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Shutting Down a Campaign
November 19th, 2008Listen live on:
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Tonight’s Trainers
Matt Blizek
Night School Host
Democracy for America
Anastasia Apa
Political Finance & Management Consultant
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Why Shutdown MattersRecord institutional knowledge for
future Democratic campaigns
Evaluate, Analyze & Report
“Close the Loop”
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Shutdown TimelinePhase 1: Consolidate, Close the Loop, Call
Consolidate
– All physical and electronic files
– Field, Finance, Administrative, mail, contacts, etc
Close the Loop
Call
– Donors– Volunteers – Vendors– Consultants
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Shutdown TimelinePhase II: Finalize Financials, Physical Move
Finalize Financials
• All outstanding bills paid and documented
• Final financial disclosures, list of future disclosures
• Budget actuals all entered
• Complete donor lists prepped for candidate binder
Physical Move
• Set phone/internet shutoff dates
• Office furniture returned or disposed of
• Final loose ends tied and documented
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Shutting Down FinanceCash Up• Cash up tracker• Tracking final campaign expenses
Call Up• Donors• Vendors
Pay Up• Outstanding bills• Staff• Candidate
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Thanks!• High $$ Donors from
candidate
• Medium $$ from Finance Staff
• Develop a Thank You tracking system
Shutting Down FieldEvaluate & Analyze Field Plan• Breakdown of performance across district• Cost-per-vote calculated• Evaluate vote goals & actual outcome• Which goals were achieved & which were not?
Data Entry• Volunteers (and how big of role they played)• Events• Voter contacts
Physical Move out•Cleaning•Furniture tagged and disposed of•Consolidate! – Careful what you throw away!•Don’t forget to pick up outside the office too
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A Campaign in a Time Capsule
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1.Get a Binder
2.Physical Files
3.Electronic Files
4.Mail, TV, Radio, Palmcards, etc
If you could preserve the campaign in a time capsule for someone else, what would you include?
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