Have you ever CELEBRATED failure? We rebuild our culture of failure.
Day for Failure is an international celebration of failure which takes place on October 13th.
To learn more,
Visit http://dayforfailure.com/
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2. I am afraid of failure...
Don’t worry. It’s only natural.
What’s the worst thing?
Can you accept it?
Then, you must go forward.
3. I need sponsors...
We learned that the following types are most likely to
sponsor our events.
• Big companies which are active in Corporate Philanthropy
• Foundations which support social causes
• Government Organizations & Universities
• Entrepreneurial Community (Incubator, Co-working space, and VCs)
• Individuals who gave talks about failure and have epic failure stories
You can promise following benefits to sponsors
• Logo on Dayforfailure.com (visibility to 5+ million people)
• Opportunity to speak for 5 minutes during the event
• Opportunity to distribute promotional hand-outs.
• Event photos with their logos they can use later.
4. I want volunteers...
• Ask on your Facebook and Twitter.
• Use local networks. (Friends & Coworkers)
• Find university Students who are
interested in social issues and non profit
organizations.
• Print out posters from our website and
post them to Universities & Public Spaces.
• Of course, try your best friends.
5. Have I missed anything?
• Invest 20 minutes to read Guides again.
• Basically, if you have participants and space,
you can organize events. Check that first.
• Make sure you followed us on Facebook and
Twitter. There will be updates.
• Remember to take more than 10 photos
during the event and write a short report on
what happened.
6. Hey, I still don’t get how this is done.
Before the event
• Contact us and say that you want to organize an event in your local area.
• Decide Dates and Venue.
• Decide on the size of an event (50+ or 30-) and what components you would add to the
event (speaker, games, post-secrets and etc).
• (If needed) Reach out for team mates.
• Create a Facebook event page for it and invite friends.
• Start marketing with materials on our website.
• (If needed) search for sponsors.
• Write a pre-event story and share it with press. (example on Press page)
During the event
• Ask participants for the email and tell them you will send a final report.
• Tweet and Take photos
A!er the event
• Ask participants how they experienced the event and ask for feedback.
• Send photos and a report to info@dayforfailure.com
7. I still have many questions.
Sure,
Just send an email to
info@dayforfailure.com
for any questions or feedback.
8. If you’ve never failed,
you haven’t tried anything new.
So Let’s keep trying!