This webinar originally aired on July 21, 2020
Now – while the presidential candidates are mostly staying home – is the perfect time to prepare your local gov for potential campaign visits, especially if you’re in a battleground state. Because when you get the call that a presidential candidate will visit your town, you don’t want your first thought to be, “What do we do?!”
Sarah E. Moss, MPA is a former local government public servant and was an advance staffer for three presidential campaigns and the White House. Her co-presenter is Kerry O’Grady, a former Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service Denver field office who has protected multiple presidential candidates and presidents.
This webinar will cover:
- What the campaign and U.S. Secret Service advance teams will want from you… and what they won’t tell you
- The planning cycle from start to finish, from permits to traffic control
- Off the record (OTR) events
- Who pays the bills… or gets stuck with them
- Localgov staffing and finances
- Staying on the good side of campaign finance laws and ethics rules
- How to present your community in the best light… or highlight things that need fixing
- Being part of history… and media scrutiny
- COVID-19 considerations
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