Bell County Texas Democratic Women

TRAINING

 

 

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE

Link: https://traindemocrats.org/

You are the change your community needs. Whether you want to run for office, work on a campaign, or drive progressive values through local leadership, we are here to provide the tools and training you need to be successful. 24/7 and all for free.

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FIND TRAINING FOR LOCAL LEADERS

 

TEXAS DEMOCRATS

All courses are free of charge, but they do require you to sign in. Simply add them to your cart and check out. Click here for online courses

 

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Facebook Training and Resources Group

 

MESSAGING & SOCIAL MEDIA

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Branding & Messaging Basics

A foundational course; How to access the Texas Democratic Party branding and messaging resources and customize to fit your target audience

txdem.co/BrandingMessaging

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Supplemental Resources:  

• Texas Democratic Party messaging & social media toolkit (updated monthly): txdem.co/comms-toolkit

Texas Democratic Party brand toolkit:txdem.co/branding click “Messaging Memos” for evergreen messaging content

Building Trust Through Difficult Conversations

 

Identifying trust “makers” and trust “breakers” and preparing to address difficult conversations
Slide Deck: txdem.co/DifficultConversations

 

Storytelling

A foundational course; an overview of how to articulate your values in a way that inspires political action for volunteers, donors, and voters

txdem.co/UsingStoriesToConnect

 

Supplemental Resources:

• NDTC Story of Self: https://traindemocrats.org/course/story-of-self/

• Video Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pdPsnyhIWAHI-Ll8cnDqXKcFjmpNsXsYE2HdL-STTEo/edit#

• NTDC Story of Self Handout:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nh6OBer5bi0TQjatF6EeJ-ora9IWRIR-hD4Ihy9Ys6U/edit#

• NDTC Story of Self Feedback Guide:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uq1aJ8-b_5ltUt_No9E1cqEK74g4TfdpnpjV4nZdiEI/edit

 

Digital & Social Media Starter Guide

• Using Social Media (Includes Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter starter guides that are good to revisit even if you already have accounts set up): https://traindemocrats.org/course/using-social-media-platforms/

• NDTC Digital Campaigning: https://traindemocrats.org/course/social-media/

• Bonus resources on this topic:

  • Beginners Guide to Social Media Calendars: https://www.brid.tv/7-steps-to-follow-to-make-a-successful-social-media-calendar/

 

Social Media Ads: Make Your Money Work Smarter Not Harder

How to utilize social media ads to reach your target audience within your budget

txdem.co/DigitalAdsTraining

 

ORGANIZING

 

Organizing Strategy Overview 

An introduction to the purpose and strategy behind organizing

txdem.co/OrganizingStrategyOveriew

 

Supplemental Resources:

• NDTC Vote Goal Calculator: txdem.co/votegoal

• Intro to Gmail, GoogleDocs & GoogleSuite

• How to access, edit, and collaborate using GoogleDocs

txdem.co/IntrotoGoogleDocs

 

Supplemental Resources:

• Step by Step Intro Guide to GoogleSuite: txdem.co/GoogleDocsHowTo

• Maximizing Your Volunteer Network

• A foundational course; How to find, recruit, maintain, and empower your volunteers 

txdem.co/MaximizeVolunteerNetwork

 

Supplemental Resources:

• NDTC Volunteer Training: https://traindemocrats.org/course/11s-and-maximizing-your-volunteer-capacity/

• Running a Block Walk

• A foundational course; Walk through planning and executing your block walk 

txdem.co/RunningABlockWalk

 

Supplemental Resources:  

• A step by step guide on planning and executing your block walk txdem.co/blockwalk

• Recorded “Running a Block Walk” training: txdem.co/blockwalk-training

• To see an example of someone training volunteers that are about to go block walking: Check out the lesson “Demo: Canvass Training”

 

FUNDRAISING

• Grassroots Fundraising Part 1 & 2

• A fundraising guide for finding, persuading, tracking, and building relationships with small dollar ($500 or less) donors

• Slide Deck 1: txdem.co/GrassrootsFundraisingPt1

• Slide Deck 2: txdem.co/GrassrootsFundraisingPt

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• Supplemental Resources:

• NDTC Intro to Fundraising: https://traindemocrats.org/course/intro-to-fundraising/

• NDTC Making the Ask: https://traindemocrats.org/course/making-the-ask-2/

• NDTC Managing Fundraising Data: https://traindemocrats.org/course/managing-your-fundraising-data/

 

DEALING WITH PRESS

 

Navigating Interviews

How to utilize a message box and prepare for interviews 

txdem.co/HowtoNavigateInterviews

 

Supplemental Resources: 

• Interview Prep Worksheet: txdem.co/navigatinginterviews

 

Maximizing Press Connections

• NDTC Press Release/Press Advisory Example: txdem.co/NDTC-Press-Release-Example

• NDTC Press Release Template: txdem.co/NDTC-Press-Release-Template

• NDTC Earned Media Writing Guide: How to get newspapers, radio, and TV stations to cover stories about your candidates and policies: https://traindemocrats.org/course/earned-media-writing-guide-for-political-campaigns/

• Bonus resources on this topic:

  • NDTC Campaign Press Guide: https://traindemocrats.org/course/campaign-style-guides-and-press-kits/

  • NDTC Campaign Communications Strategy: https://traindemocrats.org/course/campaign-communications-strategy/

 

CAMPAIGN STAFF

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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE

 

Link: https://traindemocrats.org/

You are the change your community needs. Whether you want to run for office, work on a campaign, or drive progressive values through local leadership, we are here to provide the tools and training you need to be successful. 24/7 and all for free.

 

Find training for Candidates

 

CANDIDATE TRAINING

 

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE

Link: https://traindemocrats.org/

You are the change your community needs. Whether you want to run for office, work on a campaign, or drive progressive values through local leadership, we are here to provide the tools and training you need to be successful. 24/7 and all for free.

 

Find training for Campaign Staff

 

ARENA

Link: https://www.arena.run/

Arena recruits and trains campaign staff, connect them to promising campaigns, and then support both staff and candidates on the path to victory.

 

ANNIE'S LIST

Link: https://annieslist.com/

Since 2003, Annie's List has recruited, trained, and supported progressive women seeking office at both the state and local levels. During this time they raised $20 Million to support progressive, pro-choice women and have helped them win more than 160 races.  their behalf. When women run, they win. And when they win, we all win.

 

RUN FOR SOMETHING

Link: https://runforsomething.net/

Since launching in January 2017, Run for Something has recruited nearly 100,000 people across all 50 states to run for state or local office. They provide a safety net for new and exciting progressive leaders — at all stages of their journey — helping them run efficient, strategic, grassroots, driven campaigns while feeling supported throughout the process.