Events
New Media BootCamp is recognized as the top training program for digital organizers in the country. This immersive, weeklong program trains organizers in all the skills they'll need to take on a leadership role in new media. BootCamp takes place April 28-May 5 in Washington,
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This two-day training will focus on the fundamentals of political data and voter targeting. It will cover how online voter files are created and used, using Excel for data hygiene and analysis, and setting vote goals, and incorporating NCEC, polling data, and predictive models into targeting considerations.
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Public Narrative: Story Telling to Move Others to Action (online & offline), is a 2-day workshop, based on the teachings of Marshall Ganz, offered for organizers looking to learn to tell your personal and campaign story (and how to apply it to your campaign). The skill of value-based storytelling requires continued attention and development, and therefore this workshop is applicable to organizers at many levels.
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Modern organizing increasingly relies on data and technology to inform action strategies. This is the opportunity for aspiring political data managers to learn the tools of the trade. From setting goals and measuring progress, to targeting voters for field programs, to using data to drive decision-making, this 6-day course will equip students to manage data programs for electoral or advocacy organizations.
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Digital Strategy 101 will teach you the fundamentals of online organizing and digital campaign strategy.
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Campaign Leadership for Electoral Success is a 3 part course, designed for those interested in campaign leadership skills.
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From Arizona to Georgia, from City Councils to Congress, immigrants in America are under a relentless attack. But immigrant-rights groups are fighting back. From the DREAMers fighting for national immigration reform to groups like PAZ en Accion taking down anti-immigrant legislators in the states, these communities are taking a stand. To support their work, we're proud to introduce New Media BootCamp without Borders, to help immigrants and immigrant-rights organizers leverage online
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Online Data BootCamp covers how to use and manage data for organizing and campaigns. Organizers will learn to use cutting edge technology to drive your programs forward and demonstrate power.
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RootsCamp is our signature community event, bringing together organizers from across issues and around the country to learn, celebrate, and grow together.
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On February 16-17, 2012, we're convening organizers from around the country who are focused on engaging the Emerging Majority in the American political process through voter registration. Voter Registration RootsCamp is an un-conference, driven by participants. Come prepared to share your work, and learn from others in the field.
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Do you have what it takes to manage data for a top-tier political campaign or issue organization? Modern organizing relies on data and technology to inform action strategies. This is the opportunity for aspiring political data managers to learn the tools of the trade. From setting goals and measuring progress, to targeting voters for field programs, to using data to drive decision-making, this 5-day course will equip students to manage data programs for electoral or advocacy organizations.
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This course dives into the core elements of building and leading an engagement organizing campaign. You'll learn valuable skills that can be applied online and offline to engage others around shared values, build interdependent teams, create dynamic strategies, and mobilize people through meaningful action. Participants in this course will develop and lead an engagement organizing project intended to achieve an outcome by the end of the course.
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