03/26/2012

Across the country, a new group of progressives are taking the next step toward becoming leaders in their communities by participating in our free Candidate Project Training Academy sessions. And there’s more to come. In the next few weeks, our trainings shift their focus to the important day to day work that campaigns need to focus on as they move toward Election Day. If you haven’t joined a training yet, what are you waiting for?  Sign up now!

Click here to sign up for our upcoming Training Academy sessions in a single step.

The response so far has made us even more excited for these next trainings. All of our sessions are conducted online as webinars, so you can participate no matter where you are. We hope you’ll join us soon! 

P.S. Need to catch up on previous sessions? Head on over to CandidateProject.org/academy to view them all. 

03/12/2012

I’m not sure if you heard, but it’s Fundraising Week here at the Candidate Project! We’ve lined up expert campaign fundraising trainers to teach candidates & campaign team members everything you need to know to get donations to fuel your campaign. And, as always, the trainings are free of charge.

Sign up now and make sure your campaign is ready to raise money from day one:

Sign up for “Fundraising, Budgeting & Reporting” – Tuesday, March 13 @ 8:15pm Eastern (5:15pm Pacific)

Sign up for “Fundraising Tactics” – Thursday, March 15 @ 8:15pm Eastern (5:15pm Pacific)

After you sign up for the trainings, help us spread the word to other progressive campaigns by sharing this on Facebook and Twitter too.  Thanks!

02/23/2012

Register here: http://candidateproject.org/ChoosingToRun

If you are running for local office, or even just considering it, you don’t want to miss this. Sign up now before the February 28th session fills up.

This is just the first in a series of weekly online trainings we’ll be doing in conjunction with the folks at Democracy for America.

02/22/2012

“It’s not an easy game — politics can be very muddy. But if you work hard and have a vision for what you want to do for the people you represent, and if you explain how you will accomplish that vision, people will listen.”

- Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. State Senator for New York

Read the rest of the interview here.

(photo via Vogue)

02/19/2012

Help Us Run the WORST Local Campaign Ever!

That was the title of our RootsCamp session this morning, and we had a room full of experienced campaigners who helped us brainstorm some brilliant ideas for running the worst campaign, such as:

  - Never send thank you letters to donors.

  - Spend all of your energy on social media & don’t bother knocking on voters’ doors.

  - Buy thousands of yard signs.

  - Only ever talk about the candidate’s one niche issue.

  - Don’t mention what office you’re running for or the election date on your campaign literature.

Assuming you want to run the BEST local campaign ever, you should obviously do the opposite of what’s listed above.  And after you have that down, sign up to get some solid training from the Candidate Project & DFA.