FAQ’s & Answers for Organizing With Reach

Answers to your questions:

  • What is the best way to create a campaign for a specific ward or township?

You can create a User Group for that township and then target action cards, scripts and survey question sets by that User Group OR, 

  •  How will the email addresses collected be used in relation to the MDP's emailing program?

That's up to you all. Once you are on a paid subscription, you can export and add those email addresses to your program

  • Is there a process for exporting data into a CSV file for use in NationBuilder.

 We integrate with VoteBuilder (i.e. VAN), not NationBuilder. Either way, with a paid subscription, you can export CSV files with a variety of data. You can see more about the exports here. They are not available during the free trial period. Use and access to Reach and its data will follow the MDP privacy policies. Any requests for exports may be limited in scope and certain data may not be allowed to be placed in NationBuilder.

Training Links:

  1. Go to your Admin Dashboard on the web to fill out your Campaign Directory details on the Campaign Settings page and Publish your campaign. Every campaign or organization using Reach is listed publicly in our directory. Users cannot join your campaign until your directory page is published, so do this as soon as possible. We've attached a Reach Admin Set Up Guide to walk you through it. You can also check out our online Knowledge Base Admin Set Up Guide for additional set up details, or watch our Reach 101 Video Series or our Admin Training Series to learn more about getting your campaign set up! 

  2. Email support@reach.vote with any questions about using the platform, technical support, etc. to ensure you get a response as quickly as possible and that your email does not fall through the cracks. 

  3. You can also download our customizable Volunteer Training Deck Template and other materials to get your users started.

  4. Join our Reachers United Facebook group to strategize with other Reachers from campaigns, unions, and nonprofits around the country. 

  5. Check our blog for guides like ten top engagement tactics and Relational Organizing Best Practices as you roll out your campaign.

  6. As I mentioned, once you have set up your campaign, we can review it together to make sure you are getting the most out of Reach. You can schedule that here.

  7. Here are the links to the Relational Organizing Webinar with the Wisconsin Democrats, and to the Content Sharing Webinar with Demcast