Time: 1:30 - 4:30
Location: Van Ness (Address to be provided to RSVPs - ample street parking available and metro accessible)
Who should attend:
This day is for "preparing members who already have experience leading and/or launching a canvass to mentor and train new folks to lead their own canvasses within the electoral working group. You will be expected to attend at least part of the second day (February 1) to help train new volunteers and DSA members to become canvass leads themselves!
Goal:
To motivate, prepare, and skill up experienced organizers/canvassers into leadership roles. We’re training the trainers!
Training topics include:
Distributed organizing: How to train others and the DSA engagement pipeline
Developing a coaching mentality (with demos and practice)
Why debriefs matter and how to recruit your team for future canvasses
Identifying and developing new leaders
Understanding door numbers, turf, and overall campaign strategy
Overview of how Metro DC DSA will promote and run canvasses across multiple endorsed candidates