Explore the landscape on your own. Click through the map, sort the sectors, test your instincts, and place yourself in the picture. This tool is meant to support your reflection. Every activity earns points toward your Ecosystem Explorer badge.
A quick prompt to connect the welcome to your own story.
Click each sector to reveal what it is and how people get in.
A short reflection — save it and bring it to the session.
Sort the sectors and test your Ecosystem IQ for bonus points.
Let's get oriented to today's session by learning more about you and how you got started in the political space. Reflect on the question below. You'll use your answer when you share with a partner.
Money, talent, and strategy move constantly across these fourteen sectors. Click a card to see what the work looks like, who ends up there, and real organizations to know. Tap the dauber (top right) to mark any sector you've already touched — directly, or through a mentor or supervisor — and play it like bingo as a group.
Now that you've walked the map, where do you see yourself in it? Fill this out and bring it with you.
This pairs with the sectors you marked on the map in Module 2 — tap the dauber on any card up there, and we'll pull those marks into this reflection automatically.
Done with the core modules? Keep going for bonus points — these two are optional.
Some parts of the ecosystem spin up for a race and dissolve after election day. Others operate year-round, cycle after cycle. Sort each sector into the bucket where it mostly lives.
How well do you already read the flow of money, talent, and strategy across the ecosystem? Pick an answer for each — you'll see the reasoning right away.