The Iowa Second District Democratic Workshop will be on Saturday, August 13, 2005 in West
Liberty, Iowa, at the West
Liberty Community Center.  
The program starts just before 11 AM,
to allow sufficient travel time, and concludes with a reception.  

District 2 will have two major elections in
2006 – one for Governor and one for Congress. 
Not only do we have great candidates for these races, we have the
opportunity to possibly have the only chance to meet, hear, and compare all the
candidates in one place and time at a dinner to be held at the same location as
this workshop. 

The workshop and dinner combined present a full day of the gamut
of Iowa Democratic politics, both
educational and fun.  I hope you join us
by sending in your reservations to DJ Arnold at 1483
Council Street NE, Cedar Rapids IA
52402 or e-mail it to  webmaster@idp2nd.org.  If you have any questions,  contact Second District Chair Al Bohanan at
319.643.5600 or go to IDP2ND.org. 

Workshop Agenda: 

• 10:00 a.m. 
REGISTRATION

• 10:45 a.m. 
WELCOME : by Alan Bohanan, Second  District Chair

• 11:00 a.m. 
SHOWING OF DVD : Framing the Issues : by George Lakoff   “How Democrats and Progressives Can Win” with commentary to
follow

• 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  WORKING 
LUNCHEON : (Muscatine County
Democrats)  Local Resource Presentations, IPP, DAWN, RAPID RESPONSE,
DFA, PDA 

T R A C K   1    Money 

1:00-2:20

Raising funds

–  Events, party
building, fundraiser planning. Concepts and traps, effective techniques, and
nontraditional activities.

–  Sponsors and heavy
hitters, e.g. two-tiered activities.          

 – Framing Issues to Win the Language Gap

2:40 – 4:00

Fundraising and Budgeting

–  How to make
effective connections between campaign goals, budget requirements, and
fundraising targets.

By Jason and Melanie Friedman, Johnson
County

T R A C K   2    Outreach

1:00-2:20

–  More discussion on
the ideas of George Lakoff.

By David Helman, Henry County Chair, Dick Stater, Linn
County Chair, and Harvey Ross, Linn County  

2:40 – 4:00

Voter Activation Network (VAN)

–  Using the VAN to
determine whom to target, particularly the non-energized voter.

By Sandy Dockendorff, Des Moines
County          

T R A C K   3    Candidates 

1:00-2:20

Recruiting

–  Finding candidates
using grass-roots exploration.

By Jeff Fields and James Moody, Johnson
County

2:40 – 4:00

Scheduling/Time Management

–  Fundraising (how to
ask)
–  Volunteer
recruitment
–  Targeting
–  Becoming a targeted
campaign

–  Mistakes to avoid
– 
Reporting/Disclosure

–  Message formation

• 4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.  CLOSING : Q & A FORUM.  All Presenters.

• 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  RECEPTION: 
Second District Dem’s Social Hour

• 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.  BUFFET DINNER : (Served by  Cedar
County Dems)

• 7:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.     INTRODUCTION OF  OFFICIALS & CANDIDATES PRESENT 

• 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.  MEET THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF IOWA

Secretary of State – Chet Culver
Secretary of Agriculture – Patty Judge
Senator Mike Gronstal
Representative
Ed Fallon
Former Congressman Michael Blouin
Sal Mohamed

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