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Most voters make up their mind in the last week of the election, much to the chagrin of field directors and campaign operatives...

Telephone Town Halls are an incredibly effective way for candidates running for office to contact voters, but Stones’ Phones has also made them an efficient tool for fundraising, enabling candidates to target previous and prospective donors. During the 2012 election cycle, Stones’ Phones held a series of Telephone Town Halls with former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine for his senate campaign. The events were marketed as an insiders campaign briefing with current and former donors

Holding a Telephone Town Hall provides your campaign or organization with an amazing outreach tool to build support and discuss important...

Telephone Town Halls have become one of the leading ways to simultaneously communicate with thousands of people across the country. Campaigns and organizations have been using Telephone Town Halls for years to connect with members and voters. We at Stones’ Phones have developed new techniques to increase attendance and participation on your event by advertising on mediums such as websites, direct mail, cookied Internet ads, and Facebook Connect. Website Sign-up We recently wo

How many screeners should you have on hand for a Telephone Town Hall? As with most things in politics, it depends. If you want to run a...

One of the biggest decisions you have to make when holding a Telephone Town Halls is who your moderator should be or if you even need...

Whether it is remembering where you put your car keys or that important meeting with a client, everyone needs reminders in their lives....

Since we began organizing Telephone Town Halls in 2006, we have received many questions about what to expect when planning an event....

In July 2015 Roll Call ran an article trumpeting a “new ruling” from the Federal Communications Commission that Telephone Town Halls are now, and have always been, banned by FCC regulations. Happily, reports of the death of Telephone Town Halls have been greatly exaggerated. Here’s the relevant portion of Roll Call’s article (emphasis ours): “Politicians are exempt from the Do Not Call List rules … but not the robocalling restrictions for cell phones the FCC is now enforcing.

What sets Telephone Town Halls apart from your standard conference call is the outbound call inviting people to participate in the events. This call plays an automated message that tells the person who answers the phone the Telephone Town Hall is about begin, it’s free to participate, and to simply stay on the line to join the event. We’ve found this method of communication to be far superior to that of a traditional conference call where participants have to dial into the ev

Whether it’s called a Teleforum, Tele Town Hall, conference call or Virtual Town Hall they are just simply a town hall meeting over the...

As the outbreak of coronavirus continues to affect the lives of millions, Telephone Town Halls have become highly effective tools in...

One thing that events streamed on Facebook Live, Google Hangout or Zoom have in common is that they all depend on people remembering to...

In this time of uncertainty, we are all trying to maintain our connections. Whether with family, friends, or work, we are often relying...

We’ve long understood the value of Telephone Town Halls, one of our favorite programs we’ve perfected over the last 12 years. No other...

Telephone Town Halls meld a traditional form of communication – the phone – with a 21st century web interface to create an interactive...

Stones’ Phones is excited to announce the introduction of a brand-new feature to Telephone Town Hall Events – Zoom Integration. Zoom...