Setting up an information table in a public place is a simple and relatively easy outreach activity.
Prior to the tabling

• Choose a location. Once you have chosen a location, you should check with local authorities to learn whether or not permits are required for the event you planned.
• Spread the word! Create a Facebook event page, post your event on other social media outlets and blogs, ask IDA to sent out an activist alert, tell your friends.
• Remind your fellow activists to dress nicely for the tabling.
• Gather a good quantity of leaflets, if necessary order more.
• Create or obtain talking points about your topic. Make sure all of the activists participating in your event are well-versed on your chosen topic.

Items you will need

• Sturdy, portable table with folding legs
• Clean, unwrinkled table covering – paper or cloth
• Lots of leaflets
• Paperweights (if your event is outdoors)
• Sign telling people the name of your group or event
• Posters relating to your issue
• Sign-up sheet (to boost your groups’ numbers)
• Petition of some kind to help people get involved
• Donation jar (an easy way to raise money for your future activities – start it off with a dollar bill)

At the tabling

• Make sure your table is well-organized and inviting.
• Don’t put out literature on too many different issues, it can be confusing and overwhelming.
• Have a good quantity of each leaflet out so that people are not fearful of taking your last one.
• Be polite and professional at all times.
• Make sure you leave the location as you found it or better.