April 17th and 18th - Democracy for America will be hosting a weekend long Campaign Academy. I wanted to pass it along to everyone because it is a great weekend of education, hanging out with activists and I will be the fundraising trainer for this event. I just got back from leading the fundraising part of the training in Santa Barbara and it is a really amazing training. Please consider passing this along to everyone who maybe interested in this event. Consider sending your boards, members of your staff or any activists who you think would enjoy learning more about all parts of a campaign.
The DFA Campaign Academy mission is to focus, network, and train grassroots activists in the skills and strategies to take back our country, manage successful campaigns or run for office themselves.
Our Campaign Academy weekends are 16 hours of interactive workshops that bring hundreds of local activists, campaign staff and candidates together for 2 days of intensive campaign training. Experienced campaign professionals lead sessions in voter contact, fundraising, communications, on-line organizing and much more to empower progressive activists with the skills to win in November and beyond. Attendees also meet with dozens of local progressive candidates and learn about exciting job and volunteer opportunities in their area. And of course, everyone receives their own copy of DFA's 180-page Campaign Training Manual.
Year after year, the DFA Campaign Academy is building a grassroots infrastructure of skilled progressive activists in all 50 states.
The program is for individuals who: (1) are planning or considering to run for an elected office in the near or distant future or (2) are or will be serving as campaign managers for a local elected office...
The Colorado Local Progressive Candidate Training Program is sponsored by the Center for Progressive Leadership, the White House Project and the Colorado Education Association.
One sticking point, for legal reasons you can't have declared for office. If you've read about my very limited writing in the longer term Center for Progressive Leadership (I really should provide more updates), it's supposed to be similar, more compact and targeted specifically for campaigns. The deadline is in the few days, so make up your mind and get on it!
Come one, come all! Please join me at the AFL-CIO HQ (140 Sheridan Blvd. Suite 201, Denver, CO, 80226) on THIS FRIDAY, December 6th, at 5:30.
This is going to be a fun training to get people started videoblogging, from how to use a camera well to how to edit up a compelling story on your computer, you will be ready to get out there and commit acts of journalism! On video!
All skill levels are welcome, and all it will cost you is your time.
Please RSVP to registration.co@theuptake.com or call Corrine at 720.209.6303. If you can't make it, but you're interested, let us know that, too.
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