Webinar Trainings & Recordings

Municipal Monday Series

This weekly webinar series is dedicated to training candidates to get them ready to run in the 2019 municipal elections. Below is information on upcoming webinars and past recorded webinars. Each link is password protected. To obtain the password, please email Adi Ben-Yehoshua at adi@indems.org.

January 7th, 2019 at 6 PM: How to File for Office
Watch here: Recording of Webinar
Join Matthew Kochevar, Democratic Legal Counsel for the Indiana Election Division, as he gives an overview of how to file to run for office in 2019 and what you will need in order to open your campaign committee.

January 14th, 2019 at 6 PM: Campaign Finance
Watch here: Recording of Webinar
Join Anna Foster, Compliance Director for the Indiana Democrat Party, as she gives an overview of how/when you will need to file your campaign finance reports, how to open a committee bank account, and best practices for organizing campaign contributions.

January 28th, 2019 at 6PM: Social Media 101
Sign up here: Sign up link
Join Trina Thomas, Digital Communications Specialist for the Indiana Democratic Party, for a webinar on building a Social Media presence as well as tips and best practices.

Webinar Wednesday Series

This webinar series is focused on building up our county parties and providing them with the skills and resources they need to succeed. Below is information on upcoming webinars and past recorded webinars. Each link is password protected. To obtain the password, please email Adi Ben-Yehoshua at adi@indems.org.

2018 Webinar Wednesday series

Coming soon

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2018 Webinar Wednesday series

January: The Indiana Statehouse – How a Bill becomes a Law
February: Voter Registration Training
March: State Campaign Finance
May: Canvassing and Phonebanking Best Practices
June: What to expect at State Convention
July: Campaign Fundraising Basics
September: Voter Protection

2017 Webinar Wednesday series

August: Grassroots Mobilization with the Knock 10 App
September: Democratic Messaging in a Digital Age
October: County Party Fundraising
November: How to become a State Delegate
December: How to file to be a Candidate or Precinct Committee-Person

VAN Training

The VANual

The VANual is a manual that covers a wide range of tools in functions in the VAN. The most up-to-date version of the VANual is available below. Please contact Adi Ben-Yehoshua at adi@indems.org for the password to the PDF.

VANual V17.9

VAN Training Videos

This section includes pre-recorded videos on a variety of topics related to using VAN. Please contact Adi Ben-Yehoshua at adi@indems.org for a password to view these videos. Following each section of videos, you can also use the accompanying “Skills Checklist” document to make sure you have learned all you should from those videos and complete the challenges in the document to test your new skills.

VAN Basics

Video – Introduction to VAN [13:46]

Building Blocks of Voter Contact

Video – Creating Activist Codes [12:10]

Video – Creating Survey Questions [13:29]

Video – Creating Scripts [10:53]

Skills Checklist – Building Blocks of Voter Contact

Previously Recorded VAN Webinars

Don’t see a topic listed that you need? Let us know! Email Adi at adi@indems.org.

Likely Party Phase-Out webinar 1

Likely Party Phase-Out webinar 2

VAN Basics: General Introduction to the Voter File