Before we set them loose...

Are you disappointed at the growing quantity and slipping quality of the political/advocacy email filling up your inbox? Here's a chance to impact the next generation of online organizers -- before they get their fingers anywhere near the Send buttons of important progressive email lists.

During our upcoming training, we're dividing trainees into groups representing fictitious campaigns' Internet teams. Each night, they'll compete in campaign simulation exercises. On two of those nights, they'll produce email campaigns around a hot issue, a campaign crisis, or *maybe even* a fundraising deadline.

We would like to give our trainees the opportunity to send their emails to a live list so they can experience seeing real people read, click (or not click), and reply with feedback. It would be extraordinarily helpful if you would participate. There will be two days when you receive email (Monday, Feb. 27 and Thursday, Mar. 2). You'll get six emails each time, one for each trainee team.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, will be to read all the emails, pick the one you think is most effective, and click the link inside to take action. Your click will be a vote for that email as the best of the bunch. (The link will go to a page that registers your choice -- but not a real donation or action page.)

To participate, please sign up at: http://neworganizing.com/testlist.php

We'll follow up with an email reporting on how the training went and what we learned as trainers too.  ¶ posted by Zack Exley @ 9:23 AM