Campaign Analysis
What was your favorite part of preparing for your campaign ?
Designing my flyers and other promotional materials . I spent my summer , up to two days before convention , at science camp , and my campaign became a bit of a group project — all my friends had lots of opinions about how I should campaign and bouncing ideas off of each other was very fun .
What was your favorite campaign event ?
I think this is a controversial opinion , but I loved giving candidate speeches at GA III . I ’ ve never really been one for public speaking , but I knew what I wanted to say , and being able to articulate my platform in front of everyone at Convention gave me a lot more confidence in my campaign .
What do you think was the strongest part of your campaign ?
I spent a lot of time just talking to people — I had flyers , but I don ’ t think they were terribly useful . Getting out there whenever I had a moment and talking to JCLers in between events was definitely the strongest part of my campaign .
What in your campaign would you have done differently ?
I would have made more large posters and printed out fewer flyers — I and the people helping me spent all of convention trying to hand them out , and we still had 100 left over !
What tips do you have for speeches ?
Find your delegation in the crowd , and act like you ’ re talking to them . I worked so much on my campaign , and my sponsor actually hadn ’ t heard my speech before GA III , so I was excited for her to hear my ideas .
What ’ s one suggestion you have for candidates running for your office ?
Take advantage of the opportunity . Make posters , talk to people , get to know the other candidates ( they ’ re really cool , I swear ), write your slogan everywhere in chalk , and maybe it ’ s not the end of the world if you miss out on some sleep *. Campaigning at National Convention was one of my favorite JCL things I ’ ve ever done , and I ’ m a little disappointed I can ’ t do it again this year .
* Note by the Parliamentarian : Please get enough sleep .