The Leadership Institute, of which I'm a regular instructor on how to effectively campaign in the modern world, is holding an Internet training seminar November 12-15.

If you're on a facebook, which by now every TechRepublican reader should be, you can find all the details here and gain access to a student discount rate for the seminar.

As an instructor, I'm allowed to send one guest to any or all of the schools gratis. So I figure, rather than draw a name out of a hat, why not offer my seat up to someone who really wants it: You.

The Rules:

1. Be creative and use your imagination.
2. In 50 words or less, choose a Halloween costume for your least favorite Democratic Presidential candidate and describe why that costume would be more appropriate (and less scary) to the American public than their liberal, tax-and-spend policies that they'd implement as President.
3. Leave your entry as a comment on this post.
4. Keep it clean and respectful of both the target and our community.

Here's the line-up for the seminar which includes quite a few TechRepublican contributors:

Blogging Workshop: Monday, November 12th

* 6:45 to 7:45: So what are these blog things anyways: How to Start a Blog (Free & Paid Sites), Matt Lewis, Townhall.com
* 8:00 to 8:45: Generating Content People Will Read, Vincent Harris, Tooconservative.com, Huckabee
* 9:00 to 9:30: If you blog it, they will come: Keys to driving site traffic, Jon Henke, New Media Strategies
* 9:30 to 10:00: Helping Bloggers help you: Building an Online Community & Activating Readership, Mike Krempasky, Redstate

Technologies Workshop: Tuesday, November 13th

* 6:45 to 7:45: Social Networking Online: Getting Tapped In, Joe Mansour, David All Group, Slatecard.com
* 8:00 to 9:00: Search Engine Secrets Exposed: Cracking the Code, TBA
* 9:15 to 10:00: You’ve Got…a Gold Mine: Building Effective Email Lists, Patrick Ruffini, Ruffini Strategies

Technologies Workshop Wednesday, November 14th

* 6:30 to 7:30: Macaca No More: Understanding Online Video, David All, David All Group, Techpresident, Slatecard.com
* 7:45 to 8:45: Our Modern Media Story: Club For Growth: Andy Roth, Club For Growth
* 9:00 to 10:00: Out with the old, in with the new?: Integrating Modern & Traditional Media, TBA

Fundraising Workshop: Thursday, November 15th

* 6:45 to 7:45: The New Generation: How Int. fundraising differs from Traditional Fund., Justin Hart, Lighted Candle Society, Mymanmitt.com
* 7:45 to 8:45: Show Me the Money: Latest Internet Fundraising Tech., Steve Stapleton, KMA Direct Communications
* 9:00 to 10:00: How Two Become One: Integrating Int. Fund. With your Traditional Strategy, Nathaniel Ward, Heritage Foundation

This should be interesting.

Today the National Republican Congressional Committee unveiled a user-generated project that takes giant steps towards developing a new media platform that gets people across the country more involved online. The NRCC is excited about the direction our party is moving and excited about getting you, the voter, involved. In order to be successful in 2008, we are asking for help - and thus the reason that the NRCC has introduced the "Your Direction" project.

"Your Direction" will be an on going effort for the next several months to get voters across the country engaged in the Republican online movement. The best ideas and the best solutions come from the American people - so that's why we are reaching out to them. This user-generated contest comes in two phases.

Phase One: The Slogan Contest

We need a slogan -a brand for our new media outreach initiative. And we want online activists to pick it. In one sentence, we are asking people what our message should be. Then we are having them explain to us how they came about choosing that slogan. We are looking for a message that encompasses our online movement and our commitment to work together to win back our majority.

In order to get more people involved we will be working with local blogs around the country to make sure their readers are active and engaged in the "Your Direction" project. We are also currently working with Townhall.com and their readers and have already sent a survey to them asking for their ideas. Thus far the response from the Townhall readers has been overwhelming. In less than 8 hours, we had nearly 9,000 slogan ideas, and they continue to come in by the hundreds.

After we compile our results, we'll begin to post them on our site, our blog, and other blogs around the country. Voting will take place at NRCC.org and then when the contest wraps, we'll be working with Ed Morrissey of Blog Talk Radio to unveil the winning slogan.

Phase Two: Video Contest

The slogan contest is just the beginning of the "Your Direction" project. After the winning slogan is voted on online, the NRCC will roll out a first ever national committee video contest based on the winning slogan. The video contest, which will encourage folks of all generations to get involved, will be a competition to see who can creatively express the new slogan in an originally produced web ad. Stay tuned for details!

Do you want to take a stab at coming up with our online slogan? If you do, click here, we can't wait to see what you come up with.