We believe that winning campaigns don’t just happen—they are created and run by behind-the-scenes political professionals, and we must do more to elevate and support them. That’s why we built Arena Academy, a best-in-class training program for political professionals.
This track is for you if you are looking to manage a state legislative or congressional race, and have at least one cycle of prior campaign experience.
This track is for you if you are looking to step into a role crafting a campaign’s core messaging, running the press shop, and directing rapid response.
This track is for you if you like the idea of building high powered networks and managing their capacity to fund a robust campaign.
This track is for you if you are looking to step into a role in managing the organizing program of a campaign. You’ll learn how to target voters, build voter universes, establish metrics and goals, and manage a team of organizers to persuade and turn out voters.
This track is for you if you are already working on campaigns but are looking to become savvier in your approach to digital. You will learn the latest in digital strategies used to communicate and mobilize voters, volunteers, and donors.
This track is for you if you are looking to step into a role in helping campaigns use data to develop people-centered programs. You will learn about the technical skills needed to analyze large data sets, and how to translate data into programs used in campaigns to talk to voters.
This track is for you if this is your first campaign cycle, and you are interested in developing and managing teams of volunteers to amplify the campaign’s message and move voters.
Number of graduates to-date
Self-reported competency increase for writing a campaign plan
Average training score across tracks
Partial
Scholarship
(20.6%)
Registration
Waived
(32.1%)
Full
Scholarship
(47.3%)