Before Your Watch Party

Pre-Party Checklist

1. Pick the right event space—home or other location.
2. Create your event in Mobilize using our guide below and share the link
3. with guests.
4. Test out your technology—TV, internet, speakers.
5. If you’re providing food, make sure you have everyone’s dietary needs.
6. Provide your contact number to your guests.

Making Your List of Invites

• Give yourself time; start one week before the debate.
• Begin with the people you know best.
• Consider other communities you’re part of, like a book club.
• Encourage your friends to invite their friends.
• Remember, you can keep this to just friends and family.
• Tip: use an invite tracker to keep track of your guest list and reach out to your community.

Invitations and Confirming Guests

When hosting an event, it is important to set expectations for attendees by
communicating key information and confirming attendance numbers. This is a great time to send out your debate watch party invites! After filling out the “Host a Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party!” form, follow the timeline below once you have your guest list.

Email and Text Templates

Debate Watch Party Invitation Email/Text Template Sample:

Debate Watch Party Confirm Email/Text Template Sample:

Post Debate Follow-Up Email/Text Template Sample

Mobilize Event Setup Guide

Mobilize is an online platform for our campaign to centrally place all of our events, make our events visible, and follow up with participants who sign up.

Follow the steps below to create and register your debate watch party in Mobilize. You can find the event form here.

Step 1. Create your
personalized event title: e.g. Victor’s Debate Watch Party,Denver Friends Debate Watch Party, etc.).

Step 2. Set your event
visibility to private: event details will be available to only those you share your event link with.

Step 3. Include logistics details for your guests: your
address, parking and anything else.

Step 4. [Optional] Add a co-host here: if you are hosting with a friend.

Step 5. The invite: share your event link with your list of invited guests.