Archive for 2007 February

2007 Mar 3: Candidate school 101

If you are planning on being a candidate in the next (or any future) election, this workshop’s for you!

This three-hour workshop will teach you how to reach out to your constituency and convince them you’re the person most deserving of their vote.  Learn how to deal with the media, how to provide answers during all-candidates meetings, how to make sure your message is being heard.

This is just one workshop in a whole day of workshops.  For more details and registration information, see Everything you always wanted to know about how to win an election*.

2007 Mar 3: How to run a successful campaign

If you are interested in being a key campaign volunteer in the next (or any future) election, this workshop’s for you!

This three-hour workshop will teach you what kind of a campaign to craft based on different potential budgets, what personnel are needed for different budgeted campaigns, how to put together a great sign team, and where to obtain the tools from Green Party Headquarters that will help you run a successful campaign.

This is just one workshop in a whole day of workshops.  For more details and registration information, see Everything you always wanted to know about how to win an election*.

2007 Mar 3: Identify & get out the vote

If you want the Green Party to win seats in the next election, this workshop’s for you!

This three-hour workshop is designed for any Green Party supporter — whether you are an active card-carrying member of the Green Party or not!  All that is required is a desire to see the Green Party win seats in the next election.

In this workshop you will learn the simple things that win seats and how you can apply them to your riding.  You will learn step-by-step how to easily identity potential Green Party voters, build and grow your riding’s own Green Party voter’s list, how to use the list effectively before and during an election, and most importantly, how to convert the list into votes during an election.

This is just one workshop in a whole day of workshops.  For more details and registration information, see Everything you always wanted to know about how to win an election*.

2007 Mar 3: Elizabeth May — our not so secret weapon

Elizabeth May will be the special guest at Workshop C — Identify and get out the vote

Next to you, the volunteers, the most important tool we have to win an election is our amazing new leader.  Come meet Elizabeth May and hear first hand how she and her team used the tools being taught in this seminar to make Green Party history with never-before achieved election results in the recent by-eleciton.  Come prepared with your questions for the Q&A session which will follow.

Workshop C is just one workshop in a whole day of workshops.  For more details and registration information, see Everything you always wanted to know about how to win an election*.

Toronto-Danforth candidate chosen

Charles Battershill has been nominated to be the Green Party of Canada candidate in the next federal election.