Strategy and Power Mapping
Thursday, November 9, 2023

8-9:30PM eastern / 7-8:30PM central / 5-6:30PM pacific

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This training will teach you:

• The important difference between strategies and tactics
• How to use power mapping, an important tool for developing strategy
• How to assess your current power and influence realistically
• How to develop a plan to “move the map,” building your campaign’s power
• How to turn that plan into a powerful strategy to win!

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Planning a Campaign
Thursday, November 16, 2023

8:00-9:00PM eastern / 7:00-8:00PM central / 5:00-6:00PM pacific

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A good follow-up to our “Strategy and Power Mapping” training, this workshop walks you through the nuts and bolts of planning and executing an organizing campaign. We discuss how to pick the most effective tactics, how to escalate your campaign, and how to deal with a range of unique situations (such as organizing allies, or those who are strongly opposed to us).

This workshop picks up where the Strategy training leaves off, assuming that you’ve selected a campaign as a stepping-stone of a longer-term strategy, and that your campaign has a clear decision-maker you’re trying to influence.

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Connecting With Your Base
Thursday, November 30, 2023

8:00-9:00PM eastern / 7:00-8:00PM central / 5:00-6:00PM pacific

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To accomplish the goal of revolutionizing the US healthcare system, we are going to need to build power, and the best way we know how to do that is through grassroots organizing. Organizing is all about fostering long-term relationships between people with shared values, so connecting with others who support a just and equitable healthcare system is the first step! In this workshop, we’ll go over recruitment strategies, the art of the one-on-one organizing conversation, and how to engage others so that they can also grow and become leaders in our movement. All levels of experience are welcome, from folks who are new to organizing to more experienced folks who want a refresher on basic organizing skills.

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Campaign Culture and Structure
Thursday, December 7, 2023

8-9 PM eastern / 7-8 PM central / 5-6 PM pacific

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Strategy and tactics are the "sexy" elements of building a social movement - they are how David beats Goliath by building power and using it smartly. But often grassroots organizations and campaigns fall short not because they lack a good strategy, but because of internal issues, such as:

• Suffering from infighting;
• A small # of people doing most of the work, while others offer their opinions;
• New activists don't find clear roles waiting for them, and tend to quickly disappear;
• Existing leaders who are allowed to be disrespectful, sexist, or racist; or
• Being a volunteer just isn't fun or enjoyable!

In this workshop we'll talk about the under-appreciated, but incredibly important world of building internal culture and structure within a grassroots organization or campaign!

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