Welcome to Democracy for America’s Interactive Online Workshop

Thank you for joining us—the workshop will begin shortly.

Adam QuinnField Director

Michael LangenmayrField Organizer

Kate LesniakField Organizer

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Tonight’s Agenda

1. Explaining Webinar

2. Recap of Stand with Dr. Dean campaign

3. Small Business Pledge Drive

4. Questions and Answers

5. Recap of the workshop

6. Wrap up

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About Webinar

Webinar is the leading online software that allows us to conduct interactive trainings with our members through online workshops.

Using Webinar software, we can:

– Ask for your feedback through “raising your hand”

– Take polls about what you’re thinking

– Answer questions quickly, both privately and to the group

– Show you a new web-page or tool on DFA.com

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Recap: Stand with Dr. Dean

Review of the healthcare debate

Good bill out of the House

Bad bill out of the Senate

2 bills reconciled

Get a public option with reconciliation

August, Congress in recess

Overwhelmed by corporate protesters

Insurance companies spending $1.4

million/day funding them

We need to show Congress that small

businesses have their backs

Stand with Dr. Dean Campaign

Stand with Dr. Dean public option petition

Collected over 400,000 signatures

Gov. Dean Healthcare national townhalls

Made 12,000 deliveries to Congressional

offices in all 50 states

Made thousands of calls to Blue Dog Dems

Running tough ads against Conservatives

Thanked our healthcare leaders in the

House and Senate

Next step small business pledge drive

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Get Small Businesses on the Record

Democracy for America’s Small Business Pledge Drive

Give America a choice. I am a small business owner and I

support healthcare reform that allows individual Americans to

choose either a universally available public healthcare option

like Medicare or for-profit private insurance. A public option is

the best way to provide guaranteed healthcare for all

Americans.

Democracy for America’s Small Business Pledge Drive is a national effort to collect support for healthcare with a public option from small business leaders.

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Small Business Pledge Drive

Why a Small Business Pledge Drive?

– Congress listens to small businesses

– Republicans trying to say small businesses oppose reform

– Small businesses are hurting the most within our current system

– When we get small businesses on the record, we can show Congress we have their support

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Small Business Pledge Drive: Materials

Go to wwww.democracyforamerica.com/pledgeFAQ

Sample script

Public option FAQ’s

Small Business Fact Sheet

Pledge Cards

Stand with Dr. Dean Support Schwag

Remember: www.democracyforamerica.com/pledgeFAQ

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Small Business Pledge Drive

Where do I start?

– Find Small Business Leaders in your area

– Really easy to do

– Start with your own contacts

– Talk to friends, neighbors, or maybe you’re a small business leader!

– Have your materials ready

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Small Business Pledge Drive

Part I: What do I say to business leaders?

– Pop in to a small business near you or call ahead

– Ask if he or she supports healthcare with a public option

– Keep the conversation casual

– Give them any information you have

– Answer as many questions as you can

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Small Business Pledge Drive

Part II: How do I get businesses on the record?

– Ask the owner to sign your pledge card

– Get the pledge card back from them so that you can mail it in to DFA HQ

– Offer a Stand with Dr. Dean sign or sticker to post in the window or at the register

– Report your results!

– www.democracyforamerica.com/pledgedrive and enter all of your information

– Send in your pledge cards to DFA

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Question and Answer

3. If you’re listening to our Webinar through speakers or headphones, use the QUESTION BOX on your right to send us your question, and we’ll answer it live on the air.

7. If you’ve dialed in using a phone line, RAISE YOUR HAND and we’ll un-mute your phone line so that you can ask your question live on the air.

There are a few ways to ask questions using Webinar:

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Recap: Small Business Pledge Drive

– Collect pledges from ANY small business near you

– Very important for you to report your results at www.democracyforamerica.com/pledgedrive

– Find all the materials you’ll need at www.democracyforamerica.com/pledgeFAQ

– Contact us at field@democracyforamerica.com or (802) 651-3200.