1 stone… er… email During this year’s S60S challenge, this space will be used to detail civic engagement concepts directly related to the challenge Bingo card, interspersed with other S60S concepts from time to time. This week you can kill three birds with one stone! Many legislatures begin their meetings (legislative session) at the beginning of the calendar year. This …
Contest: 2024 Serve60Sharp Challenge
There will be prizes. Happy New Year: We skipped last week, so now we get 120 seconds of your time for this important announcement! 2024 is a big year for anyone in the political arena – which is ALL OF US!! It’s our year. It’s your year. It’s our future’s year. It’s democracy’s year. Let’s get to work and recommit …
Town Hall 4-FS 🤦♀️
When a Town Hall goes sideways… For those of you still reading… Merlot is still yummy! The mere mention and your stomach turns #amiright? We compiled 20 years of experience and tons of resources. Here are the best actions when an event erupts (click these links for specifics!): The folks at SGR had great resource in their newsletter a couple weeks ago, titled …
Town Hall Q&A
It doesn’t have to be scary! We get it. Not every incumbent or candidate is comfortable with opening up free-fire questions to a room full of strangers. Insert blatant self-promotion here: Rule #1: Use a relationship tracking tool like VoteSharp to improve your relationships with voters so the attendees at your Town Halls become friends – or at least not strangers. …
Town Hall How-Two
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 …