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I attended the East Bay CA, DFA training in March, 2008 and video taped the first 11 or so hours of the training. After talking with DFA Training Director, Matt Blizek, we decided to place these sections online. Below is a 10 minute introduction I edited together and 9 of the unedited training sections. Enjoy. Edwin Rutsch
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Training Introduction Video
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Video By Edwin Rutsch
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| Time | Session | Trainer | ||
| Training Introduction Video on Youtube | ||||
| Training Introduction Video on Google Video | ||||
| 8:00 – 9:00 |
Setup |
Volunteers | ||
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration |
Volunteers | ||
| 9:00 – 9:15 9:15 – 9:30 |
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Kickoff
with: Jim Dean, Charlie Brown, Arshad Hasan + Training Overview & Homework Assignments (41 min) |
Matt Blizek | |
| 9:30 – 11:30 |
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Your Field Plan: Vote Goals, Targeting,
and Field Strategy (1 hr 30 min) |
Michael Cook Matt Blizek |
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| 11:30 – 11:40 |
Break |
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| 11:40 – 12:30 |
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Building Your Activist Base
(45 min) |
Matt Blizek | |
| 12:30 – 1:25 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 – 5:50 |
Sessions Rotating Sessions: Trainees
divide into |
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| 1:30 – 2:25 |
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Timelines and Benchmarks
( 46 min) |
Matt Blizek | |
| 2:30 – 3:25 |
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Developing a Message (56 min) |
Jamal Simmons | |
| 3:30 – 3:45 | Break time | |||
| 3:50 – 4:45 |
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Fundraising (52 min) |
Don Weigel | |
| 4:50 – 5:45 |
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Voter Contact: Tactical Overview (55 min) |
Michael Cook | |
| 5:45-6:00 | Wrap up Matt Blizek | |||
| Please complete evaluations throughout the day. | ||||
| Sunday | ||||
| Time | Session | Trainer | ||
| 9:00 – 9:45 |
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Setup & Homework Assignment Help (22 min) |
Volunteers | |
| 9:45 –10:35 |
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Get
out the Vote (60 min) |
Michael Cook Matt Blizek |
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| 10:35 –10:50 |
Break |
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| 10:55 –11:55 | Working with the Media | Jamal Simmons | ||
| Fundraising: House Parties | Don Weigel | |||
| 12:00– 1:05 |
Lunch |
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| 1:05 – 5:00 |
Elective Sessions: Trainees choose which
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| Drawing Contrasts w/ Your Opponent | Jamal Simmons | |||
| Voter Contact: Running a Canvass or Phonebank | Michael Cook | |||
| Volunteer Management and Leadership Development | Matt Blizek | |||
| Precinct Organizing | Martha Gamez & Arshad Hasan |
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| Fundraising: Call Time | Don Weige | |||
| Issue Advocacy | Maya Enista | |||
| 4:35 – 5:30 | Online Organizing | Maya Enista | ||
| 5:45 – 6:00 | Evaluations and Wrap up. | Matt Blizek | ||
| 6:00 | Take Back Your Country | Trained Activists | ||
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Please complete evaluations and remember
to turn |
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