Who works with Democrat Management Training Program
These seminars are taught by experts in the field, including political consultants, elected officials and organizers with years of experience. The list of trainers changes from year to year.
Past trainers have included:
David Wilhem
Campaign Manager for Clinton/Gore ’92, and former chairman of the DNC
Celinda Lake
Pollster for Emily’s List and women candidates nationwide
Saul Shorr
Principal, Saul Shorr & Associates, media consultant
Ana Micka
Fundraising consultant
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Jerry Morrison
Political Director, Service Employees International
Union (SEIU), Illinois District Council
Peter Giangreco
Principal, The Strategy Group, direct mail consultant,
and strategist for Gore 2000
John Hennelly
Political Director, SEIU, Florida
Robert Creamer
President, Strategic Consulting Group, political consultant and sponsor of the Democratic Campaign Management Program
Dave Hamrick
Hildebrand-Tewes Consulting
Former Political Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Paul Tewes
Principal, Hildebrand-Tewes Consulting
Former Political Director, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
After completing the introductory training seminars, program participants begin working as field organizers on actual campaigns. Each participant is given an area of a candidate's district to organize. The work is focused on activities that will hone the participant's political and organizing skills:
• Understanding and engaging the self-interest
of voters and opinion leaders.
• Persuading undecided voters.
• Motivating people to vote and volunteer.
• Organizing motivational meetings and events.
• Creating winning teams.
Duties Include
• Voter contact operations.
• Volunteer recruitment.
• Meetings with community, political, labor, business, and religious organization leaders.
• Advancing the candidate at visibility or other mass voter contact events.
• Updating data files with voter contact information.
• Managing volunteer phone banks and door-to-door canvassing.
• Generating candidate-scheduling opportunities.
• Gathering organizational and institutional lists from the community.
• Managing voter registration, absentee ballots and early vote programs.
• Executing Election Day operations.
All this work is focused on building a well-organized and efficient grassroots operation for Election Day.
After completing the introductory training seminars, program participants begin working as field organizers on actual campaigns. Each participant is given an area of a candidate's district to organize. The work is focused on activities that will hone the participant's political and organizing skills:
• Understanding and engaging the self-interest of voters and opinion leaders.
• Persuading undecided voters.
• Motivating people to vote and volunteer.
• Organizing motivational meetings and events.
• Creating winning teams.
Duties Include
• Voter contact operations.
• Volunteer recruitment.
• Meetings with community, political, labor, business, and religious organization leaders.
• Advancing the candidate at visibility or other mass voter contact events.
• Updating data files with voter contact information.
• Managing volunteer phone banks and door-to-door canvassing.
• Generating candidate-scheduling opportunities.
• Gathering organizational and institutional lists from the community.
• Managing voter registration, absentee ballots and early vote programs.
• Executing Election Day operations.
All this work is focused on building a well-organized and efficient grassroots operation for Election Day.
These seminars are taught by experts in the field, including political consultants, elected officials and organizers with years of experience. The list of trainers changes from year to year.
Past trainers have included:
David Wilhem
Campaign Manager for Clinton/Gore ’92, and former chairman of the DNC
Celinda Lake
Pollster for Emily’s List and women candidates nationwide
Saul Shorr
Principal, Saul Shorr & Associates, media consultant
Ana Micka
Fundraising consultant
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Jerry Morrison
Political Director, Service Employees International
Union (SEIU), Illinois District Council
Peter Giangreco
Principal, The Strategy Group, direct mail consultant,
and strategist for Gore 2000
John Hennelly
Political Director, SEIU, Florida
Robert Creamer
President, Strategic Consulting Group, political consultant and sponsor of the Democratic Campaign Management Program
Dave Hamrick
Hildebrand-Tewes Consulting
Former Political Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Paul Tewes
Principal, Hildebrand-Tewes Consulting
Former Political Director, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
After completing the introductory training seminars, program participants begin working as field organizers on actual campaigns. Each participant is given an area of a candidate's district to organize. The work is focused on activities that will hone the participant's political and organizing skills:
• Understanding and engaging the self-interest
of voters and opinion leaders.
• Persuading undecided voters.
• Motivating people to vote and volunteer.
• Organizing motivational meetings and events.
• Creating winning teams.
Duties Include
• Voter contact operations.
• Volunteer recruitment.
• Meetings with community, political, labor, business, and religious organization leaders.
• Advancing the candidate at visibility or other mass voter contact events.
• Updating data files with voter contact information.
• Managing volunteer phone banks and door-to-door canvassing.
• Generating candidate-scheduling opportunities.
• Gathering organizational and institutional lists from the community.
• Managing voter registration, absentee ballots and early vote programs.
• Executing Election Day operations.
All this work is focused on building a well-organized and efficient grassroots operation for Election Day.
After completing the introductory training seminars, program participants begin working as field organizers on actual campaigns. Each participant is given an area of a candidate's district to organize. The work is focused on activities that will hone the participant's political and organizing skills:
• Understanding and engaging the self-interest of voters and opinion leaders.
• Persuading undecided voters.
• Motivating people to vote and volunteer.
• Organizing motivational meetings and events.
• Creating winning teams.
Duties Include
• Voter contact operations.
• Volunteer recruitment.
• Meetings with community, political, labor, business, and religious organization leaders.
• Advancing the candidate at visibility or other mass voter contact events.
• Updating data files with voter contact information.
• Managing volunteer phone banks and door-to-door canvassing.
• Generating candidate-scheduling opportunities.
• Gathering organizational and institutional lists from the community.
• Managing voter registration, absentee ballots and early vote programs.
• Executing Election Day operations.
All this work is focused on building a well-organized and efficient grassroots operation for Election Day.