{"id":8136,"date":"2022-05-09T12:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T17:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campaign-headquarters.com\/?p=8136"},"modified":"2022-09-22T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T01:54:05","slug":"win-your-issue-with-telephone-townhalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campaign-headquarters.com\/win-your-issue-with-telephone-townhalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Telephone Townhalls Help You Win Your Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Telephone townhalls don’t quite make us conjure the Rockwellian images of public officeholders standing before their constituents, listening earnestly, and responding thoughtfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the times have certainly changed, the sentiment remains the same. How can elected officials, candidates or even interest groups have meaningful and effective communication with constituents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telephone Townhalls, of course.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A scientific study conducted in 2019<\/a>, affirms these facts about telephone townhalls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also acknowledge that it\u2019s not simply the act of having a telephone townhall that does the trick. Telephone townhalls are a popular tool, but when you let CHQ enhance your telephone townhalls they become \u201can effective platform to reach many constituents at once and <\/em>cultivate trust, approval, and positive impressions among participants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHQ will help you make the most of your telephone townhall by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting in the work before the event<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reach out to people and invite them to join well ahead of your event through peer-to-peer text messages, an email blast to your list, a social media post, and an automated call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare you and your team<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plan the flow and structure of questions and lay out the rules for discussion. You should produce quality line-by-lines and include notes to help guide the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have an interesting, worthwhile conversation<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Keep the conversation fast and lively. You should give the audience several ways to participate including, poll questions and email addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep it going after the event<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use the recording of your event, share on social channels, and send peer-to-peer text messages to those who may have missed your event. Email supporters a synopsis and the link to listen to the recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CampaignHQ helps you take your telephone townhalls to the next level in a few key ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n