Alberta Labour Forward Conference in Edmonton
Start: Friday, November 25, 2022• 5:00 PM
End: Sunday, November 27, 2022• 4:00 PM
Day 1 – Evening: Plenary (Friday, 5:00pm-8:00pm)
Day 2 – Full Day (Saturday, 9:00am-4:00pm)
Day 3 – Full Day (Sunday, 9:00am-4:00pm)
Refreshments provided for each day
Lunch included for Saturday and Sunday
Travel and accommodations not provided
Agenda
Day One – Nov 25, Evening: Plenary
• Land Acknowledgement
• Leadership address
• Anti-Harassment
• Class outlines and expected outcomes
• Motivational guest speaker
• Brief social
Day Two – Nov 26, Full Day
- Campaign Fundamentals
- The five pillars of a campaign
- Volunteer recruitment
- Volunteer management
Day Three – Nov 27, Full day
- Communications
- Crafting a message geared to your audience
- Using a message box
- Member Engagement
- Communicating with members and peers
- Group exercise
- Setting up Issue Campaigns
- Introduction to event planning
- Organizing outreach actions
- In person
- Phone
- Text
- Review
Applications:
- Organizing drives
- Preparing for negotiations and work actions
- Encouraging union participation
- Mentoring future leaders
