TRAINING
- NO PARTY AFFILIATE VOTERS - DEC meeting May 11, 2022
- LISTENING TO OUR VOTERS - DEC meeting April 13, 2022
- MESSAGING TO OUR VOTERS - Zoom Training January 29, 2022
- WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Zoom Training November 13, 2021
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT 101
- NEW SARASOTAVOTES.COM WEBSITE
- HOW TO TALK WITH REPUBLICANS - Zoom Training October 2, 2021
- VOLUNTEERS
- Volunters? Why Volunteers?
- Training Office Volunteers
- MAILCHIMP
- Video of Mail Chimp Training - June 26, 2021
- Overview-text based
- Overviews for Beginners
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr-mw_cAn2c&t=135s (18 minutes)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZKYiiQP57I&feature=youtu.be (44 minutes)
If you already have an account, begin at 7:40.
Skip the section on Signup forms 11:40-21:19
How to create an Email Template and a Campaign: Begin at 21:20
- Tips & Tricks
- Writing Engaging Subject Lines
- How to Create Tags (8 minutes)
- GOOGLE DRIVE
- Google Drive Basics - February, 2021 Video tutorial - Video of Zoom training on how to use Google Drive presented in February, 2021 by Daniel Kuether.
- Google Drive Basics - PDF - February, 2021 File of slides presented during Google Drive training in February, 2021 presented by Daniel Kuether.
- Google Drive Deep Dive - October, 2021 Video tutorial - Video of Zoom training taking a deep dive into Google Drive presented in October, 2021 by Daniel Kuether.
- Google Deep Dive - PDF - October, 2021 File of slides presented during Google Deep Dive Drive training in October, 2021 presented by Daniel Kuether.
- EMAIL
- GMail Goodies Video tutorial - Video of Zoom training on how to do more with your GMail presented in September, 2021 by Karen Bush.
- GMail Goodies - Slides Slides from Zoom training on how to do more with your GMail presented in September, 2021 by Karen Bush.
- How to Hide Email Addresses Using BCC Video tutorial - How to hide an email address from the recipient using BBC (blind carbon copy). Useful for hiding email addresses especially when copying an email to lots of people. (3 minutes)
- How to Create a Group in Gmail A group in Gmail is called a Label. In this video you learn how to add your contacts to labels and then you can quickly send emails to groups in Gmail. (3 minutes)
- MAIL MERGE FOR LABELS & LETTERS
Mail Merge is used to produce multiple letters, labels, envelopes, and name tags using information stored in a spreadsheet.- MS Word
- How to Create Mailing Labels(6 minutes)
- How to Create Personalized letters
- Mailing Labels
- How to Create Mailing Labels You can create Avery brand mailing labels with Google getpage.php?id=docs and Google Sheets. It requires an add-on application, Mail Merge for Avery Labels. In 2020, the cost is $30/yr. or $80/lifetime.
- How to Create Personalized Letters (7 minutes)
- MS Word
- HOW TO ORGANIZE FILES AND FOLDERS ON A PC
- Windows 10 - How To Organize Files and Folders in File Explorer on a PC This tutorial covers the basics of how to organize your Windows 10 File Management system using File Explorer. File Explorer is an application built into Windows 10 that allows you to create, rename, edit, organize, delete, and modify files and folders. (18 minutes)
- MICROSOFT EXCEL
- Basic Excel for SCDP Precinct Captains Excellent tutorial done SPECIFICALLY for Sarasota County Democratic Party. This video was done by Roger Meyers and covers the Excel actions that a precinct captain needs to best utilize the spreadsheets received from the Data Team. (6 minutes)
- Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Word – Tutorial (22 minutes)
- Sorting in Excel - Learn how to organize your data by sorting (6 minutes)
- MICROSOFT WORD
- Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Word – Tutorial This is a very clear, well-illustrated video on basics to Word: creating the document, entering text, a bit about styles, introduction to working with images, adding shapes and text boxes, saving and printing. (18 minutes)
- MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
- Visual Presentations - Using Text This video will teach you how to make slides that work with audiences and avoid common mistakes. (3 minutes)
- What Not to Do in Preparing a Power Point Presentation This humorous video will teach you what not to do when preparing a power point presentation. You will laugh and learn at the same time. (4minutes)
- ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING
- Tips for Zoom Meetings
- Zoom Training Short video segments explaining each of Zoom's features.
- Using Zoom Safely
- Zoom - Virtual Meeting Etiquette