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Ed Brookover spoke to students about political communications strategies and crafting campaign messages on issues important to the electorate. Among the topics he addressed were political ad…

David Watts spoke to students about coalition building. Among the topics he addressed were strategies for grassroots organizing, networking among various interest groups, and communications …

Mark Lotwis talked about managing and organizing a political campaign. Topics included how to get started on a campaign, organizational roles, and the elements of a campaign plan. Mr. Lotwis…

Carol Whitney presented a lecture on campaign communications strategies and developing a campaign message. Among the issues she addressed were developing a rapport with the electorate, commu…

Stuart Rothenberg spoke about elections and election cycles. He asserted that the national environment right now is bad because people are angry, dissatisfied, and want change. He talked abo…

Charlie Cook spoke about the 2006 elections and the political environment. He talked about fluctuations in poll support for President Bush and said job ratings in the higher 40 percent zone …

Grace Cummings, executive director of the Faith and Politics Institute, talked about campaign finance planning and management to students at the American University Campaign Management Insti…

Carol Whitney, Program Coordinator for the Campaign Management Institute, talked to students about campaign strategies and organizing and operation successful political campaigns. Among the …

Political Consultant Nancy Bocskor talked about planning effective campaign events. She also responded to questions from the audience.

The panelists talked about ethics in political campaigns, including examples of ethical dilemmas and unethical conduct. They also responded to questions from the audience.

Mr. Gregory talked about the use of political issues to frame the candidate’s campaign message.

David Winston, president of the Republican polling and planning firm Winston Group, talked about how to make decisions about campaign messages and strategies and how to affect voters' opinio…

Panelists spoke about abortion, family planning, and other reproductive health issues. The first panel focused on legal issues including the attitudes of the courts, the political climate su…

As part of their winter meeting, secretaries of state talked about voter participation, campaign ethics, overseas Internet voting, and pending federal legislation. After their prepared remar…

Ms. Whitney spoke to students about building an effective campaign organization and management team. Among the issues she addressed were designing an organizational structure, effective comm…

Course coordinators outlined an academic course on campaign management which would take place over the next two weeks.

Carol Whitney, President of Whitney and Associates Consulting Firm, talked about lobbying and governmental relations on the state level. Following her prepared remarks, Ms. Whitney answered …

Bruce Bahler of the Committee for a Sound Economy and Daniel Weiss of the Sierra Club, talked about federal spending as it relates to advocacy groups. This was part of the annual seminar on …

Judy Corley of Washington, D.C. law firm Perkins Coie talked about the finer points of federal campaign finance law and the importance of the legal aspects of campaign management. This was p…

Ms. Whitney talked about the different aspects of developing a campaign strategy and the particular facets of "message", which she said is the most important part of a campaign’s success. Sh…