Christine Pelosi’s boot camps for political candidates showcase techniques in management, message, money, and mobilization that have helped win Congress back for the Democrats and made her mother the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives!

This book tells how it’s done. Distilling best practices from well-known political figures and advocates, Pelosi focuses on seven fundamental steps to launching successful campaigns for candidates and causes. Campaign Boot Camp combines a call to public service with a concise methodology for successful involvement in participatory democracy.

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Leadership Lessons from the Campaign Trail
Pelosi Authors Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders

“Campaign Boot Camp is a passionate call to public service—and a practical guide for making that service more productive. Christine Pelosi is a sharp and knowledgeable drill sergeant looking to whip our democratic process back into shape.” —Arianna Huffington

“A must-read for everyone who wants to bring change, renew hope, and revitalize our nation.” —Max Cleland, former U.S. Senator

Attorney, author, and activist Christine Pelosi presents leadership lessons from the campaign trail for anyone who wants to run for office, advocate for a cause, or win a public policy issue. In Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders—A 7-Step Guide to Launching Successful Campaigns for Candidates and Causes (Publication date: November 2007; PoliPointPress; $15.95, softcover), Pelosi uses a boot camp model to provide practical advice and “get real” exercises so that individual readers can integrate these leadership lessons into their own public service efforts on political campaigns, ballot initiatives, or non-profit ventures.

Right from the stroller, Christine was campaigning with her mother, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She has served candidates and party alike, and she knows like few others about the nuts and bolts of winning in politics.

Distilling best practices from across the political spectrum, Pelosi shows aspiring leaders how to master the fundamentals of campaigning—management, message, money, and mobilization. She lays out a 7-step program for effective campaigning at all levels of public service, from community initiatives to congressional races:

1. Identify your call to service
2. Know your community
3. Build your leadership teams
4. Define your message
5. Connect with people
6. Raise the money
7. Mobilize to win

Along the way, Pelosi features successful campaigners with their diverse backgrounds and experiences. Among the public servants and political professionals quoted in the book are: Donna Brazile, David Brock, Willie L. Brown, Jr., Max Cleland, Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., Rahm Emanuel, Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kerry Kennedy, Frank Luntz, Ellen Malcolm, Gerald W. McEntee, Markos Moulitsas, Nancy Pelosi, Carl Pope, Bill Press, Ronald Reagan, Ann Richards, Karl Rove, Jack Valenti, Tim Walz, George F. Will, and Jim Zogby. Their writings and practices help make Campaign Boot Camp both a helpful guide to participatory democracy and an inspiring collective memoir.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Christine Pelosi directs the AFSCME PEOPLE/New House PAC Congressional Candidates Boot Camp that worked with over 40 challengers in 2006, 12 of whom are now members of Congress. Since 1996 she has chaired the California Democratic Party Platform Committee and served as an elected member of the Democratic National Committee, where she cofounded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council.

Pelosi served as deputy prosecutor in the sex crimes and child abuse unit of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, as special counsel in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and as chief of staff for U.S. Congressman John F. Tierney. An avid baseball fan, Pelosi resides in San Francisco within walking distance of her beloved San Francisco Giants. She is married to filmmaker Peter Kaufman.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: please contact info@PelosiBootCamp.com; visit www.pelosibootcamp.com; or text “bootcamp” (one word) to “elect” (35328).