You as a Political Consultant

FOCUS: To understand the opportunities and impact of managing a campaign, advising candidates, or providing a specific skill-set to candidates and campaigns

The woman who attends this workshop should leave with a clear understanding of:

What is a Political Consultant?

• Campaign Manager – Runs the campaign, supervises fundraising and media activities, serves as alternate media spokesman, makes daily campaign decisions and supervises the campaign staff.
• Advisor to Campaigns – Serve on Kitchen Cabinet, Advise Candidates on strategy, issues, endorsements, campaign staff
• Advisor to Elected Official – Issues, Constituent’s stand on issues, Public Relations
• Campaign Worker – Brings specific skills to a campaign; list management, social media, research, issues, network

The influence of a Political Consultant is far-reaching. Women have intuitive skills that are particularly valuable in the political process. In this area of service they are extremely helpful guiding candidates through an election cycle and have an important role in electing the best candidate to office. They can help the candidate remain focused on the most important issues and the opinions of the constituents. As an advisor to elected officials her common sense will help keep the official grounded. She can have significant impact on the elected official to remain in touch with his/her constituents.