T3 Training Program

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Welcome to the Train the Trainer (T3) training program, brought to you by the Best Practices Institute! Through these sessions, you will learn the skills necessary to help support Democratic campaigns in our community. Thank you for your commitment to helping us strengthen our Democratic Party base from the ground up!


Session 1: Overview

Duration: 1:05 hrs.

This session will introduce you to the T3 training program conducted by the DNC Best Practices Institute. This session also covers voter registration resources and begins to dive into relational organizing.

Session 2: Organizing

Duration: 2:05 hrs.

In this session, you will dive into grassroots organizing, voter contact practices, get out the vote efforts, and volunteer recruitment, retention, and management.

Session 3: Digital

Duration: 2:00 hrs.

This session will explore the topics of digital organizing, digital organizing tools, and digital communicating techniques and plans.

Session 4: Communicating

Duration: 1:05 hrs.

In this session, you will learn about messaging, garnering earned media, developing media plans, coordinating opinion-editorials, and countering disinformation.

Session 5: Technology

Duration: 1:47 hrs.

In this session you’ll learn about VoteBuilder basics, MiniVAN basics, and securing our network.

Session 6: Political

Duration: 1:05 hrs.

In this session you will dive into the Democratic ecosystem; learn how to build a network and grow within the party.

Session 7: Research

Duration: 1:05 hrs.

In this session you will learn how to conduct political research, request public records, and monitor media sources.

Session 8: Fundraising

Duration: 1:05 hrs.

In this session you will learn about principles of fundraising, developing and maintaining relationships, and explore the fundraising toolkit.

Session 9: Wrapping-Up

Duration: 0:57 hrs.