Your organization wants to increase its outreach & increase its membership. Depending on the org goals, here are some suggestions. Note that implementing even one suggestion is very difficult & can required concerted effort from many people. Be patient. Prioritize & implement in a phased approach.
- Be selfless (Nishkamya Karmanaha). Have a goal of improving society & the individual. Keep it fun. Keep everyone engaged & meeting up regularly.
- Conduct regular contests in:
- Sports. Have a sports coordinator at multiple levels.
- Individual Sports. Eg:
- Chess
- Table Tennis
- Badminton
- Spelling Bee
- Team Sports
- Cricket
- Arts. Have an arts coordinator at multiple levels.
- Individual
- Singing
- Play Musical instruments
- Dance
- Painting
- Wax Sculptures
- Writing, presentation, video contests. Publish the content.
- Group
- Drama
- Costumes
- Script writer
- Music composer
- Orchestra
- Debate team
- Martial arts/self defense contests with & without weapons
- Quizzes & similar contests
- Conduct basic life skills teaching sessions
- Finance
- Law
- Advocacy
- Medicine: ERT training
- Publicize this in social media. Have a social media coordinator. The more social media, the better.
- Invite the public. Make contests public.
- Create forums for private discussions amongst members.
For a Hindu organization, some suggestions.
- Above ideas with a Hindu focus.
- Promote Indic festivals
- Celebration of every Indic festival. Prioritize & gradually increase to every festival.
- Honor teachers during Guru Poornima & festivals for teachers
- Honor protectors during Raksha Bandhan as in the past
- Pujas for every Indic festival. Pujas can be done by volunteers or by hiring someone. Prioritize & gradually increase.
- Regular Bhajans. Weekly or Monthly. Have a Bhajan coordinator at every level.
- Regular Asana, Pranayama & Dhyana sessions.
- Asana contests.
- Promote Indic studies. Be careful not to fund Hinduphobic academics.
- Promote Indic languages
- Indic Spelling Bee
- Spelling of words derived from Indian languages
- Spelling of Indian languages
- Coordinate with language organizations that are not inimical to Hinduism.
- Sponsor open source software that will help play games & help learn Indic languages. Have student volunteers earn credits.
- Sponsor books that make it easy to learn Indic languages. Use the template existing learn English books.
- Get all Indian languages as accredited courses for schools.
- Learn Indic mathematics, such as Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati, Vedic Math, Varahamihira
- Software
- Books
- Contests similar to Math Olympiads
- Learn Indic astronomy/astrology
- Contests similar to Physics Olympiads
- Promote writing, animation on Hindu themes like epics, philosophy, current issues, book reviews.
- Quizzes (different formats, Jeopardy, Kahoot). Also aim for in-person contests with a quizmaster.
- Writing contests
- Video contests
- Presentation contests
- Debate contests
- Stories with animation contests
- Book reviews. Compile a recommended books list.
- Create Copyleft (Copyright free) community content.
- Support poor cottage industries in creating Indic arts & crafts
- Prizes can be T-Shirts, coffee mugs which showcase Indic achievements.
- Promote Indic sports & games. Chess, Carrom, Pallankuzhi, Indian Magic shows.
- Quizzes, Jeopardy, Kahoot on Hindu themes.
- Promote Hindu calendar/Panchanga which uses Ujjaini prime meridian.
- Conferences with best content & presenters.
- Have board game nights of Indic games, such as Holi, Bharatha 600 BCE, Chaturanga.
- Sponsor open source software
- Chess with Indic theme (based off excavated piece of elephant warrior-add cavalry, camel etc). Try to get lichess to accept the theme.
- Consider manufacturing these chess pieces with designers. Support Indian artists & craftsmen.
- Scrabble like word games & anything else for Indic languages.
- Vedic math tutorials.
- Religious themed Linux. Conch for mouse, spinning chakra busy icon, Bhagavan wall papers etc.
- Panchangam software.
- Outreach to organizations inimical to Hindus & invite for debates. Through constant engagement & debate, maybe animosity can be reduced & pluralism/mutual respect achieved.
- Debate the Breaking India Marxist, Missionary, Mullah orgs who are willing to debate.
- Outreach to neutral & friendly organizations dispelling misconceptions.
- Debate Jewish orgs on origin of Swastika vs HakenKreuz
- Ragam identification contests.
- Movie songs.
- Classical songs.
- Movie evenings of Indian historical & Dharmic movies/series. Discuss accuracies/inaccuries post movie.
- Prison outreach: teach Dhyana, Dharana, Yoga, Asana. Strengthen society.
