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FEC Reporting Made Easy (or at least easier), Part II
Benjamin A. Katz
While good campaign management software can make it easier to file FEC reports (see
A few simple checks will help keep you out of trouble and avoid the need to file amendments of FEC reports.
Not All Elections End on Election Day
Jim L. Burdge
As campaign consultants we must offer our clients more than just the usual fare of voter targeting, issue research, polling, message crafting, and all the nuts and bolts of campaigning.
We must be aware of the election laws and the procedures used by local election officials to conduct the elections and enforce these laws. In close elections, the consultant must be ever vigilant for anomalies and obvious changes in voter patterns on a precinct-by-precinct basis.
A case in point is a recent elect
Media Tours Are Key to Organizational Messaging
Al Madison
At its essence successful public relations is all about story telling -- and every campaign or non-profit, no matter who they may be, has a great story to tell. It may take a while to identify and massage your campaign’s story and it may also take some practice to refine delivering the messages and preparing for questions, but once you’ve settled on the dimensions of your story and who is best equipped to tell it, then it becomes very important to determine which audiences and supporters you need to influence who needs to hear and understand your story.
Need Help in Your Campaign? May be the Time to Hire a Political Coach
Donna Zajonc
I am often asked to explain what a political leadership coach is and why it is an emerging specialty within the coaching profession. The practice and art of political leadership coaching is born out of the need to support public leaders as they traverse the highly challenging issues during these polarizing and partisan times.
Political coaches are not pollsters, consultants or strategists zeroing in on the next election plan. Rather, nonpartisan political coaches have a one-on-one relationship with a political candidate or elected official that equips them with the perso
New Media Is Driving Politics Into The Unknown Zone
Joe Rothstein
Technology is changing the way we work, shop, bank, exercise and most other areas of life.; Why would we expect political campaigns to be immune?
It’s been 30 years since Robert Redford played the role of Bill McKay in “The Candidate,” which accurately represented what was then a whole new political form:
Polling for message+Poll-Driven TV spots+saturation TV buys+clever press manipulation. That’s the way statewide campaigns and many congressional and municipal races have been run ever since.
But now we are seeing a new formula at work
Overcome your Fears & Become a Great Speaker
Randall P. Whatley
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860
You are already a great speaker. You give great presentations every day.
Think about how often you successfully communicate your ideas to loved ones, co-workers, or acquaintances. You make a simple point. You choose language that they understand and to which they can relate. You answer their objections satisfactorily. You close with them agreeing to do something you want them to do. You just employed the great elements of a successful speech.
Then you are asked to speak to 15 people about a s