# Announcement-day checklist

From GOP Kit (https://gopkit.com). Free to copy and change. Fill in the blanks, print it, and check things off.

Candidate: ______________________  Office: ______________________

Date: ____________  Time: ________  Place: ______________________

## Done before the day

- [ ] Campaign committee registered and treasurer named
- [ ] Campaign bank account open
- [ ] Website live: photo, three issues, volunteer and donate links, disclaimer in the footer
- [ ] Campaign email and campaign phone number working and checked daily
- [ ] Facebook page live with the first posts scheduled
- [ ] Press release written and the reporter's email confirmed (see the press release outline)
- [ ] Family and employer told, and anyone who should not hear it from the news
- [ ] Two-minute speech written on your three issues, practiced out loud three times
- [ ] Invitations sent by text or phone to supporters, friends and neighbors
- [ ] Podium sign or banner printed with the disclaimer on it
- [ ] Palm cards or literature printed with the disclaimer on them

## The morning of

- [ ] Photos of the location checked for anything you would not want in the background
- [ ] Someone named to film on a phone, horizontally, from the front
- [ ] Someone named to take still photos, including one with the crowd behind you
- [ ] Someone named to run the sign-up sheet and the clipboard (see the volunteer sign-up sheet)
- [ ] Water, literature, sign-up sheets and pens in the car
- [ ] Phone charged, campaign number forwarding to someone who will answer

## Right before you speak

- [ ] Press release sent, with the photo attached, the moment you start (or scheduled)
- [ ] First social post ready: one photo, two sentences, the website link
- [ ] Index card with the three issues in your pocket

## Within an hour after

- [ ] Social post published and shared by the people who were there
- [ ] Video clip of the best thirty seconds posted
- [ ] Sign-up sheet photographed and names entered into the spreadsheet
- [ ] Personal thank-you text to everyone who came

## By the next day

- [ ] First twenty finance calls scheduled (see the guide on asking for money)
- [ ] First volunteer day date announced
- [ ] Reporter followed up, once, if nothing ran

## Notes

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