1	"Winning with Social Networks" Winning with Social Networks
2	Tonight’s Trainers
3	Agenda and Goals Define your own social network Explore the strategies and tactics to utilize your network Discuss concrete steps for the next six weeks
4	What is a Social Network? Connections and contacts among/between individuals Includes friends, coworkers, neighbors and family Dunbar’s Number: One person can have as many as 50-150 connections Some people have more
5	The Personal Touch
6	The Campaign Setting First, you talk to one person, face to face, and then you talk to the next and then the next . – Cesar Chavez Farm workers, the Civil Rights Movement, pro-immigration rallies, and anti-gun control groups Electoral campaigns (i.e. Gov. Dean in New Hampshire and the GOP in Ohio)
7	Recruiting Activists
8	Telling Your Story
9	The good, the bad and the ugly talk about you and your values place you in a narrative with everyone else in the room provide a sense of urgency sound like a resume give the impression of a laundry list of issues and policies lack a call to action
10	Tactics: House Meetings & Coffees
11	Homework and Activities Iraq For Sale Screenings: Attend one near you or host one Prepare your two minute story to be told at the screening (before or after) Recruit two more people to host a screening of their own
12	What’s next? Get in on the discussion – The Night School Blog www.dfalink.com/nightschool Join us for the next two sessions… Voting Early, Voting Easily & Voting Safely Tuesday, October 3 -- Deb Markowitz, Vermont's Secretary of State Getting Out The Vote Tuesday, October 10 -- Robby Mook, Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign Director
13	Thank you for joining us! Learn more about the DFA Training Academy at: www.democracyforamerica.com/training