Four Glorious Days in Washington, DC : June 4-8, 2008




What Happened?
Our annual D.C. Field Organizer Training was an intense, four-day experience and required all participants’ full time commitment each day.

The training featured presentations by top campaign professionals during the day, and an ongoing campaign training exercises in the evenings, in which small groups design a plan and target data related to the field experience on Saturday.

Our program was designed to simulate campaign hours and intensity. Thus, training participants had several late evenings. View a draft agenda.



Attendees Included:

• Field Directors
• Field Staff
• Paid or Volunteer Organizers
• Anyone interested in learning how to become a Field Organizer
• People of all ages and levels of experience

Trainers/Facilitators
The experienced team of campaigners who are staff members of 21st Century Democrats lifted the training materials off of the page and prepared our participants for the realities of the campaign trail.

Past trainers included:
Jill Alper, Paul Begala, Achim Bergmann, Jeremy Bird, Heather Booth, Joel Bradshaw, James Carville, Dan Chavez, Bernard Craighead, Marie Therese Dominguez, Pat Ewing, Jaime Harrison, Kevin Mack, Pat Maloney, Laurie Moskowitz, Luis Navarro, Luke Peterson, David Plouffe, Will Robinson, Bill Russell, Larry Scanlon, Marty Stone, Ken Strasma, Pam Traxel, and Kristina Wilfore.

What did participants say?

• "What a wonderful experience!" - Sharon Reid (Florida)
• "I cannot thank you enough for you hard work at the conference. The training was invaluable, the experience priceless. Your dedication is greatly appreciated." - Christine Senteno (Washington, DC)
• I’m coming away from the experience with both skills, and a little extra inspirational juice to take into the field with me…and I owe that to you. Cody Fischer (Washington, DC)
• “I had a blast this week. Thanks for being so awesome!” - Samantha Talbot (Michigan)

Is 21st Century Democrats offering other trainings?
At this time, our Major League Action Field Organizer Training is our most comprehensive program we will offer this cycle. We expect additional one-day trainings later this year in locations across the country, so keep your eye on our training schedule page.