Politicians generally see public appearances as a chance to gain some media attention and to get their message out into the greater world. Whether or not that goes smoothly is almost always attributable to having a solid advance team. A great advance person is equal parts drill sergeant, Energizer Bunny and psychic, with an obsessive attention to detail. On today's show we are joined by Carol Dahmen-Eckery, who for decades was one of the most well-known and respected campaign managers and advance team leaders in the business, who shares a plethora of insights and lessons from her years being the one to stop problems before they could even occur.
Politicians generally see public appearances as a chance to gain some media attention and to get their message out into the greater world. Whether or not that goes smoothly is almost always attributable to having a solid advance team. A great advance person is equal parts drill sergeant, Energizer Bunny and psychic, with an obsessive attention to detail. On today's show we are joined by Carol Dahmen-Eckery, who for decades was one of the most well-known and respected campaign managers and advance team leaders in the business, who shares a plethora of insights and lessons from her years being the one to stop problems before they could even occur.
3:15 Capitol Caffeine series
4:18 Age evolution around the Capitol
5:10 Carol Dahmen-Eckery
6:19 Press conference at a freeway entrance
7:57 The role of the Advance team
8:47 The last event of the 1998 Gray Davis campaign
10:29 "Discount Advance"
12:05 The biggest challenges
13:34 Security
15:22 How the candidate's personality affects the event
18:02 Essential Advance skills
20:39 Secret Service
22:37 Career path
25:50 Getting the candidate TO the event
27:53 "Years of experience"
28:13 The Martin Sheen story
31:02 Get in the trenches
32:23 Failure is a good teacher
33:25 Still staffing Gray Davis
36:31 #WWCA
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