Training Volunteers and Organizers

Ten design tips for persuasive storytelling. BECOME A POLL WORKER case study.

Our democracy depends on ordinary people who make sure elections run smoothly and everyone’s vote is counted. Make sure we have safe, fair, and efficient elections for all. Become a poll worker. Power the Polls recruits poll workers to ensure a safe, fair election for all voters. It uses data on poll worker requirements from Work …

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Extremism is cancer to democracy. A few malignant cells spread and infect others till the healthy body dies.

Political extremism spreads like cancer. Watch for these symptoms warns Lincoln Project advisor.

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Technology, Software, and Apps, Training Volunteers and Organizers, Zoom presentations / By Deepak Puri

Political extremism spreads like cancer on democracy. A few malignant cells infect others till the body dies. Watch for these symptoms. Trygve Olson has trained thousands of activists in forty countries with International Republican Institute (IRI) to build democracies. As a Senior Lincoln Project Advisor, he now trains Americans about political extremism. How do people …

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Story of self is a technique used by community organizers to build rapport and mobilize others to join their cause by sharing their personal story of what inspired them to take action.

Organizing? First build trust by sharing your story.

Leave a Comment / Messaging, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Training Volunteers and Organizers / By Deepak Puri

Good organizers build trust before asking others for their support. How? Personal storytelling. Organizers share their own personal stories to quickly establish rapport and mobilize others to support their cause. “Their story presents a specific challenge they faced, the choice they made about how to deal with the challenge, and the outcome. The story invites …

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Use design thinking to improvise solutions for disaster response

Improvise solutions with design thinking

Leave a Comment / Disaster Response, Technology, Software, and Apps, Training Volunteers and Organizers / By Deepak Puri

Floods and power blackouts in the middle of a pandemic. That’s Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Every disaster is unique and demands its own solution. How does a newly assembled team with limited time and resources quickly choose the best approach to a crisis when lives and property are at stake? Design thinking. …

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Activists fight voter suppression with relational organizing

Indivisible Michigan fights Republican voter suppression with relational organizing

Leave a Comment / Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, Training Volunteers and Organizers, Vote count and election integrity, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

‘Michigan GOP plans “shocking” scheme to ram through voting restrictions‘ – Salon “Republicans state legislators in Michigan have already introduced 39 bills that restrict citizens’ voting rights and harm election administration. Republicans do not have the votes to override the veto but would instead pursue a scheme to use the state’s citizen initiative process to …

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Speak truth to power but remember to first practice your lines

Speak truth to power, but first practice your lines.

Leave a Comment / Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Training Volunteers and Organizers, Virtual Fundraising and Events, Zoom presentations / By Deepak Puri

There are few chances to speak truth to power. Make the most of them. Help your supporters make the most of their turn in the spotlight at townhalls and virtual events. Share talking points with them in the free BigStage Teleprompter app so they can practice with a scrolling script. A teleprompter is easier to …

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Make a bigger impact on Zoom with a backdrop and onscreen teleprompter

Make a bigger impact on Zoom with a good background and free on-screen teleprompter

Leave a Comment / Training Volunteers and Organizers, Zoom presentations / By Deepak Puri

Make a bigger impact on Zoom with a background to reinforce your message and a free teleprompter to stay on script. Have an important message to share on Zoom? Don’t squander the opportunity on a background picture of a beach or a bookshelf. Make the most of your screen time with a background that highlights …

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Activists mobilize supporters for HR1 by canvassing on FaceTime with the BigStage Teleprompter app

Canvassing for H.R. 1 over Facetime

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Training Volunteers and Organizers, Uncategorized, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

How do you bring the personal appeal of in-person canvassing online? How can volunteers be more persuasive with a good script? Use FaceTime with an onscreen teleprompter. Activists are mobilizing supporters for H.R. 1, For The People Act, by canvassing over FaceTime with the free BigStage Teleprompter app. Activists read from a scrolling script on …

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Paid fellowships bring innovation to grassroots groups

Leave a Comment / Training Volunteers and Organizers, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Students For Justice offers paid internships for college student to learn new apps and help nonprofits and advocacy groups apply them to make a bigger impact with less money.

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Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Training Volunteers and Organizers, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

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