Tweak the Town Hall Meeting

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Town Hall meetings are a public service must-do. Incumbents should be doing them - and if they aren’t - there’s a vacuum for candidates to fill!

When: Monthly or Quarterly. Create a standing meeting time/day.

• Example: 2^nd Sundays at 2.

Where: Free is best! Some of these may have a small charge.

• Public Facilities:

  • Libraries

  • City Hall conference rooms

  • School or college libraries, cafeterias, gymnasiums

• Businesses:

  • Any space with a separate room:

    • Grocery store deli seating area (our favorite!)

    • Coffee shop

    • Restaurant

    • Bar

      • Food-based locations: Be a good guest. Purchase food/drink from them.

    • Large office lobbies or conference rooms

• Churches:

  • Sanctuary

  • Fellowship Hall

  • Classroom

What to Bring:

1. Wear a branded shirt or nametag

2. Blank nametags

3. Sharpie marker, pens

4. Clipboard for sign-in sheets with your logo (or an iPad with a Google Form).

   1. Columns for:

      1. Name

      2. Email address

      3. Residential address

      4. Checkbox to request a yard sign.

   2. Current campaign or official literature, tchotchkes

   3. Lemonade or iced tea and cookies

      1. Cups and napkins

Signage: Post yard signs outside the event location 15 minutes beforehand. Remove them afterward.

Awareness: Advertise!

1. Local newspaper: Inform local reporters

2. Email newsletter (of course!)

3. Text invitation to voters

4. City/County/School/PTA/Social or Civic organization newsletters

5. HOA newsletters

6. Social media networks

7. Recruit a friend to take photos of the event, candids with constituents, etc.

Publicly thank the facility/manager/owner for use of the space and ask attendees to patronize the business/organization.

Happy serving!