Standard Debrief Call (post-event)

MoveOn Councils Story

* With Barack Obama as our new president, we've finally taken our country back. MoveOn's five million members helped elect a community organizer as our most powerful elected official! We have so much to be proud of.

* But our country is still in crisis. The economy is in freefall. Health care is still a pipe dream for millions of Americans. And the Iraq war is still dragging on. So now, the real work begins.

* In the months ahead, we'll push for sweeping legislative action on health care, green jobs, the economic crisis, the Iraq war, and more. MoveOn will be a strong, outside voice to keep Congress and the President honest when lobbyists and corporations threaten to stand in the way of progres

* MoveOn's national network of volunteer Councils have an important role in making change this year -- and we have a three-part plan to make it happen:

• First, we'll shape the political playing field on the big issues by getting our message out into the local and national media.
• Second, we'll put direct pressure on Congress to tip some key votes in our favor. We will lobby our elected officials in their hometowns, pressing them to vote for a progressive legislative agenda.
• And third, we'll organize broader, deeper, and smarter than ever to develop our network of Councils. With everything we do, we're building toward permanent progressive change. This means organizing MoveOn members to be leaders of this movement.

* That's why we need you to join thousands of other committed MoveOn council members in leading our Council network in the major fights ahead in 2009.

Debrief Call Outline

I. Introductions/Agenda Overview -- name, highlight from the event (10 min)

II. Programmatic Debrief

· Overall, how did the event go?

· How was the agenda, and did we stick to it?

· Did the attendees like the call/movie/town hall/speakers?

III. Organizing Debrief

· Overall, how was organizing this event?

· How many attendees did we have?

· Any media coverage (if applicable)?

· Any great new leaders/core members?

· Did any council members take on a new role for this event?

IV. Next Steps

· Did we use this event to set up/launch into the next action?

· Do we have a plan for following up with attendees?

· Are we building/growing our media/recruitment teams with this action?