What is canvassing?
Professional field and telephone canvassing is a valuable means of fundraising, outreach and education for advocacy and non-profit organizations. Incorporating a canvass and effective support database management allows an organization to build an authentic grassroots membership and funding base.
Canvassing is a valuable method for mobilizing members and creating visibility for legislative and issue campaigns. PAN has refined strategies and techniques in petitioning, targeting, voter registration, letter writing, telegram campaigns, and other grassroots campaigns.
PAN's staff provides training and management services to member organizations. PAN designs and implements field and phone programs, membership fundraising and development campaigns, and list management and computer support.
There are some people who believe that social change is a matter of calling a press conference...but social change has everything to do with canvassers knocking on a door, shaking a hand, meeting a person who you really need to talk to...