Call Time Fundraising
Turn your budget into a fundraising target and weekly hours of call time, build your donor list, set an ask for every name, and run the calls and follow-up that put money in the bank.
Everything you need to raise the money — and the confidence to ask for it.
Money pays for everything else in your campaign: the mail, the signs, the ads and the staff. And in a local race, the big checks come from you, on the phone. You don't need a finance director or years of experience to do it well. This course walks you through it step by step, so you know exactly how much to raise, who to call, what to say and how to turn a yes into money in the bank.
Every lesson in 4K. Every deck is yours.
Step-by-step video lessons, recorded in 4K and taught by me. Every lesson comes with its slide deck and presentation file to download, so you can follow along, take notes and keep everything for your next race.
Watch it. Do it. Get answers.
Video lessons
Short video lessons, in 4K. I walk you through every step of call time, at your own pace, whenever you have the time.
The workbook
The Call Time Fundraising Workbook is included, so you finish every lesson with real numbers and real lists, not just notes.
Homework
Every lesson ends with homework you post in the community, so you're making real progress every week.
The community
Ask questions, compare notes with other candidates, and get answers from me and my team, even after you finish.
From your first number to money in the bank.
The course moves in the order you'll actually raise the money. Each section builds on the one before, so you're never guessing what comes next.
Know how much to raise, and how many hours it takes.
Your donor list, and the right ask for every name.
Make the ask with confidence, whatever the answer.
Turn pledges into money, week after week.
The money is there when the bills come due.
- Set Your Goal
Know how much to raise, and how many hours it takes.
1 - 2Before You Dial
Your donor list, and the right ask for every name.
- The Call
Make the ask with confidence, whatever the answer.
3 - 4The System
Turn pledges into money, week after week.
- Fully Funded
The money is there when the bills come due.
The workbook and the people who get you there.
Do the work as you watch.
Every lesson has pages to fill in. We show you how to work through each one, with a worked example on every page, so when you finish the course you have a fundraising plan you can run, not a pile of notes.
- The Call Time Fundraising Workbook (PDF), included
- A worked example on every page
- Your budget, your lists and your weekly call time, in writing
- Yours to keep and reuse in every race
You're never doing this alone.
Your course includes the Planning & Strategy and Fundraising spaces in the Campaign Planner community. Post your homework, ask the questions you'd be embarrassed to ask anyone else, and talk with candidates working on the same thing.
- Post your homework and get real feedback
- Chat with other candidates and campaign people
- Get answers from me and my team
- Keep getting answers after you finish the course
What's included.
Includes the Call Time Fundraising Workbook: the course walks you through every page of it.
- Self-paced video lessons: Setting Fundraising Goals, Before You Dial, The Call and The System Around It
- Your win number turned into a budget, a monthly target and the hours of call time it takes each week
- Rolodexing your contacts into one donor database, with an ask amount for every name
- The nine call lists, your call time sessions, the call itself and the objections you'll hear
- Follow-up, a finance committee, cash flow and a weekly finance review
- The Call Time Fundraising Workbook (PDF), included
- Access to the Planning & Strategy and Fundraising community spaces
Built for the people who do the work.
First-time candidates
You've never asked anyone for money. By the end of this course, you'll know exactly who to call, what to ask for and what to say.
Finance directors and call time managers
The lists, the logs and the weekly review your candidate's call time runs on, taught start to finish.
Campaign managers
Know how much you need, when you need it, and whether you're on pace, every week.
A note from Craig.
Call time is the part of running for office that almost every candidate dreads. It was for me, too.
But in a local race, the candidate who raises the money can pay to reach the voters they need. And the biggest checks come from one place: you, on the phone, asking someone you know for a specific amount.
This course is the system I'd teach any candidate before their first session. You'll watch each lesson, do the work in the workbook, and post your homework so I can see how you're doing.
Do the work, and call time stops being something you avoid. It becomes the most valuable hour on your calendar.
Call Time Fundraising
Turn the people you already know into the money your campaign needs.
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