Campaign Management School

Programs

Consider bringing the NFRW's highly-successful and acclaimed Campaign Management School to your area for comprehensive training and instruction by top-notch political experts.

When Republican women formed the NFRW in 1938, they adopted political education as one of the fledgling organization's primary objectives. Today, the NFRW effectively pursues this long-time objective by training Republicans to win elections through the highly-successful Campaign Management School (CMS) program.

The CMS program is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of campaigns. Schools feature top-notch political professionals and strategists who have a wide range of knowledge and experience. These experts volunteer their time to teach students the most successful ways to raise money, write winning campaign plans, organize volunteers for get-out-the-vote activities and communicate with voters.

Bring CMS to Your Area Today!

  Communicate with your state president about hosting a school in your state. If she would like more information, have her contact the Campaign Management School coordinator at political@nfrw.org or (800) 373-9688. Find your state president.

  To get more information about a Campaign Management School in your area or to help bring a school to your area, contact the Campaign Management School coordinator at political@nfrw.org or (800) 373-9688.

  The comprehensive Campaign Management School Guide is available for purchase. Place an online order, or send your order request to mail@nfrw.org.

  Read about the NFRW's historic commitment to political education: 

Upcoming Schools

MANSFIELD, OHIO
June 29, 2013
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Waterford, 1296 S. Trimble Road, Mansfield, Ohio
Cost: $100 (all-inclusive fee includes lunch and the NFRW Campaign Management School Manual)
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Recent Schools

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA February 23, 2013  Related News Release	PEORIA, ILLINOIS June 16, 2012
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS April 20, 2012   Related News Release	MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE April 13-14, 2012   Related News Release

Cost

Two-Day School: Each student pays a registration fee of $225. Registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the NFRW's  Campaign Management School Guide. Also included is lunch both days.

One-Day School: Each student pays a registration fee of $100. Registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the NFRW's  Campaign Management School Guide. Also included is lunch.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation/refund requests should be directed in writing by mail/fax/e-mail 30 days prior to the date of the school. If we receive the cancellation 16-30 days prior to the date of the school, there will be a cancellation fee amounting to 50 percent of the original cost. If we receive the cancellation 1-15 days prior to the date of the school, no refund will be issued.

MAIL
NFRW Headquarters, 124 N. Alfred Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
FAX
703-548-9836
E-MAIL
political@nfrw.org

Instructors

Holly Robichaud political consultant, analyst and fundraiser   READ BIO  [PDF]

Curriculum

Curriculum provides attendees with the knowledge to run and win political campaigns. The National Federation of Republican Women's course material includes:

  Foundation of the Campaign
  Opposition and Issue Research
  Developing Strategy and Message
  Campaign Plan and Budget
  Finance Plan, Direct Mail and Campaign Finance Laws
  Asking for Money, Putting Together a Finance Committee and Organizing Events
  Voter Targeting and Voter ID
  GOTV Activities: Door-to-Door, Phone and Direct Mail
  Ensuring an Honest Election, and Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
  Earned Media, Paid Media, and the Internet
  Being the Best Candidate Possible and Eight Concepts for Running a Successful Campaign

What Do Attendees Say?

Whether your connection to a political campaign is as a candidate, a manager, a staffer or a volunteer, CMS delivers the tools needed to build Republican victories in upcoming elections. But don't just take our word for it. See what others have said:

“We believe it was imperative to bring an updated educational opportunity to Montana, and the NFRW campaign course was exactly what we needed. It was modified to our state’s needs and was packed with specific, targeted campaign planning techniques and methods. I encourage all state federations to bring the NFRW Campaign School to their state.”
- Beth Cargo, Montana Federation president

"Thank you, NFRW, for a well-organized meeting that was taught by experienced individuals that were experts in their fields. As my Republican State Central Committee develops and recruits candidates, I know I can highly recommend that they spend a couple of days in your class, and as a result, I know they will be more effective at running their campaigns and ultimately at winning Republican seats in all levels of government."
- Jerry Walker, elected to the Republican State Central Committee, Anne Arundel County District 33, Maryland

"As a career prosecutor, I knew I had the credentials and track record to win. What I was missing was the political knowledge necessary to run an effective campaign. NFRW's Campaign School gave me just that...a game plan and a resource that I referred to throughout the election."
- J. Charles Smith III, elected state's attorney for Frederick County, Maryland

"The NFRW School was helpful in terms of organizing my thinking about the campaign and reinforcing my belief in voter contact."
- Susan Shaw, elected county commissioner for the 2nd election district in Calvert County, Maryland

Images

Click on the thumbnails below to view full-size images of the NFRW Campaign Management School in Nashville, Tenn.