What You’ll Learn
- Identify campaign needs best filled by consultants
- Efficiently recruit and screen consultants
- Use deliberate management to build positive work relationships with consultants
Why This is Important
Political consultants can be important contributors of support and expertise for a campaign, but maximizing their effectiveness takes advance planning and active management.
Key Resources
- Campaign Consulting Roles Guide
- Campaign Consultant RFP Template
- Consultant Interview Questions Worth Asking Handout
Related Trainings
- Managing Up and Laterally — Learn how to support and guide colleagues and your candidate during the campaign
- Campaign Staff Hiring 101 — Learn best practices for effective and equitable political campaign staff hiring
- Campaign Staff Management Best Practices — Learn how to actively manage staff throughout the campaign, from initial onboarding to end-of-campaign transitions
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Nancy Leeds
Trainer
Nancy Leeds is a veteran political operative with over 15 years of experience. She has worked on Democratic campaigns everywhere from Minnesota to California to Arkansas. She is also the author of CampaignSick, a blog about best practices in electoral politics and campaign management. Nancy holds an MPA and Masters in Gender and Public Policy from Columbia University. She is an avid Washington Nationals baseball fan, baker, and seltzer-drinker. Although a proud New Yorker, she now lives in Washington, DC with her wonderful husband, Michael.