Tweak the Town Hall Meeting

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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.

• Example: 2^nd Sundays at 2.

Where: Free is best! Some of these may have a small charge.

• Public Facilities:
  • Libraries
  • City Hall conference rooms
  • School or college libraries, cafeterias, gymnasiums
• Businesses:
  • Any space with a separate room:
    • Grocery store deli seating area (our favorite!)
    • Coffee shop
    • Restaurant
    • Bar
      • Food-based locations: Be a good guest. Purchase food/drink from them.
    • Large office lobbies or conference rooms
• Churches:
  • Sanctuary
  • Fellowship Hall
  • Classroom

What to Bring:

1. Wear a branded shirt or nametag
2. Blank nametags
3. Sharpie marker, pens
4. Clipboard for sign-in sheets with your logo (or an iPad with a Google Form).
   1. Columns for:
      1. Name
      2. Email address
      3. Residential address
      4. Checkbox to request a yard sign.
   2. Current campaign or official literature, tchotchkes
   3. Lemonade or iced tea and cookies
      1. Cups and napkins

Signage: Post yard signs outside the event location 15 minutes beforehand. Remove them afterward.

Awareness: Advertise!

1. Local newspaper: Inform local reporters
2. Email newsletter (of course!)
3. Text invitation to voters
4. City/County/School/PTA/Social or Civic organization newsletters
5. HOA newsletters
6. Social media networks
7. Recruit a friend to take photos of the event, candids with constituents, etc.

Publicly thank the facility/manager/owner for use of the space and ask attendees to patronize the business/organization.

Happy serving!