Following on from the success of our 2011 artwork pack, ALDC has again commissioned a series of FOCUS and campaign material templates for use by Liberal Democrat campaigners. These are exclusively available to members of ALDC. 

Pack 1 was released at the start of August: 
The templates include: a range of A4 focus templates (to add to the A3 templates produced last year), and a wide variety of materials for "knocking on doors" - surveys (national and local), single issue door-knocking and candidate calling leaflets.   - all of which have been produced in black and white, two colour (for RISOs) and in full colour (Colour RISO or commercial printer). All the FOCUS leaflets have variations to allow for single and for two and three member wards and election campaigns, and different pull outs for  fighting the Tories and Labour. 

The templates use a standard set of fonts, which you need to install on your computer first - or the templates won't work correctly!

Remember you need to "log-in" as an ALDC member to download these files - your log-in details are the bottom of your weekly Campaigner email. 

ALDC members can download PDF and PagePlus files of all the Pack 1 templates from our website here. 

If you're not a member of ALDC please join us! Join today, without any paperwork here. 

Have you tried the new templates ALDC has produced in the last couple of months? We've commissioned a series of FOCUS and campaign material templates, these are exclusively available to members of ALDC. 

Packs 1 and 2 have included:
A3, A4, and A3 booklet style FOCUS 
Direct Mail
Squeeze Materials
Posters
Letterheads
Flying Start leaflets
Councillor's Annual Reports

Pack 3, which is out this week, includes everything you need for your election campaign: 
- election time FOCUS
- squeeze materials
- blue letters
- eve of poll & good mornings
- knock up leaflets
- "thank you" FOCUS

All the materials are produced as appropriate in three versions: black and white, two colour (for RISO) and in full colour (for external printers). All our resources are produced in PagePlus11 (these will still open in later versions of PagePlus). We've also included PDFs of all the documents for you take a look at each template. 

The templates use a standard set of fonts, which you need to install on your computer first - or the templates won't work correctly!

ALDC members can download PDF and PagePlus files of all the Pack 1 templates  from our website here and here for pack 2 Remember you need to 'log in' first as a member. 

If you're not a member of ALDC please join us! Our current Membership rates are just £1.50 a week, and we have a great special offer of HALF PRICE for all Lib Dem 2011 Local Election candidates (only available by direct debit). Join today, without any paperwork here. 

MyCouncillor, the websitge platform for Lib Dem councillors and local campaigners provided by ALDC has been getting an upgrade in the last few weeks. Since launching the system in 2006 MyCouncillor has grown to become the biggest network of Lib Dem sites in the country.

Highlights from the changes include:

New Themes for your websites: 

New features include:

"Get Involved" buttons, (shown here) which make it easier for people to contact you and interact with the Party or electoral system

an automatic Twitter feed to display your "tweets" on your site

link up to Google Analytics to monitor who looks at your site

an up to date Content Management System (using up to date Wordpress 3) which makes it easier to upload stories, pictures and files. 

a weekly ALDC 'news feed' of national Lib Dem stories, to help your site keep up to date (even if you never post to it!)

giving you the power to choose which content appears on your website using RSS feeds. 

If you'd like a site just register online here - we'll set your site up in the next few days. (Take a look at some of the many sites currently in operation - see the most recently updated sites in the left hand column).  

If you're not a member of ALDC please join us! Our current Membership rates are just £1.50 a week, and we have a great special offer of HALF PRICE for all Lib Dem 2011 Local Election candidates (only available by direct debit). Join today, without any paperwork here. 

Please note that the ALDC offices will be closed from 3.00pm on Friday 24 December 2010, and re-open on Tuesday 4 January 2011 at 9.30am. Any messages left on our answerphone will not be checked until the new year. 

If you require any urgent help, please get in touch via our website (here) and we can get back to you if required.

If there are any problems with our website, or with the MyCouncillor system please let us know in this way so that we know straight away and can resolve the problems. 

Can we take the opportunity to wish all our members and friends a very Happy Christmas, and very best for 2011. 

• exclusive access to campaign literature templates, artwork and advice
• exclusive weekly "Campaigner" email, packed full of campaign issues, ideas, council motions and best practice
• ALDC's bi-monthly members magazine "Campaigner"
• a free "MyCouncillor" website
• full access to our advice line and online advice - exclusively available to ALDC members.