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noi12.co/OnyC98. Setting up & Supporting Volunteer Teams. Trainer: Hope Wood, NOI Facilitated By: Elizabeth April, NOI. Introductions. NOI O n Demand Me & You Norms. FOLLOWING THE LAW. Elections.neworganizing.com. FOLLOWING THE LAW. www.afj.org. Introduction Why Organize in Teams?

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  1. noi12.co/OnyC98

  2. Setting up & SupportingVolunteer Teams Trainer: Hope Wood, NOI Facilitated By: Elizabeth April, NOI

  3. Introductions NOI On Demand Me & You Norms

  4. FOLLOWING THE LAW Elections.neworganizing.com

  5. FOLLOWING THE LAW www.afj.org

  6. Introduction • Why Organize in Teams? • What Team Structures Work Best for Campaigns? • How to Build GREAT Teams • How to Sustain GREAT Teams

  7. That’s me! Hope Wood Online Training Manager/Project Director New Organizing Institute

  8. Why Organize in Teams?

  9. Why Organize in teams? • We can meet higher goals together! • Diversifies your strategic capacity • Expands your organization’s reach • Develops leadership within your community

  10. Why Organize in teams? Teamwork makes the DREAM work!

  11. What team Structures Work best for campaigns?

  12. The challenge ahead 5 weeks left 100’s-100,000’s of Calls 100’s-100,000’s of Doors Vote by Mail, Early Vote GOTV Weekend – Turn 100’s-100,000’s of voters out to the polls

  13. The challenge ahead WIN ALONE? Then, how do we do it?!

  14. The challenge ahead ELECTION DAY SCENARIO 1: You 300 volunteers 20,000 voters

  15. The challenge ahead ELECTION DAY SCENARIO 2: You 6 Leadership Teams 6 Staging Locations 300 Volunteers 20,000 Voters

  16. Organizing Team Interdependent Structure

  17. How Do We From Here to there?

  18. INVEST in Building & Sustaining Good teams • Dream Up Your Great Team • Recruit Volunteer Leaders & Train as Organizers 3. Delegate Real Goals 4. Coach & Support ln Action

  19. Criteria for Great Teams

  20. Have you ever been on a BAD team?

  21. What do great teams do? Obamawood

  22. What do great teams do? 1 Meet Goals 2 Engage Others 3 Learn & Improve 4 Coordinate

  23. Building great teams

  24. Recruiting: WHERE SHOULD I LOOK? “Everyone is a potential volunteer.” • Everywhere • Your committed Volunteers and Activists • Community Events • Your “Ones” Nancy Leeds, Campaign Sick Blog Check Out: Volunteer Recruitment & Training Webinar http://neworganizing.com/content/toolbox/volunteer-recruitment-capacity

  25. Great Teams Need Relationships Purpose/Goals Structure Skills Coordination Accountability Fun

  26. Great Teams TRAINING Relationships Purpose/Goals Structure Skills Coordination Accountability Fun Story of Self Story of Us & Now Roles, Goals, Norms Training Planning Time Reporting Systems Celebration

  27. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights

  28. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action: Setting Our Structure (45 min) • Team-building – Goals, Roles,

  29. Goals – make them Real! • VOTE GOALS (SAMPLE TEAM) • Team: Turf A – The Jolly Canvassers Our team's vote goal: 320The pool of people we'll be motivating to vote: • Our persuasion universe: 239Our motivation universe: 522

  30. Volunteer team ROLES GEOGRAPHIC TEAMS (e.g. PRECINCT CAPTAINS) FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

  31. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action: Setting Our Structure (45 min) • Team-building – Goals, Roles, Norms, Team Name & Chant

  32. Obamawood

  33. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action: Setting Our Structure (45 min) • Team-building – Goals, Roles, Norms, Name & Chant • Reporting Systems & Data – Turf/Map, Schedule, Database

  34. Structure: Turf

  35. ReportinG System Metrics – what are you tracking? Schedule – when? Reporting Database – where? how? Assessing Data – why? Check Out: Managing Your Data for Local Campaigns Webinar Guest Trainer: Katie Ellis, NOI

  36. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action (45 min) • Team-building – Goals, Roles, Norms, Name & Chant • Reporting Systems & Data – Turf/Map, Schedule, Database • Take ACTION (30 min) • Strategy – Organize 2 Weekly Voter Contact Events Per Team Turf

  37. Strategy: plan your timeline • Weekly Plan - Organize At least 2 Voter Contact Events Per Team Turf • Mon: • Tues: • Wed: • Thurs: • Fri: • Sat: • Sun

  38. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action (45 min) • Team-building – Goals, Roles, Norms, Name & Chant • Reporting Systems & Data – Turf/Map, Schedule, Database • Take ACTION (30 min) • Strategy – Organize 2 Weekly Voter Contact Events Per Team Turf • Taking It Home – Planning Team Coordination

  39. Taking it home: Team Coordination PLan • Make sure teams: • Set up a schedule • Plan their next team check-in • Group communication system • Contact sheet

  40. SAMPLE TEAM LAUNCH TRAINING AGENDA • Total Time – 2 hours • Welcome & Build community (20 min) • Why am I here?, Why are you here?, Why must we act now? • Share campaign strategy and goals (10 min) • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action (45 min) • Team-building – Goals, Roles, Norms, Name & Chant • Reporting Systems & Data – Turf/Map, Schedule, Database • Take ACTION (30 min) • Strategy – Organize 2 Weekly Voter Contact Events Per Team Turf • Taking It Home – Planning Team Coordination • Debrief & Celebrate (15 min) • What worked tonight? What didn’t? • Commitments & Team Chants

  41. Questions?

  42. Sustaining teams through Action, Coaching & Evaluation

  43. Sustaining Good teams • Build skills in ACTION

  44. 6 Steps to leading an action Look familiar? Step 1: Build community Step 2: Share goals Step 3: Training Step 4: ACTION Step 5: Evaluate & Celebrate Step 6: Confirm for next action

  45. SAMPLE AGENDA FOR TEAM ACTION • Welcome & Build community • Share campaign strategy and goals • Hot News, Hot Nights • Train for Action • Role-Play! • Take ACTION (get on phones or hit the streets!) • Tally up, Debrief & Celebrate • Progress to Goals • What worked tonight? What didn’t? • Recruit to next action ***Don’t forget to enter DATA!!

  46. Sustaining Good teams • Build skills in ACTION! • Track metrics transparently.

  47. Daily Dose - SAMPLE 11/1/10 - 1 Day ‘Til Election Day!! CAST YOUR EARLY VOTES!! Good Morning Organizers! This is the daily report for the EQUALITY CAMPAIGN organizing across the state! Be sure to share with your Volunteers. In this report we will highlight important best practices, motivational moments, and the numbers from reports (be sure to scroll all the way down)!...

  48. Sustaining Good teams • Build skills in ACTION! • Track metrics transparently. • Coach regularly.

  49. Coaching Opportunities Team Conference Calls 1:1’s In the Field Team Meetings Daily Dose

  50. 5 step Coaching Process Check out our Coaching 101 presentation: http://neworganizing.com/content/toolbox/coaching-101/

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