Using MiniVAN for Canvassing

Face-to-face conversations move more voters than almost any other tactic in a campaign, but paper canvass packets slow that work down and waste resources you don't have to spare. MiniVAN replaces the clipboard with an app that syncs directly to your voter file, cutting down on data entry and giving your canvassers a smoother, faster experience at the door. This course introduces the app and shows you what it takes to train a canvass team to use it well.

Downloading MiniVAN is the easy part. The real work is training your volunteers so they walk into a canvass shift confident and prepared, and setting up systems so the data they collect actually makes it back into your voter file correctly. This course walks through both sides: the tool itself and the training and accountability structures that make it worth using in the first place.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Explore the core features and capabilities of the MiniVAN app

• Determine how to best fit MiniVAN into your campaign's canvassing plan

• Train volunteers to use MiniVAN, so they're ready for a successful canvass

• Build accountability systems for the data collected through MiniVAN