Five Friends Prevent Distracted Driving

Check out this great video addressing distracted driving.

Over 60K votes Cast - Today is it... Cast your final vote!!

Over 60,000 votes have been cast!

Yesterday you all rocked the vote - push through to the finish line today - it is such a close race!

Congratulations on your amazing work!!

Voting Tip Tuesday May 19

Click It Or Ticket: Tie your voting outreach to Click it or Ticket - Sponsor a seat belt check at school or a local community event and give smarties to those buckled up with a reminder to vote for your team or dum dums to those not buckled up with a reminder to vote for your team!

Pledge-Gram: Sell cards/messages that people can have delivered to their friends, telling them why they want them to drive safe. Include information about the contest and encourage them to visit ActOutLoud.org and vote for your project. The money you raise could be put toward a prize pool, with everyone who sends a Gram being entered into a random drawing for gift cards.

Coffee for a Cause: Visit your local coffee shops where teens hang out and ask the manager if you can put up some posters and table tents letting visitors know about Act Out Loud and encouraging them drive safe. If the coffee shop has computers, put signs up directing people to go to ActOutLoud.org to vote for your project.

Five More Days Left to Vote!

Great weekend voting! WOW!

Get out the vote tip of the day - Drive It Home: Remind your classmates to vote for your project every morning on the school’s public address system. Encourage them to vote and they’ll be entered into your voting verification contest (if you’re having one).

Prize Ideas
Need some ideas for prizes you can offer as a reward for any of the projects above? Use your project money to help entice your friends to visit your blog and vote for your project – or use your creativity to come up with prizes that don’t cost a thing! Some potential prizes include:
•iTunes® gift card*
•A starring role in your project (ex: if you are doing a commercial or documentary, let them have a role; if you are doing an art project let them include some of their own artistic work, doing a song? let them sing/write a verse)
•Movie passes
•Meet the community leader: whoever you choose to include in your project, offer your peers a chance to meet them
•Bluetooth® hook up for their cell phone**
•Shout out in your team blog
•Gas card/free oil change
•DVD/CD sets
•Restaurant gift cards

Note: Act Out Loud does not provide prizes for your projects

Make some NOYS and get some Votes!

Hit the campaign trail to promote your video! Share links to your PSA on Facebook and Twitter, write a blog entry that asks people to vote for your video, or send an e-mail to remind friends and family they can cast their ballot once a day until May 22!

Concerts in your area this week - what about faith-based events - think creatively and ask for permission to promote voting for your team.

Good luck and make some NOYS for your Act Out Loud PSA!

More than 15,000 votes are already in!

WOW! 15,000 votes in the first two days and the votes are ROLLING in!!! Way to go teams!!! It is so cool to see the teams keep moving around - shows you are actively getting out the vote - but you know it is not just a vote - but a focus on youth traffic safety for each person you get to go online and cast a vote!

Get out the vote tips of the day - Call in to your local radio stations during their call in shows or even during your favorite DJ time slot - they may just let you give a shot out to your team for votes!

Ask large local offices to put out a notice to all staff to take time to log on and vote for your team.

Ask permission to set up computers in not only your school but neighboring school cafeterias so students and teachers can log on and vote!

Good luck and keep up the good work - Use the weekend for special events at car dealerships and other outlets with computers - to have shoppers log on and vote.

Voting Tip Day 3

Table Talk: Set up a table in your lunchroom or at the entrance of your school with posters and other promotional items letting your peers know about the contest and encouraging them to go to ActOutLoud.org to vote for your project. Hand out items (toy cars, candy, etc.) that have a tag on them with the website URL reminding them to vote. You can also dress up the tables in your lunch room with table tents or special placemats spreading the word about Act Out Loud and your team’s project.

Good Luck - the votes are coming in fast and furious - keep up the great work!