Past webinars are a great place to learn more about running for office, working as a county party, or getting involved with INDems!
These webinars focus on functions of government, campaign basics, finance, fundraising, communications, digital campaigning, and VAN.
To obtain the password to watch our webinars, please email Lauren Ganapini at lauren@indems.org.
Party Basics
The Indiana Statehouse – How a Bill becomes a Law
How to file to be a Candidate or Precinct Committee-Person
What to expect at State Convention
How to become a State Delegate
Getting started with your campaign
The Indiana Statehouse – How a Bill becomes a Law
Pre-Filing Questions / Campaign Goals
How to become a State Delegate
How to file to be a Candidate or Precinct Committee-Person
Filing your Pre-Primary Finance Report
What to expect at State Convention
Building and managing an email program
Finance and fundraising
Filing your Pre-Primary Finance Report
Communications & digital campaigning
Communicating with Press and Media
Democratic Messaging in a Digital Age
Building and managing an email program
Voter Outreach
Canvassing and Phone banking Best Practices
Grassroots Mobilization with the Knock 10 App
Building an Absentee Chase Program
How to use Early Vote/Election Day data in VAN
2020 Field: Phone bank captain training
Voter Protection
Voter Protection: Election Day Preparation and Poll Watcher Best Practices
Voter Protection, Early Voting and ABS Voting webinar
Voter Protection: Best Practices for Poll Watchers
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 Megan McCullough at megan@indems.org for the password to the PDF.
VAN Training Videos
This section includes pre-recorded videos on a variety of topics related to using VAN. Please contact Megan McCullough at megan@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 Megan at megan@indems.org.
Likely Party Phase-Out webinar 1
Likely Party Phase-Out webinar 2
VAN Basics: General Introduction to the Voter File
VAN Basics: How to Create a List
VAN Basics: How to use My Campaign
How to Use Counts and Crosstabs
How to Create Letters and Labels in the Voter File
How to Create Canvass and Call Sheets
Tracking Absentee Ballots and Early Voters
Other Topics