (like Six Degrees) that let you create badges, encourage others to raise funds, etc.
You can also post one of our web banners on your website, blog, or other social media site.
8. Search Us Out
Go to GoodSearch and choose the Institute for Humane Education as “Who Do You GoodSearch for?” and then conduct your web searches. Every time you use GoodSearch as your web search engine (after you’ve selected us), you’ll generate funds for IHE. (Each search raises about a penny; so if you spread the word, that means more pennies generated!)
9. Feed Us
One of the most valuable actions you can take for us (in addition to spreading the word about us) is to give us your feedback. We want to provide the best ideas, information and resources to everyone interested in creating a humane world, and we can only get better with your help. Let us know what you like, and what you’d like to see. You can start by emailing us at info@humaneeducation.org or by connecting with us on one of our social networking sites.
10. Contribute
We strive to offer resources and services that are relevant and meaningful to educators, activists, youth and concerned citizens, and we're always looking for more excellent content. If you're a teacher who has created terrific lesson plans on humane issues; if you're doing amazing humane education work; if you know someone who is manifesting humane education in positive ways, that we might want to interview for our e-news -- share with us.
11. Partner With Us
We thrive on connecting with others in working to create a humane world. Can you host one of our workshops? Can you sponsor us to come speak at your conference or event? Are you working with common ground organizations who would be interested in what we're doing? Would your child's teachers benefit from knowing about our humane education activities and other resources?
Together, we can create the humane world we know is possible.
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