Campaign software Productivity Tools for Chairmen &Volunteers

By finding innovative ways to improve campaign practices, first time and incumbent candidates may conduct more efficient canvassing of voters, accurately calculate and label contributions, may qualify their audiences, and may better serve their supporters. Campaign managers will find that an e-Campaign web site staffed by trained computer literate volunteers or employees will streamline the internal operations and communications.

• Improve voter relationships---Campaign productivity tools empower staff by permitting them to build stronger relationships with voters, responding faster and more efficiently to voter needs. Candidate representatives may manage appointments more efficiently, send correspondence; access campaign data, or voter information; develop pollster configurations, and reflect on the mood of the voters even while they are traveling or while at a voter site.

• Raise the standards for excellence---Though employing knowledgeable, well-trained staff is critical for growing campaigns, providing ongoing training and education is cost prohibitive. Web-based training greatly reduces time and costs associated with training. With Web-based courseware, you can establish online training centers for employees by creating Web pages of self-paced training modules. Staff train at their own pace, at their desktops, eliminating the need for a central training location, which reduces travel time and cost.

Prevent Scheduling Conflicts

• Nothing is more frustrating in running a campaign than trying to juggle schedule events. The candidate has two calendars: one for private events and one for campaigning events. Using the event manager is one of the cost and time saving feature of campaign manager. Since the scheduling of the events can be accessed on the Internet from any location by the events manager event scheduling becomes an efficient and easy way to schedule any event.

Assigning event attendance to volunteers

• The events manager has access to the volunteer manager and all volunteer information. Through coordination with the volunteer manager volunteers can be identified for any event anywhere in the campaign area. This time saving and money saving modular increases time for face to face contact.

Accept or reject event request

• Organizations or event managers may complete event requests over the Internet which permits the event manager to accept or reject event requests in real time. Because the events manager has access to the database controlling both the volunteer calendar and scheduling calendar availability of volunteers makes it possible accept or reject the event request.

Unlimited event notes

• The events manager can collect any relevant notes pertaining to the event and have available for the campaign manager and candidate to review so they will be properly prepared for the event with no surprises, no embarrassments.

Public and private event tracking

• Information dealing with the event is on the Internet and easily accessed by the people who need the information. There is both a public events calendar and a private events calendar. The events manager can check the candidates' private events calendar to see if he or she is available. If the candidate is not available it is instantly known that the event cannot be scheduled. This permits the events manager to reject, or reschedule for a later date.

Event contact information

• Because the events manager will be able to instantly collect contact information, each volunteer will be able to cross check specific events to see if he/she is a member of the group requesting the event or if he/she knows anyone or any additional information that will help the campaign utilize all its assets in each campaign event.