Resource Library

About Sister District

• Sister District Press Releases and Coverage
• How to Donate
• Sister District Volunteer 2023 One Pager
• Unofficial Sister Races
• Sister District Summit
• Local Team Communications
• Sister District Directory
• 2023 Sister District Strategy
• Candidate Selection Process
• 2022 Impact Report
• Who Do I Ask About…?
• Schedule of Calls and Trainings
• Sample In-Person Event Sign-In Form
• Video: Anat Shenker-Osario Keynote Address 2021 Summit
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SDAN

• About SDAN
• Postcard Postmark Study
• Compiled Volunteer and Voter Engagement Results
• Two Primaries Voter Education Postcard Study
• Voter Registration Postcards
• Field Activities Research
• Sister District State Bridges Program
• Sister District State Power Series

Team Leadership

• HQL Updates

  • HQL Update 11.30.23
  • HQL Update 11.16.23
  • 2023 Special Pre-Election HQL Update 11.3.23
  • HQL Update 10.26.23
  • HQL Update 10.12.23
  • HQL Update 9.28.23
  • HQL Update 9.14.23
  • HQL Update 8.31.23
  • HQL Update 8.17.23
  • HQL Update 8.3.23
  • HQL Update 7.20.23
  • HQL Update 7.6.23
  • HQL Update 6.22.23
  • HQL Update 6.8.23
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• Organizing Your Sister District Leadership Team
• Tips for Leadership Development
• Sister District Sacramento – Leader Tasks, Roles, Structure 2021

Volunteer Recruitment

• Getting to a Person's Why
• How-to Guide: Recruit and Retain Strong Volunteers
• How to Guide: Welcome Wagon
• Volunteer Recruitment By Phone
• 2021 Hard Ask Memo
• Case Study: Follow Up and Thank Volunteers
• How to Guide: Text Reminders
• Article: Call (or text) Your Girlfriend
• 2023 Recruitment Messaging Memo
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Affiliates and Partnerships

• How to: Inclusive Partnerships
• Become a Sister District Affiliate
• Affiliate Interest Form
• Progressive Coalition with Sister District Puget Sound

Tech Tools

• How To: Mobilize
• How-to Guide: Action Network
• How To Guide: Email Editor
• How to Guide: Team Fundraising Dashboard
• How To Guide: Text Recruitment with Hustle
• Sister District Image and Video Asset Library
• Newsletter Example Library
• Increased Email and Text Blast Cadence 
• Memo: How Email Editors Can Promote Phonebank Programs
• Video: Newsletter Email Template Training with Taylor Hogeland
• Video: 3/21/21 Email Training with Taylor Hogeland
• VIDEO: 2023 Action Network Layout Training with Leif Warren
• Security Best Practices
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Disclaimers and Compliance

• 2023 Virginia Volunteer Compliance Guide
• Email Disclaimers for 2023 Candidates
• California Volunteer Fundraising Guidelines

Voter Contact

• Sister District Guide for Phonebankers
• Recruiting First-Time Phonebankers
• How to Guide: Postcarding
• Postcards vs. Phonebanking
• Postcarding Research
• Canvass Training Guide
• Canvassing Research

Fundraising

• Fundraising Guide
• Early Money: What, Why, and How
• Virtual Fundraiser Step-by-Step Guide
• How To Guide: Treasurer
• How to Donate
• How To Guide: Candidate & Special Guest Fundraisers
• Fundraising Donation Menu
• Host A Friendraiser!
• How to Guide: Friendraiser Events
• How To Guide: 24 Hr Fundraising Blitz
• How to Guide: Thank and Re-solicit Donors
• Candidate Appearance Request Guide
• 2023 Virginia Volunteer Compliance Guide
• All About "AuctionsBlue" Fundraisers
• Article: Sponsor a Phonebanker by South Bay LA
• Send a Fundraising Email to Friends!
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Candidate Appearances

• How To Guide: Candidate & Special Guest Fundraisers
• Sample 45min Agenda For Virtual Event with Guest(s)
• Candidate Appearance Request Guide
• 2023 Candidate Appearance Request Form

Forms

• ActBlue Link Request Form
• Affiliate Interest Form
• Directory Update Form
• Alternative Donation Reporting Form
• Volunteer Reimbursement Request Form
• Sister District Donations Refcode Update Request
• Request for Event Promotion on Social Media
• Action Network: Remove Yourself from the Global Block List
• 2023 Candidate Appearance Request Form
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Social Media

• How to Guide: Social Media Lead
• Sister District Brand Guidelines
• Article: Dealing with Trolls and Bots on Social Media
• Social Squad Program Guide
• Request for Event Promotion on Social Media
• Submit a Video for Sister District Social Media
• Submit a Blog Post for sisterdistrict.com
• Sister District Image and Video Asset Library
• 2023 Wave 1 Candidates Social Squad Messaging
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Volunteer Success Stories: Coalitions and Recruitment

• Progressive Coalition with Sister District Puget Sound
• Confronting Anti-Black Racism Series with Sister District Sacramento
• Send A Weekly Newsletter to Phonebankers, Sister District Portland 2020
• Sister District Sonoma County East, Phone Calls Boost Event Attendance!
• My Experience as an Organizing Fellow

Volunteer Success Stories: Phonebanking

• Sister District Sacramento's "Phonomenal" Phonebankers!
• Adopting A Recurring Phonebank in 2020 – Sister District EUG
• Phonebank Battle Oregon vs East Bay
• Special Election Phonebank Recruitment with Sister District NYC
• Special Election Phonebank Recruitment with Sister District MA-RI
• 2020 Virtual Phonebanking with Sister District Greater Chicago
• New Phonebanker Says: This Works!
• Video: Phonebanking Success Stories Panel Sister District 2021 Summit

Volunteer Success Stories: Fundraising

• Cultivating a Donor with Sister District Eugene
• Rachel Madan Making the Ask at the 2021 SDP Summit
• NYC Donor Reengagement and Matching Recruitment
• Portland 24hr Fundraising Blitz
• CA-3 Matching Donation Blitz
• The Power of Friendraisers SD Portland 2020
• Ice Cream Social Friendraiser Scoops Big Dollars
• Sister District Portland Eastside Hosting a Zoom Friendraiser
• Old-Timey Jam Friendraiser with Sister District Puget Sound
• Portland Eastside Red Wine for a Blue Wave
• Virtual Trivia Fundraiser with Sister District Coastal Los Angeles
• Virtual Bingo Fundraiser with Sister District Hartford County
• Yoga Fundraiser with Sister District Portland Eastside
• Webinar Fundraiser feat. Historian Jim Banner with Sister District South Loop and More
• 2020 Candidate Appearance Fundraiser with Sister District SF
• Candidate Appearance Fundraiser with Sister District Madison
• 2020 Candidate Appearance Fundraiser with Sister District CA Peninsula
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