Ready to get really good at email, one of the most powerful tools to drive action?
This online course is designed for beginner to advanced online organizers. Includes key topics such as expert tips on composing and structuring effective emails, building your list, maximizing deliverability by curating your list, how to measure success beyond open rates and clicks, how to increase engagement, and a series of advanced topics.
Advanced email session covers how to:
Instructors:
Will Easton, SMT Staff Partner. Has managed email programs for progressive causes since 2005. Currently directs fundraising and email strategy for the Mozilla Foundation. Previously served as an Email Advisor for NextGen Climate and Vote.org, Director of Email Engagement for the Bernie 2016 campaign, and as a Senior Manager at CREDO. Will’s offline organizing experience is in the electoral arena – including leading barnstorm meetings as the Midwest Distributed Organizing Director for Bernie 2016 and as a co-founder of San Francisco for Democracy. Holds a Masters in Nonprofit Administration (MNA) from the University of San Francisco, and taught Management Information Systems in both the MNA and Masters of Public Administration programs as adjunct faculty at USF.
Elena Perez, SMT Staff Partner. Began her work in progressive advocacy with the California chapter of the National Organization for Women, where she built their email program and website in the early 2000s. Campaign Director with MoveOn.org through the 2012 election cycle. Currently Web Communications Coordinator for SEIU-UHW, the United Healthcare Workers.
Hannah Roditi, SMT Executive Director
Long-time union, community and faith-based organizer passionate about redistributing power. Founded and ran a faith-based – labor coalition in CT for 10 years, winning legislation and city laws to break down racial barriers to good jobs. Has designed and led social media training for groups from D.C. to Oakland as well as on-line trainings with up to 500 organizers, including in Spanish and bilingually for mixed language groups. Works with unions and organizing groups across the country to help them ramp up with social media to build power and win campaigns. The use of new tech tools to strengthen on-the-ground organizing and ramp up pressure on targets is a passion of Hannah’s.