Get it? How-To? Is there such a thing as mom jokes? Now that you’ve planned the perfect Town Hall, what’s next? What do you DO? We recommend planning for one hour – half your time and half Q&A. Here’s an outline for your part of that time. Under each heading above, be sure you’re answering the What’s In It For Me …
Tweak the Town Hall Meeting
Fun & Friendly > Stuffy & Boring Town Hall meetings are a public service must-do. Incumbents should be doing them – and if they aren’t – there’s a vacuum for candidates to fill! When: Monthly or Quarterly. Create a standing meeting time/day. Where: Free is best! Some of these may have a small charge. What to Bring: Signage: Post yard signs outside the …
Announcing Serve60Sharp
Translating Politics Into English in 60 seconds – sharp. As an email newsletter aficionado, I subscribe to many. Most are aggregators of other news outlets or letters, and have one thing in common: TL:DR. It means Too Long, Didn’t Read. So many organizations try to be all things to all readers, or provide all resources to a subset of people …
5W-H: How?
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Welcome to the sixth in our 6.5-part series on the 5Ws & an H of running for office. We’ve jumbled up the typical “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” into the chronology of how those questions should play out in politics: Why, Where, What, Who, …
5W-H: When (FREEBIE)
Calendars, Timelines, and Deadlines, OH MY! Welcome to the fifth in our 6.5-part series on the 5Ws & an H of running for office. We’ve jumbled up the typical “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” into the chronology of how those questions should play out in politics: Why, Where, What, Who, When, and How. Here’s our When… When are the meetings? …
5W-H: Who?
Depending on the question… Whom? Welcome to the Fourth in our 6.5-part series on the 5Ws & an H of running for office. We’ve jumbled up the typical “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” into the chronology of how those questions should play out in politics: Why, Where, What, Who, When, and How. Welcome to our Who… Who currently holds the …
5W-H: What.5? (FREEBIE)
.5 newsletter, full size checklist. Welcome to the “point five” addition to our series on the 5Ws & an H of running for office. We’ve jumbled up the typical “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” into the chronology of how those questions should play out in politics: Why, Where, What, Who, When, and How. Welcome to our What-point-five… “Point five” is …
5W-H: What?
Welcome to the third in our 6-part series on the 5Ws & an H of running for office. We’ve jumbled up the typical “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” into the chronology of how those questions should play out in politics: Why, Where, What, Who, When, and How. Welcome to our What… The previous post about “Where” dovetails perfectly into this …
5W-H: Where?
Waldo? Bueller? Welcome to the second in our 6-part series on the 5Ws & an H of running for office. We’ve jumbled up the typical “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” into the chronology of how those questions should play out in politics: Why, Where, What, Who, When, and How. Welcome to our Where… Where do you live? The Why now …