Case Study: Phonebank Battle Oregon vs East Bay
Jordan H., who leads a weekly phonebank for Oregon teams, had an idea — what if we do something fun like a friendly challenge with another Sister District team to help us boost our programs?
Reach Out and Touch Someone (by Phone)
Our phone contact rate is up nearly 50% from the average for all of last year. The high contact rate tells us something about this moment: volunteers want to connect.
Tips and Tricks for Making Your Virtual Parties More Fun
From tiny desk concerts to remote yoga classes, some fun ideas to bring a little pizazz to your virtual events while we adapt to social distancing.
Creative Organizing During a Pandemic
Our top 7 recommendations for staying healthy, sane, and still getting Democrats elected during the coronavirus outbreak.
No app can replace good old-fashioned organizing
This week, the much-anticipated Iowa caucuses marked the formal start of the 2020 presidential cycle. But the night was marred by the failure of a mobile app that was intended to facilitate gathering and announcing caucus results. In the end, the caucus leaders had to revert to the tried-and-true method of calling in their results […]
Winter is Coming: On “Off” Cycle Organizing
One of the key items in our Winter Action Guide is around establishing/solidifying leadership roles and structures for 2020. It’s early yet, but many of you have hosted or are about to host debrief and planning meetings! By way of surfacing examples and ideas between teams, we thought we’d share illustrations from Sister District Sacramento and Sister District Fairfield County.
Portland Party: Recap
On Saturday, September 7 leaders of the Portland Eastside and Portland Westside teams held their first joint all-volunteer event with special guest Sister District Executive Director and Co-Founder Rita Bosworth. Read the recap and see photos from the event!
