Technician

Your role is twofold. (1) You are responsible for working with the Activist to create your group’s presentation that will be used during the press conference. This can include follow-up technology, such as a website, to which you can direct the audience during the press conference. (2) You are responsible for assisting the Concerned Citizen to create promotional pieces which will garner support for your cause, whether it is Reform or Defend, among the masses.

More people are swayed by visuals than talk. And people tune out political advertising, especially if it gets slimy. Prepare by knowing PowerPoint (tutorial link below) and use the power of the Internet. You are a busy person, helping both the Activist and the Concerned Citizen get their points across.

Technician, your notes are below, print them out and use them as a guide to your research and final project. You will need Adobe Acrobat to download these notes.

• Technician Notes (5 kb)

General ECS information Links:

U.S. Electoral College Site
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/about.html

Electoral College Calculator:
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/calculator.html

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College

Links Specific to your Role:

PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/ppt

Creating an effective PowerPoint Presentation
http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Emontecin/powerpoint.html

Web Log tools
http://www.livejournal.com/

Other available web blog sites
https://www.blogger.com, http://wordpress.com/

Webmonkey – creating webpages
http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/tag/web_basics

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