On the Road Again - IN & OH

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Thursday May 31, 2007 · 11:43 AM PDT

2007/05/31 · 11:43

It's been a long time since my last post, but I think you'll find that it was well worth the wait.

Over the next three months, Grassroots Democrats will be visiting a number of states to work with their Online and Finance teams. With each state we visit, we will release a "briefing" page that spotlights the political atmosphere on the ground, the challenges faced by the State Party and how Grassroots Democrats will help them move beyond these obstacles. Our first trip, to Indiana, is scheduled for June 4 - 7 and is the focus of our first state briefing.

http://www.grassrootsdemocrats.com/f...

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Monday October 16, 2006 · 11:58 AM PDT

2006/10/16 · 11:58

Recently, I spent four days in Austin, TX working with the Texas Democratic Party (TDP)([http://www.txdemocrats.org]). I went there to help them design an online plan that would enhance the work their field and communications teams were doing across the state with minimal staff or resources.

Over the four days, and hours of strategy sessions, three great online programs were born that will support the voter communications plan and will greatly add to the TDP volunteer base and fundraising push.

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Wednesday August 02, 2006 · 9:51 AM PDT

2006/08/02 · 09:51

In the past year, Grassroots Democrats has identified about 10,000 volunteers who want to work with state parties. We have sent their contact information to volunteer managers in all 50 states. If you would like to show your support for Grassroots Democrats and volunteer for state parties at the same time, click on our pretty ad posted right here at DKos and click on 'Get Involved'

Just make sure you check off the box that says "I want to volunteer for my state party." Our goal is to identify 10,000 new volunteers for state parties. Help us hit this goal and give states the volunteers to run effective GOTV efforts. [http://www.grassrootsdemocrats.com/...]

State Parties Using the Internet

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Tuesday July 18, 2006 · 7:31 AM PDT

2006/07/18 · 07:31

The reality that just about half of Democratic state parties had a website in the 2004 election is stunning when you look at where state parties are today. While there is, no doubt, a long way to go in almost every state, the progress thus far has been spectacular. Most Democrats are not aware of this stark advancement, as the findings from the Grassroots Democrats State Website Survey showed that merely 44% of active online Democrats had been to their state party website.

So, as part of my stint here, I want to highlight some of those states using technology to build community, activism and resources. I also encourage each of you to visit your state party website, SIGN UP for email and to volunteer, and get involved on the ground in your state in addition to all you are doing for Dems online. Go to [http://www.grassrootsdemocrats.com] and click on the "In Your State" page to find contact info for your state party as well as an overview of the political atmosphere and redistricting information. Here are just a few of the state parties reaching out to people online: Read More

Still Time to Evaluate State Party Websites

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 11:33 AM PDT

2006/06/15 · 11:33

Thanks for the great reception on my first post. I was really excited by the response and wanted to let you know that there is still time to participate in this program.

Use this link to tell state parties what you think makes an effective website:
[http://www.surveymonkey.com/...]

This survey will ask you 9 to 14 questions (depending on your responses) on why you would visit a state party website, how you would find it, and some thoughts on what applications/information you want to find there. Once you finish the first survey you can register to evaluate three, specific state parties. You can find more information on Grassroots Democrats and this program in my last diary entry: [http://www.dailykos.com/...]

Evaluate State Party Websites

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Tuesday June 13, 2006 · 11:00 AM PDT

2006/06/13 · 11:00

This is my first diary post on Kos. I have a small personal blog that my friends read to keep track of my daily annoyances and action alerts but I wanted my posts on Kos to be more than updates on my view of current political happenings. I wanted to incorporate my work (Online Strategy & Communications for Grassroots Democrats, [http://www.grassrootsdemocrats.com] ) and my passion, really the passion of pretty much everyone on this site - to build a stronger Democratic party that can win - and focus the posts around real success in the states and how to build on them.

Having thought about this for a bit, I approached the management of our organization with an idea: post diaries on the political and online success of the state parties we worked with on one of the few sites where most of the people who would care about our not-so-sexy-organizational-mantra `stronger infrastructure for stronger state parties' are. As you can probably guess, they liked the idea...
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