Jun 18, 2022Collision Conference & AI/MLNext week I’m headed to Toronto to join about 30,000 of my friends in tech at the first in-person Collision Conference since 2019. Collision is one of the largest tech conferences in the world and includes events spanning just about every industry and topic that tech touches. I’m incredibly excited…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Published in Call Time·Jul 22, 2021Political Fundraising and ReopeningStrategies for handling a challenging time for campaign fundraising The pandemic is clearly not done with us, and there are places around the country that are dealing with very bad waves of new infections. …Political6 min readPolitical6 min read
Published in Call Time·Apr 20, 2021A big announcement about CallTime.AIThe founding premise of CallTime.AI was that fundraising posed too high a barrier to entry into the political arena. We believed that countless high quality candidates and campaigns were either unsuccessful or- worse- unable to even get off the ground because the system for raising critical funds was inaccessible or…Political Fundraising3 min readPolitical Fundraising3 min read
Published in Call Time·Mar 11, 20216 Tips for End-of-Quarter Political Fundraising2020 was an exceptionally significant election year for the country, but every year brings contests that have the potential to make a great impact. If your campaign is one of those on the ballot in 2021, then you likely are aware of a major milestone approaching at the end of…Political Fundraising5 min readPolitical Fundraising5 min read
Published in Call Time·Jan 14, 2021Extreme rhetoric and political fundraisingIn the wake of the violence at the Capitol on January 6th, I think it’s important for everyone involved in political life to reflect on how we got to that moment — and even consider our potential role in it. This isn’t an article promoting some sort of bothesidesism. I…Political Fundraising3 min readPolitical Fundraising3 min read
Published in Call Time·Jan 12, 2021CallTime.AI + Grassroots AnalyticsWe’re excited to introduce a powerful new integration that will allow CallTime.AI customers to take advantage of donor prospects provided by Grassroots Analytics, the premier donor acquisition firm in Democratic and progressive politics. Our focus at CallTime.AI has always been on providing campaigns with the best-in-class tools they need to…Fundraising2 min readFundraising2 min read
Published in Call Time·Jan 2, 2021The guide to successful fundraising events (virtual or otherwise!)Fundraising events can play a meaningful role in your political fundraising strategy — but they also have the capacity to consume a lot of time and money, while yielding disappointing results. This article offers some advice for maximizing the dollars you raise from your fundraisers, while minimizing the cost. Events are about your network’s networks Throughout…Political Fundraising8 min readPolitical Fundraising8 min read
Published in Call Time·Dec 12, 2020The call time lessons from 2020 you need for 2021We analyzed over 150,000 donors from the 2020 cycle to uncover any lessons that campaigns could put into practice in 2021 — here is what we learned. The four levels of donor outreach A cluster analysis of one-to-one calls, emails, and text messages to donors revealed four distinct approaches to donor outreach, and the level of…Political Fundraising4 min readPolitical Fundraising4 min read
Published in Call Time·Dec 10, 2020How do I create a political fundraising strategy? Part IIIf you’ve read our previous articles, then you know how to come up with a rough initial budget for your campaign and have started to evaluate some major strategic approaches to fundraising: one-to-one outreach, mass outreach, and events. But now you need to translate that strategy into a plan of…Political Fundraising5 min readPolitical Fundraising5 min read
Published in Call Time·Dec 2, 2020How do I create a political fundraising strategy? Part IYou’ll know you’re getting serious about your run for political office when you start to think about fundraising. For many, this can be an extremely intimidating prospect — it is certainly not what motivated you to run! Nevertheless, fundraising is critical. It is what fuels the rest of your campaign…Political Fundraising7 min readPolitical Fundraising7 min read
