Invite People

Bring the right people into an ASG program, fellowship, Lab, project, event, research initiative, or collaboration.

Your Pathway

1. Define → 2. Find → 3. Frame → 4. Invite → 5. Follow Up → 6. Join → 7. Welcome

1. Define

Who are you looking for?

Avoid:

We need participants.

Prefer something specific, such as:

We are looking for university faculty working with coastal municipalities in South and Southeast Asia.

Clarify:

Who • Where • Experience • Interests • Number Needed • Commitment

2. Find

Where might these people already be?

Look across:

• ASG Fellows

• Co-Creation Labs

• university partners

• affiliates

• government networks

• professional associations

• existing partners

• previous participants

• partner networks

3. Frame

Explain why participation could matter.

Include:

The Challenge

What real problem or opportunity will they work on?

The Experience

What will they actually do?

The Community

Who will they work with?

The Commitment

How much time and effort are expected?

The Possibility

What could become possible through participation?

ASG's approach is to build with, not for, and to treat affected communities as co-designers rather than passive recipients.

4. Invite

Choose the appropriate approach.

Personal Invitation

Open Call

Email

Partner Distribution

Webpage

Social Media

For open calls and recruitment campaigns, use the shared Canva workspace for:

• recruitment cards

• application announcements

• event invitations

• fellowship calls

• social-media graphics

• partner distribution materials

[Open Shared Canva →]

Duplicate and adapt an approved template whenever possible.

5. Follow Up

Track:

Invited → Interested → Follow Up → Applied → Accepted → Joined

6. Join

Once someone is interested, route them immediately.

[Join as an Impact Fellow]

[Join as a Project Adviser or Mentor]

[Join a Lab]

[Attend an Event]

[Start an Institutional Partnership]

7. Welcome

Once someone joins, stop recruiting them.

Move them into the appropriate onboarding pathway.

You're Done When

The right people have successfully entered the work, not merely received an invitation.