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Putting Hope to Work.
If it’s part of a political campaign, it’s part of what we do.
The hope of Kennedy’s Camelot. The people-powered spirit of Obama’s presidency. That’s the inspiration behind our name, and the conviction behind our work. From the first fundraising call to the last knock on a door, we help turn belief in a better future into a campaign people can join.
Good campaigns allow candidates to focus on the most important aspects of winning an election. We can help with all the rest.
Camelot has worked with: A bunch of your favorite elected officials… and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
ONE CAMPAIGN. EVERY PART.
Give hope a plan. Give supporters a role. Give voters a reason to believe.
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FUNDRAISING
Campaign professionals with decades of combined experience raising money for candidates, nonprofits, and issue campaigns. We’ve helped raise more money for campaigns than any other Democratic consulting firm in Oklahoma.
- Planning & management: fundraising plans and cash flow projections for campaigns of every size.
- Staffing: refine fundraising message and strategy; train campaign staff in daily fundraising best practices.
- Donors: dialing for dollars; donor database with tens of thousands of contacts for potential supporters.
- Communications: email and phone solicitation, targeted direct mail appeals, tracking, follow-up, emails, letters, collateral.
- Event planning: small and large events, invitations, steering committees, logistics, targeted calls and pledge follow-up.
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BRANDING & MESSAGING
Brand integrity is the foundation of everything voters see and hear; tell a consistent compelling story.
- Design: marketing, branding, advocacy, inspired print and digital media, in-house creative consistency.
- Print media & direct mail: hundreds of print pieces designed, door-to-door literature, targeted direct mail.
- Digital media & web development: integrate the web into the campaign with strategy, creative and targeting.
- Social media: create content, build social presence, help supporters share the message.
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FIELD STRATEGY
Door-to-door voter contact, knowing who and when to contact, making conversations count.
- Paving the way: announcement through Election Day, determine win number and build a practical plan.
- Data & microtargeting: data-driven decisions, reach right voters in right places at right time.
- Building the army: recruit, organize and inspire volunteers, neighbor conversations, shared purpose.
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Find the opening / Know the race
Listen to candidate and community, hopes and everyday concerns shape purpose and plan.
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Make the case / Give people a reason
Connect beliefs with daily life, picture of what can change, invite participation.
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Build it together / Make it a shared effort
Turn supporters into donors, volunteers and neighbors having the next conversation, through Election Day.
Two eras of hope.
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”
— President John F. Kennedy
Our name draws on two presidencies that made people imagine a better future: John F. Kennedy’s Camelot years and Barack Obama’s presidency, our “Camelot 2.” From Kennedy, we take optimism and fortitude; from Obama, the conviction that ordinary people organized around common purpose can change what’s possible.
Led by Michael Whelan, founder and principal of Camelot Consulting, we translate these ideals into honest messages and campaigns that people help build. We are committed to progressive ideals and a better Oklahoma for generations to come.