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Whether for a local, state, or federal election, a candidate forum is a great way to engage your community around an upcoming election, to build support for nature and climate issues, and to learn more about the candidates running to represent you.  \nHOW TO ORGANISE A CANDIDATE FORUM?  \nStep 1: Date & Cohosts  \nChoose a few dates that suit your group that you can propose to candidates you’d like to invite. You can also invite other groups or organisations with similar focuses to cohost the forum with you. This means they can help with recruitment and help design the format of the forum.  \nStep 2: Venue  \nFind a venue. Some ideas are a local community hall, a school hall, or a local theatre. Keep in mind how many people you want to attend so that the venue can cater to it. It will need to have a sufficient amount of chairs, be accessible, a bathroom, and preferably have a microphone (or you can hire one separately). Try and find one that aligns with the date options you choose.  \nThere is also the option to hold an online candidate forum, for example over Zoom. There are positives and negatives of this.  \nPossible positives:  \n• It can be more accessible if people live further away, or have children etc., aren’table to drive or catch public transport easily  \n• It may be easier to record if you don’t have camera equipment  \n• It may make it easier for candidates to attend  \nPossible negatives:  \n• Often get a higher dropout rate, potentially lower attendance  \n• People often find in person events more engaging  \n• Less of an opportunity for organic relationship building/relational conversations between attendees  \nStep 3: Candidates  \nGet in touch with the candidates for your electorate and invite them to the forum. Explain who you are, who your group is and why you’re eager to hear from them. Be polite, and it’soften useful to give them a couple of date options. It is useful to also let them know who else you plan to invite, and how long they will have to speak so they can formulate their answers appropriately. Explain what the format will be, for example, they will receive five questions prior to the forum to answer with two minutes per answer, then questions from the audience afterwards.  \nYou may need to follow up with them a couple of times to get through to lock in a date. When you've locked in a date, send formal invitations to the candidates with all the details they need to know.  \nStep 4: Issues  \nDecide on the specific issues that you would like each candidate to address. Write out some questions that you will ask each candidate based on these issues. These should be specific and be able to be addressed to all candidates. You could also ask for some sort of commitment from each candidate in the question. 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