Liberalist

New Turf Cutter

Liberalist — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:33:51 +0000

You’re probably asking yourself, “New Turf Cutter? How can the existing Turf Cutter get any better?” On Friday, July 6^th, Liberalist’s developers released several updates which revolutionize what you already know as one of the most popular and powerful tools on Liberalist.

The new features include:

Doubled capacity: You can now send lists of up to 5,000 households to Turf Cutter.
Additional Zooming options: You can still zoom in and out using the existing ‘zoom scale’ function, but you can now also use your mouse’s scroll wheel to zoom in and out. You can also double-click when not in drawing mode to zoom in.
More Accurate Turfs: You can now choose to view the number of ‘Doors, People or Both’ when cutting turf, making it crystal clear how large you’re constructing each Turf.
Easy Viewing: Scrolling over any Turf in the Legend box will highlight that Turf on the Map.
Speedy Saving / Deleting: You no longer need to save your Turf before moving on to draw your next Turf. Once you click the starting point of your Turf, it automatically saves and appears in the Legend. If you want to delete it, simply click the little trash can icon that appears to the right of each Turf when moving your cursor over the saved Turf in the Legend.
Easy editing (Drag-able Turf Lines): Remember how frustrating it was to have to re-draw your entire Turf – just because you’d left out just one or two households? Now, you can DRAG Turf segments (the lines) to edit a Turf polygon. Just highlight the Turf in the map region; the perimeter of the Turf polygon will update to display individual segments connected by movable boxes. Then, simply grab a segment box and move it, thereby changing the shape and size of the Turf polygon.
Introducing Auto Cut: Have you ever tried to Turf Cut your entire list of identified Liberals for your Election Day GOTV kits? I have!
And, like the developers at NGP-VAN, I dreamed of a feature that would magically cut Turf for me. With the new Auto Cut Turf function, you now have the option to divide your list automatically by equal numbers of addresses by Turf or grouping addresses close to each other. Turf Cutter will do the rest.

Although the Auto Cut feature may not know local geography as well as you, the ability to edit Turfs drawn the by Auto Cut feature means that you can tweak and modify Auto Cut Turfs in a snap.

Bulletin 18 – MiniVAN for Android / New Turf Cutter and more

Liberalist — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:13:32 +0000

In this bulletin:

MiniVAN for Android
New Turf Cutter
‘Targets’ Updated
Supporters now automatically made your ‘Contacts’

MiniVAN for Android

We are very pleased to announce that the Liberalist MiniVAN tool is now available for Android devices at the Google Play shop (formerly Android Market) for Android OS 2.3 and higher. The free application will have all of the same canvassing features and conveniences of the iPhone/iPad version of MiniVAN and is available for Android tablets and phones.

Assigning canvass lists to your volunteers’ smart phones from Liberalist and accepting the data back into Liberalist from the MiniVAN app will look the same to you, regardless of whether your volunteers use an Apple product or an Android tool. READ MORE

New Turf Cutter

You’re probably asking yourself, “New Turf Cutter? How can the existing Turf Cutter get any better?” On Friday, July 6^th, Liberalist’s developers will release several updates which will revolutionize what is already one of the most popular and powerful tools on Liberalist. The new features include: Doubled capacity, additional zooming options, speedy saving, easy editing, and an ‘Auto-Cut’ function. READ MORE

‘Targets’ Updated

Liberalist Targets have been updated to include the canvassing data from the 2011 election. In Liberalist, the ‘Targets’ box on the Create a List page of the My Voters tab helps you to create a select set of complicated lists in one step. For example, people who were canvassed as Liberal in any 2 of the last 3 elections.

Supporters now automatically made your ‘Contacts’

Liberalist now automatically adds Liberal Supporters who live in your riding to your list of Contacts. You can now create your complete list of Supporters in one step on the Shared Contacts tab. See this guide section for more information: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/symp-cal/

MiniVAN for Android

Liberalist — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:31:43 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that MiniVAN for Android on Liberalist is now available at the Google Play shop (formerly Android Market) for Android OS 2.3 and higher. The free application will have all of the same canvassing features and conveniences of the iPhone/iPad MiniVAN version and is available for Android tablets and phone.

Before exploring the new application, don’t forget to ‘send’ a list to yourself from Liberalist or to have a list ‘sent’ to you. See this guide for more information: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/canvip/

Once downloaded, MiniVAN for Android will ask you to enter a URL and login credentials. Simply use the my.liberalist.ca URL and the user name and password you normally enter to access the full Liberalist system.

When you’re in Liberalist, assigning canvass lists to your volunteers’ smart phones and accepting the data back into Liberalist from the MiniVAN app will look the same regardless of whether your volunteers use an Apple product or an Android tool.

Please note: When you are canvassing on your Android device, you may notice a few cosmetic differences from the MiniVAN application on Apple products. For example, for some devices, you’ll need to select the menu options in order to sync lists. And following Android standards, users can always undo an action with the back button.

Liberalist Printing Update and Finding your Supporters

Liberalist — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:19:49 +0000

Printing Update:

Starting on Friday, May 18, there will be an immediate update to the process of printing from Liberalist. When you print a Report, Canvass Sheets, Letters or Labels from Liberalist, the product will be a PDF document, rather than a web page which has to be printed from your internet browser.

How will this affect you?

Your PDFs are created nearly instantly and can be downloaded from Liberalist at your leisure.
You no longer have to set your browser’s Page and Print Settings before printing as you are no longer printing from your internet browser.
You still have access to previously available Print Settings (such as printing maps and customizing your sort order), as well as several new Print functions which were not previously available for PDF printing (such as displaying Notes and setting Print Defaults).
The update provides a more consistent and attractive layout for your printouts. This is especially important for printing barcodes.
You can still set customized margins for every Form Letter you add to Liberalist.
The “My PDF Files” page allows you to keep useful printouts for later reference. For information on customizing your view of the My PDF Files page, see our guide section Customizing the My PDF Files.

Where to find Supporters in Liberalist:

See our guide section on Creating a List of Supporters.

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Liberalist — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:10:06 +0000

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Become a Liberalist Champion this Summer!

Liberalist — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:39:12 +0000

Have you heard about the Liberalist Champions Training Program? Your Liberal Party Help Desk is providing an 8 week online training program carefully designed to comprehensively train you and your team on the Liberalist system.

While the first English Liberalist Champions Training Program (March 13 to May 9) is wrapping up, we are far from finished! Due to popular demand, an additional run of the program is being offered in French from May 16 to July 12 and again in English from June 26 to August 15.

To register to take the Liberalist Champions Training Program in French, click here.
To register to take the Liberalist Champions Training Program in English, click here.

Passwords Extended

Liberalist — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:38:04 +0000

Your Liberalist password is now valid for 180 days.

New iPad App + More

Liberalist — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:35:18 +0000

In this Bulletin:

New Version: MiniVan iPhone/iPad app
Become a Liberalist Champion
Turf Cutter update
New Online Materials

New Version: MiniVan iPhone/iPad app

Thanks in part to your feedback, the popular iPhone App MiniVan has been upgraded to include many exciting new features.

You can now add new contacts into the database directly from your device.
The app will suggest addresses from your list based on your actual location.
The app is now bigger and more interactive for use on iPads.
IPad users can now select Landscape or Portrait screen orientation.
You can now load lists onto your device using the list numbers on printed lists.
Canvas coordinators can now set expiry dates for lists they send to the app.

The MiniVan App allows you to send a virtual version of your canvas sheet to any volunteer with an apple device (iPad, iPhone, iPod). The volunteers enter canvas results on their device and return the data to you with the click of a button.

You can download the MiniVan App here: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/minivan-touch/id352087547?mt=8

Become a Liberalist Champion

Your Liberal Party Help Desk is pleased to launch the Liberalist Champions Training Program. This 8 week online adult learning program is carefully designed to comprehensively train you and your team on the Liberalist system.

Each riding should have at least one person participate in the program. There is no limit to the number of participants from each riding.

The course includes 8 live one-hour sessions on a variety of tools, topics and strategies and 3 short quizzes to help you track your progress. Successful participants will be certified as “Liberalist Champions”. The Liberalist Champions Training Program will take place from March 13th to May 2nd.

Click here for more information and to register: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/register-liberalist-champions/

Turf Cutter Update

The Turf Cutter tool is now available on the Liberalist Shared Contacts tab. The Turf Cutter function allows you to create highly customized walk or call sheets. Level 3 users now have access to the tool for lists of 2,500 people or smaller. For more information on using Turf Cutter, see our guide section: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/learn/user-guide/turfcutter/

New Online Materials

We have posted a full version of our User Guide in PDF format on the User Guide page. If you want to download the full guide, click here: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/files/2010/02/Liberalist-Guide-Full.pdf

Our original online guide sections remain here: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/learn/user-guide/

Updated: User Guide

Liberalist — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:32:10 +0000

We have posted a full version of our User Guide in PDF format on the User Guide page: http://liberalist.liberal.ca/learn/user-guide/

For those of you printing the guide, please remember to print double-sided!

Technical Services Bulletin/ Liberalist 13

Liberalist — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:56:15 +0000

Membership Renewal Script Updated
Membership renewal can be a hectic time for ridings. To save you time, Liberal Party of Canada Help Desk has added an updated membership renewal script to Liberalist for all ridings. The Membership Renewal 2011 script includes a simple introduction for your volunteers, information about how and why to renew membership, and a Victory Fund ask. The Membership Renewal 2011 script is easily integrated into calling projects using Liberalist’s Virtual Phone Bank tool.

For information on how to use the Virtual Phone Bank for membership renewal, check out our online guide section and our Membership Renewal training sessions.

Riding Holiday Cards
You now have access to the activist code ‘Communication: Riding Holiday Card’. This code can be used to create a holiday card list for people within and outside your riding. For information on how to apply the code, see our documentation on the Quick Mark tool.

You can contact us by email at assistance@liberal.ca or by phone at 1-866-574-5131.