Pick the training most appropriate for you to prepare for volunteering. Go through our entire introductory 101 series for the complete experience.
We don’t just get ready. We stay ready.
VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Volunteer Training 101: Intro Call
New to volunteering with Common Power? Here’s what we do and how we do it.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging with Voters
How to talk to voters at the doors. Tip and tricks for this political climate.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling with CP
Prepare yourself for doorknocking trips with State Teams.
VOLUNTEER TRAINING 101: INTRO CALL
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about volunteering with Common Power. We introduce our midterms mission, which states we're working in, why doorknocking with Common Power is the best way to travel to a swing state, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Mondays at 5pm PST over Zoom
Need some practice on what to say to voters? We’ll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios that we hope will empower you to knock doors and feel confident to speak to voters the current political climate.
This is a space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
Thursdays at 5pm PST over Zoom.
VOLUNTEER TRAINING 102: ENGAGING WITH VOTERS
VOLUNTEER TRAINING 103: TRAVELING WITH COMMON POWER
General Elections, Special Elections, Ballot curing, Runoffs, and Primaries, we’ll doorknock for it all! For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more about doorknocking trips. The training will cover what you can expect from traveling with Common Power, the State Teams process, the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground.
Tuesdays at 5pm PST over Zoom
VOLUNTEER TRAINING LIBRARY
We have all of our major volunteer trainings recorded and reference documents for each training that applies. From phonebanking, voter engagement, to voter registration references, the Volunteer Training Library has training materials dating back to 2020.
VOLUNTEER TESTIMONIALS
Matthew:
Matthew shares a story about his first time doorknocking ever.
Carrie:
Carrie tells us what it’s like working across race and age differences with CP in the field.
Mary:
New to Common Power, Mary talks about how she sees the organization and the community we’ve built.