What You’ll Learn
- How to conduct research on media professionals
- How to compile briefing memo for your candidate’s interview
- How to pivot, bridge, and flag to change the topic
- How to successfully 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 participates in successful interviews. This course will serve as a guide for interview preparation before and after your candidate’s political interview.
Key Resources
- Interview Prep Worksheet
- Talking Points Worksheet
Related Trainings
- 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
- How to Prepare your Candidate for a Forum — Your candidate needs to be 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
- 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
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