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Running for public office is a lesson in listening and understanding those kitchen table conversations: voters’ fears, frustrations, needs and wants, and hopes for their future. Succeeding in public office means you can

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Hosted by Jimmy Tickey · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 22 episodes
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If Democracy is worth fighting for, then it starts with each of us. Organizing to Win: The Art & Science of Running for Office is the audio version of the top-selling book teaching you how to manage a campaign, and run for public office. From messaging and fundraising to voter contact, scheduling, and public speaking, Jimmy Tickey teaches candidates, staff, and volunteers how to organize a political campaign. Written - and narrated - by Jimmy Tickey, a trusted political voice, providing guidance to local, state, and federal campaigns. Blending political strategy with public service, Jimmy Tickey is the Vice Chair of the Connecticut Democratic Party and elected member of the Democratic National Committee. A campaign manager, elected official, party leader, and staff member to government officials, Jimmy understands firsthand where politics meets policy: organizing. Each episode will teach you how-to discover your purpose, unlock potential, and harne
Jimmy Tickey hosts Organizing to Win: The Art & Science of Running for Office, a education show with 22 episodes published.

Running for public office is a lesson in listening and understanding those kitchen table conversations: voters’ fears, frustrations, needs and wants, and hopes for their future. Succeeding in public office means you can

You’ve been on a journey of running for, and winning, public office. The truth is, voters have been on a journey, too. From awareness about the election, to considerations for the candidates, and processing their beliefs

Campaigning and governing are codependent, and while one needs the other, they are very different efforts. Some people are excellent at campaigning—building coalitions, connecting with voters, and showing a vision for th

Whether you are a volunteer, intern, campaign manager, or a senior employee, the public views us all the same: staff . It’s similar to people not knowing what exactly each level of government does—local, county, state,

Whether you are a volunteer, intern, campaign manager, or a senior employee, the public views us all the same: staff . It’s similar to people not knowing what exactly each level of government does—local, county, state,

We’ve come a long way from that first kitchen table conversation and those summer days of door knocking, securing your party nomination, and managing the chaos through the fall. All of your hard work and months of planni

It’s time to Get Out The Vote (GOTV), the final mission of your campaign to bring your voters to the polls. Nowadays, you are not building for Election Day, but rather peaking just as early voting begins. Early voting is

The most precious resource we have in a campaign is time . With each passing day, there is less time to do the work we need to win this election. There are a lot of demands on our time as we juggle schedules for the cand

That’s no longer true with an emboldened segment of the population refusing basic facts. With a fractured media environment, people believe whatever they see while scrolling on their phones must be true as they are surro

Your campaign headquarters is your home, and you have guests—volunteers—coming over every day, so you need an inviting place where people want to be. Secure a campaign headquarters as a gathering place for staff and volu

Chaos is defined as disorder, but a good campaign manager will manage political chaos into organization, where everything has a place, everyone has a role, and every day is maximized with the plans for mobilization, mone

Public speaking tells a story with a beginning, middle, and an end, ultimately asking for action. Good remarks will emphasize what you stand for and remind people who you are. Since you are an authentic candidate running

You will be discussing your candidacy in various ways every day, whether it’s seeing someone in the market, knocking on a door, or speaking at a forum, and you should bring these conversations back to your central theme,

Raising dollars for your campaign is important, but whats more important is how you are spending each dollar, and at what frequency. You don’t need to be a financial expert to realize that every week you will have money

You think you can’t ask someone for money, yet you can ask someone for advice, a favor, even for a vote. The truth is you are starting an enterprise with this political campaign, and you need to have funds to make it ope

Door knocking is an opportunity for you to look a voter in their eyes and welcome their participation in public policy, and there is no better way than it coming from the candidate at the voter’s doorstep. Once you start

Meeting people where they are means speaking to them physically where they are: on a doorstep, at an event, online; and emotionally where they are: their perceptions, feelings, and frustrations. In fact, good campaigning

Investments in technology by national parties have allowed campaigns to access voter databases that provide valuable information. What you do with that data is the science behind your campaign, and it will make all the d

Running for office is an entrepreneurial effort as you are building an organization from scratch. This requires a vision, human capital, resources, and a goal-oriented plan to meet benchmarks with a timeline. Being a can

Representative democracy is a bedrock American principle that, when fulfilled, guarantees every person a voice in this citizen government. When you have a diverse array of individuals making decisions about policy impact
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