What Is Organizing?

Drawing Copyright by Marshall GantzHarvard’s Kennedy School, 2002

What Organizing is

• Engaging People

• In Collaborative Effort

• Around Specific a Viewpoint

What Happens In Organizing

• Recruit and Develop Leadership

• Build Relationships– Train Skills for Relationship Building– New Understandings of Who We Are

• Activate Community– Train Skills to Move your Community to Action– Learn Campaign Strategy – Learn Campaign Tactics

Drawing Copyright by Marshall Gantz Harvard’s Kennedy School, 2002

Leadership Styles

• Lone Ranger Model

• It’s Your Thing Model

• Snowflake Model

Snowflake Model of Leadership

Snowflake Model

• Work With Others

• Not King of the Mountain

• Delegate Responsibilities

• Communicate Clear Goals

• Often Good Leaders Are Reluctant

Building Relationships

• One on Ones

• House Meetings

• Teaching by Story of Self

Clear Strategy and Tactics

Getting More Votes and Voters for Barack

• Voter Registration

• Canvassing

• Phone Banking

• Persuasion

• GOTV

Three Keys to Organize Effectively

• Leadership that empowers others to act

• Relationships that Build and Empowers Communities

• Strategy through tactics that turn power into action