10. Event agenda
Welcome/Intros (15) Planning (30)
Why we have to (in small groups)
take action (15) Choose tactic: rally, vigil
1 story of self/recording When/where?
Reactions/discussion How recruit?
Media
Other progressive grps
Report back, next
steps, dessert (10+)
18. Host Support & Coaching
• Updates
• Host support:
emails, respond to
them
• Vetting teams and
events
• Conference calls
• Individual host prep
• Using lead volunteers
to support others
21. Must-Have: Event resources
Host ground rules
Hosts can email/
call attendees,
vice versa
Materials web page
Conference call
22. If Possible:
Tell people their local event
Ability to merge
event details for
people’s nearest
event into
recruitment emails
23. Nice to have
Volunteers can
email folks from
other events
From-a-host
recruitment/remind
er emails
Map of events
Support hotline
24. Tools for networked teams
Communication
among volunteers
Group & leader listservs
Calendar, blog, photos
Insider email stream
Plug in new
volunteers
Surveys
Call or GOTV tools
Think about your campaign kickoff being a distributed event.
Low bar to build a list: Petition or pledge, own campaign website or something like SignOn. Student loan forgiveness, 1.1M sigs, Robert Appelbaum started Student Debt Crisis, won “Pay As You Earn” program from Obama administration.
Host recruitment email, often a host kicker, can target more narrowlyAttendee invite. Evite. From-a-hostCan do host/attend, have both links or people get either version based on geography, but not ideal
Good for buzz and secondary messages, not great for actually recruiting new bodies. Also good for show rates.
Takes a lot of organizing but can be really useful. Also good for show rates.Call blocks
Sample agenda is keyTest event for complex events—when hosts needs better talking points, when call party instructions take 30 min, or choosing questions for tricky discussionCritical value of dessert
brainstorm
Make this evergreen or point to existing resources like NOI’s toolbox
Test event can help with thisPress materials people can customize and send are key
Inspirational/storiesIssue contentSkillsRecording or live call can also be great.
Host logistics emails, keep them short
Ability to post events and find the nearest and sign up for a specific event, you need to be able to see all the events
MaestroConference can do small groups
OFA couldn’t do this in 2008
Twilio/Angel --> overall concept of support corps
OFA great at getting people called within a dayValue of surveys, weekly tracking pollVoting on ideas: Uservoice, Ideascale, and Google Moderator
Recap the items that you covered today
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