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Posted by | June 15, 2020
The Power of the Pod: Activism, Movement Building and Fundraising through Podcasting

Podcasting is the fastest growing digital media platform in terms of audience reach and revenue growth. This training will cover end-to-end podcast production with a concentration on the technical aspects...

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Posted by | June 15, 2020
When Preparation Meets Opportunity: A Simulation on Rapid Response Communication

Crisis communications is usually viewed as responding to negative events, but the same principles apply to situations you can leverage to advance your cause. Progressive advocates and candidates can expect...

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How Stories Can Change Minds: Going Beyond “Me, Us, and Now”

Storytelling is a powerful tool in advocacy and organizing. You don’t overturn systems of power by spewing facts and figures alone. But do you know how these stories can change...

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Organizing Through Our Stories

Group decisions are infinitely more powerful, yet difficult to create. Our job as community organizers and leaders is to create and curate groups that will take action together to create...

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Storytelling with Data: How to Create Insights from Data to Win Campaigns

Understanding how to communicate data effectively is a critical skill, especially when it comes to inspiring voters to support a candidate. This training will help you learn how to generate...

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On the Margins: Mutual Aid as a Means to Combat Gentrification

Black Americans experience homelessness at disproportionate rates because they are the individuals most harmed by the impacts of white supremacy. Gentrification, a byproduct of white supremacy, has created an epidemic...

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Breaking Up With the White Moderate Once and for All

Fifty-seven years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote that the "white moderate" is the biggest obstacle to black freedom. This training, by a white anti-racist educator, focuses on the...

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Creating a Campaign Plan in 60 Minutes

In this interactive and improvisational simulation, participants will work together to build a strategic campaign plan for a hypothetical candidate. Working from a jointly created set of factors (What's the...

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Women Run Campaigns: The Fundamentals of Running a Successful Campaign

The Women Run Campaigns training is made for and by women—as well as other gender minorities, including trans-feminine, gender nonconforming, and non-binary folks—to give them the knowledge, skills and confidence...

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Open Call: Best Practices for Using Data and Models

Do you have questions about the best ways to use models? We'll teach you the fundamentals you should know: how models are constructed, how they should (and shouldn't!) be used,...

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