Are there any good pamphlet's I'd be able to hand out to convince people to donate a lot to charity?

Also, what should I say? As convincing as "Sell your house, or hundreds of innocent people will die" seems, I have a feeling that it won't work that well.

Any suggestions? Has anyone here convinced people to donate large amounts?

Robert Wiblin, who has posted here, has about a thousand followers on facebook. What he did a couple of weeks ago is he offered to price-match up to $1500 of donations to Village Reach, Givewell's top rated charity. He did a similar thing about 6 months ago. I don't pay close attention, but it seems like he usually ends up donating the full amount. When I get money to donate, I think I'll add a few hundred dollars to his total, so that, for example, RW donates 1500, I donate 300 and his followers donate 1800.

As he says, it seems to work better than running marathons, fasting, etc etc.

This thread has some relevant details about how to approach people: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=397
It's possible that casting your net wide isn't the best strategy, instead it may be best to target those who are more susceptible to the message. One calculation to consider is that if you get someone to realize the many good reasons to give effectively, they will likely do so for life (see Giving What We Can); if that is the end result, even 20 hours of conversations with that one person isn't too much.

I joined GWWC after I spoke with Nick Beckstead; by then I was already giving, but it wasn't targeted to the most effective charities, nor was I doing it consistently. Even if I would have eventually gotten to be a GWWC member, it would have been probably a few years later (that's several years of donations that wouldn't have been made). It took Nick about an hour lunch and maybe one follow-up. He knew I had utilitarian tendencies, I was a good candidate

Possible lesson: find those who seem receptive. I've talked to my group of friends several times, I'v been vocal and public on Facebook about what I do. Results? Not so much, though I may have influenced a friend who earns a lot of money to consider the effectiveness of charities he gives to more. I've had several friends contact me about philanthropy issues because they see me as the best expert they can find.

Facebook posts about these issues are useful I think - it's hard to gauge how many of your friends read them, but I'm confident it's worth the effort (5 seconds to share a link). Join GWWC on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Giving-W ... 3552416275 ; https://www.facebook.com/GivingWhatWeCanRutgers?ref=ts ; https://www.facebook.com/groups/211230665569698/ ; etc) for links you could re-share with 1 click

Another relevant thread; this one is "Publicizing Singer's Pond": viewtopic.php?f=25&t=172
I'm free this summer (and probably in the fall) so I'm still up on designing a mini-poster that one could hang up to get people to consider giving (direct them to a site - which I'll happily make); contribute your thoughts and ideas to the discussion there - once we get a good-enough text and idea for picture, we could make it happen. Hanging up a few posters around a university (more receptive audience) may make some people interested in philanthropy