Webinar Wednesday Series
The Party hosts monthly webinars for county parties, volunteers, and candidates. 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
January Webinar: The Indiana Statehouse – How a Bill becomes a Law
January 3rd at 6 PM with individuals from the State House and Senate Caucuses
Watch here: Webinar Recording
February Webinar: Voter Registration Training
February 7th at 6 PM with Arielle Brandy, Democratic Board Member at St. Joseph County Voter Registration
Watch here: Webinar Recording
March Webinar: State Campaign Finance
March 28th at 6 PM with Brittany Solis, Executive Director of the Indiana Democratic Party
Watch here: Webinar Recording
April Webinar: Building a Volunteer Base
April 18th at 6 PM with Kristin Jones
May Webinar: Canvassing and Phonebanking Best Practices
May 23rd at 6 PM with Kat Rogers, Coordinated Campaign Director
Watch here: Webinar Recording
June Webinar: What to expect at State Convention
June 6th at 6 PM with Brittany Solis, Executive Director of the Indiana Democratic Party
Watch here: Webinar Recording
July Webinar: Campaign Fundraising Basics
July 24th at 6 PM with Katie Doyle, Finance consultant for candidates and campaigns
Watch here: Webinar Recording
August Webinar: What to Expect at IDEA Convention (in French Lick)
August 8th at 6 PM with Brittany Solis, Executive Director of the Indiana Democratic Party
September Webinar: Voter Protection
September 17th at 6 PM with Emily Shrock, Coordinated Campaign Voter Protection Director
Sign up link: Click here
October Webinar: Early Voting
October 3rd at 6 PM with Sophia Greco-Byrne, Coordinated Campaign Deputy Voter Protection Director
November Webinar: GOTV
November 1st at 6 PM
Have an idea for a webinar we should host?
Submit your suggestions here: Anonymous Webinar Suggestions Form
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
Weekly VAN office hours: Every Wednesday from 12pm-1pm EST
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.
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
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