Panels and training sessions starred political directors and digital gurus from the Democratic National Committee, Planned Parenthood, NextGen Climate, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who walked audience members — many
of them field organizers and young digital staffers from various midterm races — through the micro-tactics that worked in 2014 and the ones that didn't.
But something else to consider — now we have a whole new cadre
of field organizers trained to work in their own communities to make things happen.
This is an actual resume example
of a Field Organizer who works in the Legal Secretaries Industry.
Not exact matches
As the
field organizer in both parts
of Vancouver and Burnaby, I listened to dozens
of members
of the public voice their concerns to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project Ministerial Panel.
He helped launch 270 Strategies after serving most recently as the National
Field Director for the 2012 re-election campaign
of President Barack Obama, where he had primary responsibility for building a nationwide army
of staff and volunteer
organizers.
When
organizers started thinking about the December exercise, Rainier War based at McChord
Field of Joint Base Lewis - McChord, they looked to recent events for inspiration.
The prayer vigil had been scheduled for a
field 30 miles outside
of the city at «Campus Fidei,» or faith
field, but
organizers had to move events to Rio because
of flooding.
My friends who work in scientific
fields were aghast when they saw that the
organizers of a planned «March for Science» had tweeted that «colonization, racism, immigration, native rights, sexism, ableism, queer -, trans -, intersex - phobia, & econ justice are scientific issues [black power....
As much as Ridgewell deserved to be benched and Tuiloma has played well enough to keep his spot (outside
of two forgivable moments), w / o Ridgy we do not have anyone on the
field who is a good, vocal
organizer.
Volunteer
organizers of the proposed Lake in the Hills park district already have persuaded the Village Board to commit $ 547,000 over two years to develop ball
fields for young athletes.
As in past cycles, I've seen a number
of posts for finance directors,
field directors,
field organizers / canvassers and campaign managers.
Our friends over at SalsaLabs have launched a new online advocacy how - to site called Advocacy Unleashed, which sounds a little like a bad movie sequel about a vengeful community
organizer but is actually a very nice collection
of articles about our favorite
field, digital politics.
Wellstone will provide a home for NOI's broad community
of practitioners and power key elements
of NOI's core programs, such as intensive, cohort - based skills training for emerging digital
organizers and data managers looking to start careers in the
field (known as Data and Digital BootCamps); shorter - form skills trainings that have been effective in helping established practitioners take their work to the next level; and events like RootsCamp, an «unconference» that provides key networking, best - practice sharing, and skills development for the progressive data and digital communities.
Tuesday, I'll be going over the essentials
of online advocacy communications for a group
of manufacturing - union
field organizers, and later in the week I'll lead a breakout session on similar topics at a conference
of community arts organizations at the Kennedy Center.
Rob Miller, Wilson's 2010 Democratic opponent, is rapidly closing in on a $ 1,000,000 haul, a ridiculous amount
of money for a congressional challenger to have on hand a year out (hint: if you're an out -
of - work Democratic
field organizer with a Southern accent, give ol' Rob a call).
Also note the end
of Jose's piece, in which he quotes an Obama supporter who started out supporting him online and is now a regional
field organizer in California.
On other fronts, campaign's media consultant can produce online video clips, though they'll have to adapt to a very different world than that
of campaign commercials, and
field organizers can embrace Facebook and other social networks as well as cell phones and text messaging.
It allows
organizers in the
field to keep your supporters involved in a canvas or lets remote supporters to find out what's going on through the use
of a campaign - specific hashtag and twit pics along with shout - out updates, etc..
This past Saturday saw the latest running
of the lefty online organizing bulls — the New Organizing Institute's regular post-election RootsCamp, which brings Democratic and progressive
field organizers and online staff from around the country in for a mass de-brief.
We can assume that most
of the paid staff are
field organizers and data analysts, many
of whom will parachute into battleground states to work the final weeks before Election Day.
How the Obama
field operation organized their volunteer teams deserves special mention, in part because their grassroots GOTV technology depended on it and also because it provides an excellent model for community - based
organizers of all flavors.
His pedigree includes organizing campaigns ranging from Florida — where he was named one
of the top 10
field organizers for President Obama's reelection campaign — to NYC serving as Deputy Campaign manager for Peter Vallone Jr's.
More important, the program fed data up the chain
of command to paid
field organizers, regional managers, and back to Chicago, so that the campaign could measure the performance
of its
field operation in real time.
Instead, in this case, the message asks recipients to send a note
of support to a Democratic local
organizer, using a national party
field staff conference as a hook.
She's been using one to shoot videos
of her kid, but she immediately saw the usefulness for online advocacy, particularly for
field organizers or campaign volunteers.
Ours is a people - centered, data - driven campaign that has built small, manageable neighborhood teams run by talented volunteers and supported by amazing
field organizers who know the exact number
of votes they need to win in their precincts.
Technology helps, in big ways and little: grassroots data tools like the VAN let
organizers get moving as soon as they hit the ground, and even something as simple as VOIP and cell phones take away some
of the logistical hassle
of setting up
field offices.
AG Eric Schneiderman just announced his second round
of appointments to key staff positions, tapping some veteran political hands and also a top union
organizer who handled
field for the state Democratic Party's coordinated campaign this fall.
A political campaign is a complex beast: from messaging to fundraising to
field, campaign
organizers have a huge number
of parts to build, integrate and coordinate.
The incident could pose a devastating setback for Sanders so close to the start
of the Democratic primary: Until access is restored to the NGP VAN, the candidate's
organizers will have to perform the basic functions
of the
field program — phone banks, voter contact, visibility — without an electronic system centralizing their efforts.
Again, it's tempting to think
of Obama's impressive
field campaign and his online organizing programs as separate — the 2,500 +
field organizers and volunteer neighborhood teams on one side, the online activists using MyBarackObama.com to set up discussion groups and events on the other.
The coalition, Housing Justice for All, will also be launching digital and print ads,
field work and holding town halls at the start
of the new legislative session,
organizers said.
Thousands
of charter school students on 450 buses, along with their parents and teachers, came to the Capitol for a rally that was billed by
organizers as a school
field trip.
Mayer took the nomination over a
field of candidates that included Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick and former Bernie Sanders
organizer and White Plains resident, Kat Brezler, as well as Mark Jaffe
of West Harrison.
Organizer's mobile app, Electionear, might be exciting to campaigners — but it's not the first incursion
of mobile technology into
field canvassing.
2008, then worked on Obama for America starting as a
field organizer, then director
of operations for the Texas State Convention team, and in the Fall as deputy political director on the Florida Campaign for Change.
(June 2015)
Field organizer for the League
of Conservation Voters in the Cedar Rapids area, May 2014 - May 2015.
Out
of State
Field Organizers: Jensen Cook, Katy Hellman, Casey Pease, Sam Underwood, Gillian Ganesan, Jordan Renouf.
Field organizer for the League
of Conservation Voters in Des Moines from Sept. 2014.
Jimmy Dahman, a Clinton
field organizer in Iowa and then Ohio, has launched TownHallProject.com — where he and a team
of volunteers have made a point
of tracking every town hall, coffee meeting or other opportunity for constituents to reach their congressional delegation.
Elvin Garcia has worked for Friends
of Brook Park, an environmental justice organization, as a community representative for New York State Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo, as a
field organizer for Obama's re-election campaign in 2012 and then as a Community Affairs Representative for State Senator Gustavo Rivera.
Field organizers with significant political background have been hired in the targeted states to coordinate with the heads
of state parties to release «report cards» on a handful
of members
of Congress.
Under the supervision
of the governor's staff, the groups intend to raise more than $ 1 million for a media blitz, hire a powerful political consultant close to the Cuomo administration and deploy
field organizers to the districts
of more than a dozen key lawmakers to drum up support, according to interviews with those involved in the effort.
Ruben, a long - time political
organizer, aided in the establishment
of the group's
field organizing program, and headed the 2006 «Call for Change» campaign that facilitated in the election
of a Democratic congressional majority, and served as a supervisor for two years in MoveOn's issue campaigns.
Construction
of the center — dubbed the Astin Jacobo Center after the neighborhood
organizer who created the baseball
fields there — will cost them approximately $ 66 million.
The original
field of 136 experimental vehicles vying for a $ 10 million prize in Progressive Insurance's Automotive X PRIZE competition has been whittled down to just nine finalists, competition
organizers said Tuesday.
Pictured on the bottom right is Douglas Day, CU researcher and
organizer of the
field campaign.
Below, with permission, we reprint an e-mail to ScienceInsider from Chris
Field, one
of three co-chairs
of the next IPCC report, and a response from Congress
organizer Katherine Richardson
of the University
of Copenhagen.
The
field where the coins were discovered (left) first attracted the interest
of metal detector enthusiast and event
organizer Peter Welch (right) through Google Earth satellite imagery
of the location, which clearly showed a ridge and furrow pattern indicative
of medieval - era plowing.
The
organizer of the Copenhagen Climate Congress, held earlier this month, debates with Stanford University ecologist Chris
Field whether the event exaggerated the scientific consensus.