What You’ll Learn
- How to research moderators and topics
- How to prepare briefing memos for a forum
- How to physically prepare your candidate for a forum
- How to debrief your candidate’s performance
Why This Is Important
As a member of the Communications Team, you will play a large role in ensuring that your candidate is ready to face a moderator and the voters. This course will provide you with a guide for how to properly research, brief, and prepare your candidate for a forum.
Key Resources
- Political Forum Preparation Worksheet
- Talking Points Worksheet
Related Trainings
- How to Prepare Your Candidate for a Political Interview — As a Communications staffer, you will play a large role in ensuring that your candidate participates in successful interviews. This course will serve as a guide for your role in interview preparation before and after your candidate’s interview
- How to Prepare Your Candidate for Political Events — Part of your job as a member of the Communications Team is ensuring that your candidate is prepared in advance for every external campaign event
- How to Prepare Your Candidate for a Political Debate — Your candidate needs to know how to face their opponent(s) in a political debate. This course will provide you with a guide for how to properly research, brief, and prepare your candidate for a successful debate
Morgan Harris
Trainer
Morgan Harris is founder and managing partner of Acacia Consulting Group. He has served as a communications consultant for campaigns of all sizes, including gubernatorial, congressional, state legislature, mayoral, and city council races. An expert in message strategy and delivery, he has more than 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing, handling clients including Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, IFC Films, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, IFC Films, and Cirque du Soleil. Morgan lives in Chicago with his cats and his Netflix account.