You can organise and run your sessions according to your preference and the skills and preferences of your volunteer team, but there are a few best practice recommendations for you to consider when running a GOTV session:
One board runner per road group who acts a group leader to avoid errors
You can have multiple people assigned as board runners on Labour One meaning multiple people can see all properties, add more team members and enter data, however it's best if just one person leads the group. Leading a group includes assigning properties and telling the team which door to knock next, keeping track of progress and being responsible for starting and ending the road group. This is especially important for ending a road group, as the team will be removed and GOTV filtering applied when you click 'stop', so it's best if one person is responsible for this to minimise any errors.
Open your road group on the app and add your team before leaving the campaign centre
It's a good idea to make sure you're ready before you head to your road group location, especially if it's an area that you're not familiar with, just in case there is patchy mobile signal there. Opening your road group in a location where you know that your signal is strong or where WiFi is available means that the road group data is already stored on your phone so minimises the risk of not being able to access it while in the field.
Take a photo of the cover sheet (QR code) in case you need to rejoin if you don’t have a print out
This is a just-in-case recommendation. We recommend you don't end a road group, and therefore remove yourself and your team from it, until you have finished knocking. If you do get removed, having the cover sheet QR available means you can quickly scan yourself back in. If you meet some of your team in the field, they will need to be added on-site so having a road group QR code available makes this quick and easy. Sometimes you'll be given a lanyard at the campaign centre which contains the cover sheet.
If unsure about access, mark ‘Not In’ (not ‘Inaccessible’) so it can be revisited later
Marking a property as 'Inaccessible' will remove it from the session after you have ended your road group. A property may be have been inaccessible during your knock, for example an intercom system wasn't answered or a gate was locked, however it may become accessible later in the day in a different knock. We recommend that you only use 'Inaccessible' when a property is truly and completely inaccessible and use 'Not In' when you can't be certain so that someone else can try again later.