2. Elect Her Basics Goal of AAUW Initiative Close the long-standing political leadership gender gap by empowering and training women to run for office at all levels

3. Elect Her Basics Continuum of programming – High school --- Promotion of Running Start Young Women’s Political Leadership Program www.runningstart.org – College --- Elect Her-Campus Women Win – All ages --- Promotion of Women’s Campaign Forum She Should Run program www.wcfonline.org

4. Training Components – Research and information on women in political office – Inspiring speakers Female political leader, communications expert, current student leaders – Campaign practice Issue identification, building a campaign team, message and elevator speech development, asking for votes

5. Evaluation outcomes of Campaign College 2010 sites – Nine sites, over 200 participants – Close to double the # of students who would run for student government (25 – 43%) and plan to run post-college (17 – 34%) – 98% would recommend training to friend

7. Discussion Questions – Why do you think so few women run for political office? – Has you run for high school/college elected office? Are you currently in elected office on your campus? If you decided not to run, what were the reasons why? – Do you think there are different rules of the game for undergraduate women candidates for student government than undergraduate men candidates? If so, what are the rules?

8. Bringing the training to your campus – Stay tuned for application posted on AAUW and Running Start websites at end of August – Research your student government elections, structure, and gender balance – Start reaching out to allies who will be needed to complete the application: School administrators, student orgs, AAUW branch members

9. Sample Budget DescriptionAAUW, Running Start In-kind campus or local sponsorship Travel Travel costs for staff member of AAUW or Running Start to attend the training x Food Food costs include light breakfast, lunch, and reception items. This is preferably reimbursed after the training. Budget for this food expense is $1250. x Meeting Space and A/V Meeting space for the training and the A/V setup X Binders Binders for the training materials. These will be sent to the training site due to a bulk order discount that AAUW receives. x CopyingCopying of the materials to insert in the binders X

10. Bringing the training to your campus – Be prepared for time investment as a student liaison – View the training as a long-term, not one-time, program for your campus – Stay connected with the 2010 student liaisons to learn from their experiences

11. Questions?