• Followup Tool Dashboard of new supporters, providing an efficient method for sending a follow-up email and/or phone call to welcome and thank them for their support. This Tool is accessed from the CitizenBuilder Dashboard using the Tools / Followup menu on the left, and displays in list form all new supporters who have either an email address or phone number. Clicking on their name will open a detail page where action can be taken. After completing the followup, the supporter will no longer be included in the New Followups display, but instead will appear in the Archive display, representing those supporters who you have welcomed. For an introductory training video (9 min), click **here**.

• District Dashboard Dashboard of all supporters with an email address or phone number, providing an efficient method for District Captains in particular to manage their supporters, including sending individual emails or logging contact notes. This Tool is accessed from the CitizenBuilder Dashboard using the Tools / District Dashboard menu on the left. For an introductory training video (8 min), click **here**.

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  Leadership Management Tool (LMT) Dashboard of all applicants for leadership positions, and all assigned leaders. Used to manage the process of vetting and on-boarding new leaders, and to remove assigned leaders. This tool is generally only available to State-level leaders and Regional Captains. For an introductory training video (7 min), click **here**.

• Legislative Management System (LMS) Allows District Captains to review/update the current COS position of the legislators in their district. State leaders have a more complete view, which includes all legislators and details of committee hearings, legislation and votes. This tool is primarily designed for the Legislative Liaison.

• Roundcube Web Interface Leaders who have been assigned First.Last@cosaction.com email accounts may choose to access them through the Roundcube web interface or through various e-mail clients by entering the Roundcube mail server information.  Most leaders have chosen forward-only accounts sent to their personal e-mail accounts.  Contact your SIA if you would like to change access types between a full account and forward-only.

• Arkansas Slack Team Slack is the primary communication tool between and among the entire Arkansas COS leadership team. If you have not received an email invite, please contact the State Communications Coordinator. Check out these Slack Tips for a productivity boost.

• COS Arkansas State Home Page This public home page for Arkansas highlights current news and items of interest. Links are available for Calendar of Events, COS References, and Podcasts. 

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• Register for Weekly National COS DC & Volunteer Leadership Training Webinar A weekly webinar hosted by COS National (Tuesday 8-9 pm Central) that is intended for new leaders and leader applicants. To attend, you must register for this GoToMeeting webinar in order to receive a link to join the meeting. All leaders are welcome, but it is principally intended as an introduction for new leaders, so there is some level of redundancy from week-to-week.

• Weekly National COS DC & Volunteer Leadership Training Archive This archive webpage provides access to view the video from all previous training sessions, and has links for any handouts or other reference materials that were discussed during the session.

• COS University Self-paced online training classes covering various topics pertaining to the COS grassroots organization. Once registered on the site, you enroll in the desired class and proceed through the training at your own pace. The first major class to be offered is DC100 - Convention of States District Captain Basic Training.

Training videos prepared by COS National staff, covering a variety of topics helpful to understanding and using CitizenBuilder.  

CitizenBuilder SignIn Help (3 min)

System Basics for District Captains (6.5 min)
System Intro for State Leaders (5 min)

Followup Tool (9 min)
District Dashboard (8 min)

Leaders Tool (LMT): Assign and Unassign (7 min)
Leaders Tool (LMT): Email Accounts (4 min)
Leaders Tool (LMT): Roles & Assignments (5 min)
Content: Blog Posts (11 min)
Content: Pages (4.5 min)
Content: Notifications (3.5 min)
Content: Files (6 min)
Content: Videos (6 min)
Content: Surveys (6 min)
Content: Polls (4.5 min)

• LMS Training Following is a training video for using the Legislative Management System (LMS) for state leaders:
  

LMS State Leader Training Video (16.5 min)

• State Team Manuals COS leadership position manuals are currently maintained in Google Docs.
  

State Team Role Manuals

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• Arkansas District Maps This is the OFFICIAL Arkansas Secretary of State elections district page.  There are many maps and links to lookup your legislators

• Arkansas Legislators  These directories provide additional information for the legislators beyond what is offered on the Secretary of State website.

• US Statistical Atlas This site provides an interactive map of the US, with the ability to select views based upon State House and Senate districts, as well as metro areas, counties, and Congressional districts. Excellent method of locating the surrounding districts to your district.

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• Constitutional Offices This page provides direct links to offices within the capital and the legislators web pages.

• General Capital Tour Information Contains capital directory, history, floor plans, etc…

• Capital Parking Legislative Fiscal Session Parking & Shuttle Map

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• Print Order Request Form  Refer to the State Leaders Print Policy. Contact State Director (Jacque Martin) jacque.martin@cosaction.com to request printing material. Then complete order form online entry form.

• Community Events Exhibits Program This is a comprehensive document prepared by Howard Boothroyd, a Florida DC, that provides a wealth of information useful when planning events, such as Gun Shows and Exhibit Booths. National COS does cover the booth costs for many events, but request must be submitted at least 3 weeks in advance – Use this form.

• Events Petition Page When you have Internet access at an event and can have a computer or tablet available, you can have people sign the COS petition using this special petition form, which allows you to optionally enter the Event Name and Event Description in the fields at the bottom of the form for the first petition, and they will remain until you change them. The Event Name will be added as a tag to the signer's profile. After the first signature, the form will be re-displayed, with the entry fields blanked out. You will want to first sign in to CitizenBuilder so that you will automatically be recorded as the “recruiter” for the people signing. Watch this short training video to see the page in action.

• How to Whitelist Email Addresses Instructions for how to whitelist email addresses for all the popular email clients. You should consider whitelisting the following domains: conventionofstates.com, cosaction.com, selfgovern.com, and nationbuilder.com.

COS YouTube Channel  

Arkansas COS Facebook Page  

Arkansas COS Twitter Page  

National COS Facebook Page  

• Supporter Address Update Link This link takes supporters to their My Profile page where they can enter or update their full address. This link is included in the Followup Tool email template. Even though a supporter may have signed the petition on the website, the petition cannot be sent on to their legislators until their full address is entered, because this is needed in order to ensure the proper districts are assigned.

• COS Privacy Policy This page explains what information is collected, why, and how it is used and protected.