Overview
Data Analytics Camp (DAC) equips progressive leaders with cutting-edge data and analytics skills necessary to support electoral campaigns and issue-based organizing. Applicants will be asked to commit to full participation for an intensive 5-day in-person training. We work to accommodate practitioners at various points in their organizing journey and pull from best practices in data, analytics, engineering and organizing to help campaigners and activists build winning online and offline campaigns.
Who is this course for?
- Folks who are data-curious, whether or not data is a part of your formal role
- Organizers and field staff who want to learn how to use data to inform their campaigns
- Folks who want to become future Data Managers & Directors: Past students have successfully pivoted to data manager & data director roles after completing this course.
What will you learn?
Training topics include
- Intro to Movement Data
- Data During Electoral Cycles
- Data for Issue Organizing
- Lists and Targets
- Reports and Queries
- Data Collection
- Data Visualization
- Experiments and Tests
- Digital Safety and Security
If you’re interested in this course but not able to join us in person, please check out our virtual Data Strategy course which offers the same strategy curriculum in an online format. Please note, the virtual Data Strategy course does not include the engineering components of DAC, which are offered as separate virtual offerings.
Expectations
This is an intensive 5-day in-person training course with high expectations for participation.
During training sections and breakouts we ask participants to be present, share verbally, and participate in breakout group discussion. Participants will be asked to work in groups to complete a group-based assignment.
There are limited spaces available for participants in this course. We ask that you commit to meeting these expectations if you apply to the training.
If you’re interested in this course, but not able to join us in person—please check out our virtual Data Strategy course which offers the same strategy curriculum in an online format. Please note, the virtual Data Strategy course does not include the engineering components of DAC, which are offered as separate virtual offerings.
