Subject: Re: DLCC training -- a request.
From: Mari Borden <[email-masked]>
To: Carolyn Fiddler <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Palermo, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:27:36 +0000

Mark,

Please let us know what you're planning to do for your presentation this Wednesday from 1pm - 1:45pm and again from 2pm - 2:45pm. We want to be sure we can accommodate your needs. Thanks again for your participation!

Mari

Mari Borden
Political Director
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Cell: 202-503-8265
Office:202-449-6740
[email-masked]
1225 Eye St NW, Suite 1250
Washington, DC 20005

________________________________
From: Carolyn Fiddler
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 3:12 PM
To: Mari Borden; Paustenbach, Mark; Palermo, Rachel; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Mark,

Just wanted to check in and see if you had any questions about next week's training. What sort of presentation do you have in mind?

Best,
Carolyn

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From: Mari Borden <[email-masked]>
Date: 4/18/16 11:18 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Carolyn Fiddler <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Palermo, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: DLCC training -- a request.

Thanks, Carolyn. Thanks Mark, we really appreciate your time. Everything Carolyn mentions below is spot-on. Also, to clarify, we're asking for one presentation to be repeated twice - the second 45 minute block will be the same material as the first. This is borderline TLTR, but I thought some additional context would be helpful...

A little more about who will be in the room:

  *   Primarily Caucus Directors and their Finance Directors and Political/Field staff. These folks aren't working on any one campaign, but rather overseeing the campaign effort for the chamber.
  *   Experience levels vary but most will have 2-4 cycles under their belts.
  *   There will be approximately 20 states represented.

Session goals:

  *   Highlight best practices/do's don'ts for working with press (for all skill levels)
  *   Provide insight to good/creative/new tactics for increasing earned media
  *   Encourage discussion among and questions from attendees
  *   Highlight ways DLCC can be a resource (Carolyn will cover this!)
  *   Anything else you think is important! You're the expert :)

Please send slides/handouts by COB Friday 4/22

Thanks again, looking forward to meeting you next week. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Mari

Mari Borden
Political Director
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Cell: 202-503-8265
Office:202-449-6740
[email-masked]
1225 Eye St NW, Suite 1250
Washington, DC 20005

________________________________
From: Carolyn Fiddler
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 5:00 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Palermo, Rachel; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Mari Borden
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Mark,

Really excited you can help us out with this training! I’ve copied Mari Borden, one of the political directors who’s organizing the curriculum, to help answer any questions I miss here.

The training sessions are two small breakouts, back-to-back blocks of 45 minutes each. We estimate about 15 or so participants in each session, so it’ll be more of a small group discussion. Different participants will bring different levels of experience to the training, and some may bring none at all, so a one-size-fits-all presentation may not work as well as a sort of back-and-forth exchange, but you’re of course welcome to approach this however you prefer. I’ll be on hand for both sessions to get things started and can help out during the training any way you’d like me to. If you end up using slides, we’d be much obliged if you could get them to us by Friday, as well as any handouts you may want to distribute (we’re happy to take care of printing).

Mari, please let me know if I missed anything, and Mark, don’t hesitate to reach out if you have more questions!

Best,

Carolyn

Carolyn Fiddler

National Communications Director

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

202.556.1693

From: Paustenbach, Mark [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 11:07 AM
To: Palermo, Rachel <[email-masked]>; Carolyn Fiddler <[email-masked]>; Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Carolyn,

Great to e-meet you.

Happy to help; just let me know how I might be of assistance.

Will I be presenting in front of a large group with slides, etc. or will this be for smaller breakout sessions? For how long would you like me to speak and will there also be a Q&A portion?

All best,

Mark

Mark Paustenbach

National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

W: 202.863.8148
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 10:37 AM
To: Carolyn Fiddler; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Great. I’ve added him onto the email chain here.

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Rachel Palermo

Democratic National Committee

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

202-863-8041

From: Carolyn Fiddler [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 10:35 AM
To: Palermo, Rachel; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Rachel,

That sounds great. I’ve never worked with Mark, but I’m looking forward to connecting with him.

Best,

Carolyn

Carolyn Fiddler

National Communications Director

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

202.556.1693

From: Palermo, Rachel [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 6:04 PM
To: Carolyn Fiddler <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>; Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Carolyn,

Unfortunately Luis will likely be unavailable, but our National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach is free. If Luis is out from his event early enough, he can also join. Does that sound ok?

Rachel

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[DNC]<http://www.democrats.org/>

Rachel Palermo

Democratic National Committee

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

202-863-8041

From: Carolyn Fiddler [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 5:40 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Palermo, Rachel
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Rachel,

Just wanted to check in to make sure we’re all set on this and see if there are any question I can answer.

Thanks!

Carolyn Fiddler

National Communications Director

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

202.556.1693

From: Miranda, Luis [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 3:32 PM
To: Carolyn Fiddler <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Palermo, Rachel <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Carolyn, sounds good. Copying Rachel to help lock it in.

________________________________

From: Carolyn Fiddler [[email-masked]]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 3:30 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: DLCC training -- a request.

Hi Luis,

I know you must be crazy busy in New York right now – hope everything is going well!

I believe I mentioned (just in passing, though) at our meeting a couple of weeks ago that the DLCC is holding its Caucus Staff Summit (our big biannual training that brings in state legislative campaign staffers from all over the country) in DC fairly soon, and I was hoping you might like to be a part of our training curriculum. We have two back-to-back breakout sessions on Working With The Press on Wednesday, April 27, between 12:45 and 2:30 p.m., and I’d love it if you were to come and train our folks on the basics of handling media outreach and press interaction. The staffers in attendance will be of various experience and skill levels, but I expect most will have little in the way of communications background.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Carolyn

Carolyn Fiddler

National Communications Director

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 1250

Washington, DC 20005

202.556.1693

www.dlcc.org<http://www.dlcc.org/>