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Campaign Resources
Here are some great resources that you can use on any campaign you're involved in. If you have any other suggestions or resources you think would be helpful then I encourage you to post them in the comments section.
DFA Night School Every month DFA provides over an hour of training by nationaly known experts in thier fields free of charge to the progressive community. Visit our Night School page for info on upcoming sessions or to go back and watch previous sessions from our website.
Democratic GAIN If you are looking for a campaign job, Democratic GAIN should be your first stop. You can search for campaigns and organizations that are hiring near you and you can also post your own resume online. Also, in case you missed our most recent Night School on 'Getting a Campaign Job' you can listen by clicking here: www.democracyforamerica.com/campaignjobs
Run for Office.org Thinking of running for office? Run for Office.org is a great website that has numerous resources for anyone thinking of running for a local office.
Think Precinct Our friends from Democracy for Colorado have produced an excellent resource manual for organizing your neighborhood. www.thinkprecinct.com
DFA Training Manual Files Here are links to .pdf copies of all the chapters included in the manual you recieved at the training. We'll be posting updated versions of these soon so stayed tuned!
Chapter 2: Developing a Field Plan
Chapter 3: Voter Contact & GOTV
Chapter 4: People: Building Your Volunteer Base
Chapter 5: Money: Finance & Fundraising
Chapter 6: Developing Your Campaign's Message
Chapter 7: Working with the Media
Chapter 8: Time: Campaign and Event Planning
Chapter 10: Neighbor to Neighbor Precinct Organizing
Chapter 12: Building Progressive Coalitions
Chapter 15: Running Better Meetings
Chapter 16: Homework Assingments & Appendix A: Field Organizing Sample Documents
Appendix B: Finance Sample Documents & Appendix C:Communications Sample Documents
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By Jo*in*Vermont on Aug 8, 2008 7:35 PM EDTthank you! hope this gets frontpaged so folks can add their own good links. recced and shared widely!