Mark’s favorite piece of literature to use for outreach purposes is the service tool "The Best of Public Outreach" (P-90) in Episode 7’s part 4 of 5.  He shares how public outreach is what first got him into service in Al-Anon and calls out a “Getting Started” section on page 7, as well as pages 12-19 for several lists of outreach ideas.  He also explains how the workbook helped with a big outreach project he was involved with that was done in honor of Al-Anon’s founder, Lois Wilson, and how projects don’t need to be big to be effective.  Lastly, we discuss what it’s like to talk to people that are not familiar with the Al-Anon program.

QUOTABLE MOMENT FROM MARK:

• "...any Al-Anon member is a great candidate to get involved in public outreach."

LITERATURE MENTIONED & RELATED EPISODES:

• "The Best of Public Outreach" (2012/2017 online version)
• "The Forum" (magazine)  –  Episode 5: part 4 of 4,   Episode 6: part 1 of 4,   Episode 6: part 2 of 4,   Episode 10: part 2 of 4,   Episode 12: part 3 of 5,   Episode 12: part 4 of 5,  &  Episode 12: part 5 of 5 
• "Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism 2017"  –  Episode 5: part 4 of 4,   Episode 6: part 3 of 4,   Episode 9: part 3 of 4,  &  Episode 9: part 4 of 4 

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