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Training Guidelines
Talk to and/or Interrupt the Presenter
Ask Stupid Questions (and smart ones)
Relax and Enjoy yourself!
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Who is here?
» Partner Organizations:
First
Second
» Organizational Roles
Volunteers, Interns, Field and Political
Organizers, Staff, Executive Director
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Introduction to the VAN
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Training Session Goals
Develop basic understanding of the VAN
• What is it used for and what does it contains?
Navigating and Driving the VAN
• How do I find what I am looking for?
• Log-in, Use Quick Lookup, Create lists, Call and Walk
sheets, request exports
Understand the power of shared data
• Importance of consistent data collection and putting it
back in
Know available resources for assistance
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What is the VAN?
Practically speaking its two things
• Database containing registered and non-
registered voter information.
– This includes updated address info and phone
numbers, Ward/precinct info, modeling
scores, census and NCEC data (for targeting)
• Web Interface Tools to help you use
the data
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You & VAN & Catalist:
How does it fit together?
State
Voter File
VAN Catalist
Database Database
Commercial
www.CEFVAN.com Data
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What can I do with the VAN?
» Create lists based on a variety of criteria
» Manipulate those lists (adding/narrowing)
» Save & re-use searches & lists of individuals
» Contact individuals on your lists through walk
and call sheets & record those contacts
» Match & import lists from other sources
» Bring data about individual contacts back into
the system for use in creating/modifying new
lists
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Getting Data Back Into the VAN
» Bulk Upload
» Palm Pilots
» Script View
» Barcode Scanning
» Grid View
» Quick Lookup
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Technical Details
» Security
» User ID’s and passwords
» New User e-mail to set Password
according to strength rules: at least 7
characters, at least 1 letter, at least 1 non-
letter character, is not easily guessed
» You must change your password
every 30 days
» Timeouts
» Must Use Firefox or Internet Explorer
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