Archive Tips

Archived tips provide helpful pointers for grassroots organizers on using technology. These tips were written many years ago and may be outdated. All PowerBase releated tips can be found on the PowerBase Tips Page.

This is a copy of a generic campaign schedule spreadsheet that outlines the various activities and their approximate schedule.

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This is a copy of chapter 3 from Alan S. Gerber and Donald P. Green's book Get Out The Vote.

The chapter is a good summary of the opportunities and challenges in door to door canvassing, and is well worth reading.

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I heard about Mind Manager, http://www.mindjet.com/us/products/index.php
back in January, and am just looking it up now.

Has anyone used it before?
heard any reviews or other user experiences?

For a webcast about the product, go to http://www.mindjet.com/us/products/mindmanager_7_mac/quicktour.php

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This is a spreadsheet that you can use to help your compare how well a database is likely to meet your needs

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These are the materials from Paul's session at the Database COaTI. Attached are a case study, questions on the case and a database assessment worksheet.

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These worksheets review the technology lifecycle and can help you track and manage your technology implementation.

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I had thought that ODB could be networked but I can not find any references in the docs but it does mention it on the main page of ODB as a feature. I have moved the ODB datafile and the zipcode files to a folder on our server. Everything works fine until a second user tries to access the database. We get:

Unable to open Database
Error #3050: Couldn't lock file

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Attached is the curriculum we use for our hands-on sessions. If you use it/modify it/expand on it, we'd love to know.

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