Recommended NDTC Trainings

Course Objectives:

• Understand the different offices of the Democratic Party

• Identify the functions of the different elected offices

Average Completion Time: 30 minutes

Course Objectives:

• Understand how to use NDTC’s online candidate trainings to build your skills as a candidate and run a winning campaign

• Decide whether you want to run for office, what you want to run for, and when

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Average Completion Time: 45 minutes

Course Objectives:

• Register your campaign with the appropriate government entity and make your candidacy official

• Get your name on the ballotIdentify key deadlines for the office you’re seeking and add them to a campaign calendar

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Average Completion Time: 1 hour

Course Objectives:

• Find the ballot access requirements for your campaign

• Assess the possible tactics used to meet those requirements

• Develop systems of accountability for your team’s ballot access program

• Align the campaign strategy with the tactics you’d like to implement

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Average Completion Time: 1 hour

Course Objectives:

• The role of effective local leadership in Democratic organizing

• How to positively influence your organization through intentional leadership

• Tips and tricks for overcoming common management pitfalls

 

Average Completion Time: 1 hour

Course Objectives:

• Understand the mobilizing power of story telling

• Identify the four elements of an effective Story of Self

• Develop and practice telling your Story of Self

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Average Completion Time: 1 hour