Event Ideas

You will find here various ideas for local events, from the very traditional tried-and-tested to the most innovative or click here for the highlights of WGD 2009.

Click here to e-mail us any ideas for events that you feel could inspire others or help them promote the World Glaucoma Day. We will post your ideas online, unless you indicate otherwise. To give you due credit, we will also mention your name (unless indicated otherwise in the mail)

Media coverage

Contact newspaper to write a story on WGD
Contact newspaper to publish an article or editorial that you have written (you can find examples in the media section)
Contact radio station to cover the WGD
Contact TV channel to cover the WGD

Dissemination of information and promotion of glaucoma awareness

Organize open-door day at my institution
Post on my website, blog or newsletter relevant material advertising the World Glaucoma Day
Distribute (at my clinic / institution / at a public venue) printed material advertising the World Glaucoma Day, or other relevant brochures
Submit to the WGD website selected parts of a patient's journal or interview for publication / dissemination by others

Public educational events

Organize patient-educational conference at my institution or at a public venue (conference or community hall, charity meeting, place of worship, etc.)
Invite a prominent patient, or a patient support group to have a conference at my institution

Screening events

Organize free screening day at my institution
Organize free screening at public venue (mall, market, place of worship, town hall, community center, etc)

Other

Distribute WGD-marked everyday-use items (like badge-holders, paperweights, key rings, tote-bags, T-shirts, etc. )
Participate at a sporting event under the WGD colors (the Geneva University Eye-Clinic staff ran the December 2007 Geneva Marathon, wearing World Glaucoma Day T-shirts)
Write to the authorities of your city, state or country, using this MS-Word Template, and ask them to place under their Auspices the WGD events that will take place within their jurisdiction.
Download the Eye-Q test: An awareness-raising 2-page questionnaire in English and in Spanish. (pdf files)
Distribute a postcard that people and companies can send to their friends and customers, informing them of the World Glaucoma Day and urging them to be vigilant about maintaing healthy vision. The 2008 postcard distributed by Glaucoma-Australia is a good example.