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APRIL 25, 2024
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Four strategies to celebrate advocacy efforts at your association
Nimble AMS
MARCH 31, 2023
The group a lso worked to gather support for various economic development policies. Advocacy is an integral part of the work of any association. Dedicate space on your association website to update members and stakeholders about your advocacy efforts. Host advocacy events. Enhance your website.
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Digital Must-Haves for Fall Fundraising Success Part 5: Digital Advocacy Forms
EveryAction
AUGUST 25, 2022
This week’s topic: digital advocacy forms. What are digital advocacy forms? Digital advocacy forms are tools used to move nonprofit supporters to take action in support of your mission—no matter where they live. Why should nonprofits use digital advocacy forms now? Advocacy is for everyone.
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An Integrated Approach to Audience Engagement
Media Cause
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Over the course of my career, I’ve sat on nonprofit advocacy, fundraising, and communications teams—all in an overall digital engagement capacity. If you’re also tasked with creating strong user journeys that incorporate diverse goals, I’ll share three things I’ve learned about developing an integrated approach.
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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?
ASU Lodestar Center
APRIL 6, 2021
Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.
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Customized Campaigns that Win
M+R
JANUARY 8, 2024
We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better. The obstacle that must be overcome is not one of policy but of politics.
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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round
EveryAction
JUNE 8, 2023
If your nonprofit does advocacy, you know that with this work, there are almost always consistent patterns of crisis management leading to later periods of denouement and down time. Advocacy is a long-term calling. Check out our last installment here! Here’s what they said. Learn more at MESG.marketing !
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The Five Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign, Part 1: Tell an Impactful Story
Media Cause
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy in that same vein: It’s about shifting the balance of power. Identify Your Own Story .
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Do You NEED Your Supporters?
Media Cause
AUGUST 15, 2022
If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you understand the power and potential of policy change. If you have a policy, thought-leadership, or government relations team, you know that true societal shifts and those monumental changes we want require advocacy. And advocacy requires, well, advocates. your supporters.
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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 9, 2021
A sure sign that a nonprofit has integrated LinkedIn into their social media strategy is a LinkedIn icon featured on their website. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.
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How This Nonprofit Increased Donations After Switching to Salesforce
Saleforce Nonprofit
MARCH 23, 2022
We uphold our vision by providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues that are important to the community, and advocating for inclusive policies and laws. Siloed Data : The fundraising database was not integrated with the website, leading to siloed data and a lack of intelligence about stakeholder engagement.
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How Successful Nonprofits Invest, and Reinvest, in their Online Presence
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 8, 2019
In 2017, Race Forward merged with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the nation’s largest research, advocacy and services organization devoted to racial justice. Have there been demographic, economic, or policy changes that affect your messages and offerings? Organizations are always changing. The environment is always changing.
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Ford, Skoll, Compton foundations launch fund for visual storytelling
Candid
AUGUST 6, 2021
New cultural organizing approaches are needed to complement philanthropy's more traditional funding in research, advocacy for policy change, rights-focused legal strategies, and organizing." " Social justice funders launch international initiative to strengthen impact of moving image storytelling.
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Living Case Studies: Integrated Social Media Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 28, 2011
This approach produces rich learning. This week I did a social media training for a cluster of the foundation’s sustainable agriculture grantees. Here’s some notes on what I learned integrated social media campaigns as well as the process that prompted these insights. How To Convince Policy Directors. Spectragram.
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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health
Bloomerang
APRIL 7, 2022
The David and Lura Lovell Foundation is a family foundation established in 1994 that funds high-impact initiatives nationwide in four focus areas: mental health, integrative health and wellness, youth access to the arts, and gender parity. The David & Lura Lovell Foundation. See their specific funding opportunity for Toledo, Ohio.
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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health
Kindful
OCTOBER 1, 2021
The David and Lura Lovell Foundation is a family foundation established in 1994 that funds high-impact initiatives nationwide in four focus areas: mental health, integrative health and wellness, youth access to the arts, and gender parity. The David & Lura Lovell Foundation. See their specific funding opportunity for Toledo, Ohio.
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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 24, 2022
They discussed ways that technology can improve services for people experiencing food insecurity, as well as the policy changes, investments, and cross-sector partnerships that are necessary to drive meaningful, lasting change. Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Research, Hunger Free America. Emilio Tavarez.
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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day
EveryAction
AUGUST 14, 2017
WRC advocates for programs and policies that create opportunity and drive change for these communities. On the policy and advocacy front , they invest resources into integrating HIV prevention, care, and treatment into health care, strengthening the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, and educating Congress. Human Rights Watch.
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A Social Media Strategy for Scientific Research or Policy Impact
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 26, 2009
Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy? They rely only on credible sources.
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How Can My Nonprofit Get Started with Measurable Advocacy?
Connection Cafe
JUNE 9, 2016
In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify.
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Forum One Wins 10 Vega Awards
Forum One
JUNE 9, 2021
Since 2017, Forum One has served as a long-term digital transformation and support partner to the Alliance for Justice , a national coalition of advocacy organizations dedicated to ensuring equal justice in a diverse society. 2021 State of Babies Yearbook (Zero to Three). Arcturus – Branded Content.
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11 Hispanic and Latino Organizations Everyone Should Know
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Across America, Hispanic and Latino organizations are leading the way in every realm, including advocacy, education, healthcare, and social services. Their work focuses on building a pipeline meant to serve and empower our community, consisting of three parts: civic engagement, issue advocacy, and leadership development.
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What is a Digital Advocacy Strategy and Why Do You Need One?
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
The short answer: a good digital advocacy strategy helps an advocate win! A clear, practical digital strategy helps any advocacy organization or advocacy campaign understand what they need to do online and why. Nonprofit Marketing advocacy campaign digital strategy Social Media for Nonprofits' I hope you can join us!
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Great reads from around the web on August 24th
Amy Sample Ward
AUGUST 24, 2012
Whether you’re introducing a change in ownership, new staff, policy change, technical update, or something else, community members sometimes resist change. How to Prepare Your Community for a Major Change « The Community Manager – "Change: it’s the one constant in life.
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3 Ways to Efficiently Manage Your Organization’s Data
DNL OmniMedia
MARCH 13, 2023
For many CRMs, you can continue to update and explore new features with applications and third-party integrations. Additionally, establish clear policies and procedures for staff to follow when entering data. These tips can help your organization develop positive habits for managing its data: Establish specific procedures.
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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education
Kindful
AUGUST 9, 2021
Their educational focus areas include new designs to advance learning, pathways to postsecondary success, leadership and teaching to advance learning, public understanding, and integration, learning, and innovation. Areas served: Worldwide. Global Fund For Children. Areas served: Illinois. California Community Foundation.
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I Need a Good Lawyer
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. Human Rights Program policies: what are contingency/crisis plans for our staff? Benetech Labs: what are our intellectual property policies on Labs projects if we host projects proposed by third parties?
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Earth Day ‘22: Salesforce.org Customers Tackle Climate Challenges by Land, Air & Sea
Saleforce Nonprofit
APRIL 22, 2022
At Salesforce.org, we are proud to see how much of our community — whether it’s our employees, our partners, or the nonprofits we support — is jumping in through funding, advocacy, or volunteering. Integrating our customer process into Salesforce has been a big step forward for our programs,” said Tom Knox, Valley CAN’s executive director.
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97 Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
We have designed and been delivering “ Friending the Finish Line ” with the goals of having organizations create an integrated social media strategy into their overall communications plan and as a way to accelerate the progress of their children’s health care advocacy work and create a peer networked learning community.
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Care2
FEBRUARY 1, 2008
57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) To create a new comment, use the form below.
SXSW: Do Good Dialogues on Social Change
NTEN
MARCH 26, 2014
In 2014, we have 58 more sessions under Global Impact and Policy than we had in 2013 under the three categories we used that year as themes for this type of content (Community and Activism, Diversity and Emerging Markets and Government and Civic Engagement),” said Tammy Lynn Gilmore, nonprofit evangelist at SXSW. “For asked Reich.
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We've Built The Tools You Need for 2018
Everyaction
JANUARY 31, 2018
Connect Supporters with Local Elected Officials using Local Advocacy Change doesn’t just happen in Washington, DC. Across the country, state and local governments make meaningful policy decisions that affect nearly every issue - from preventing gun violence, to protecting the environment, or safeguarding LGBTQ rights.
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How to inspire grassroots activism
Socialbrite
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Eric Anderson is the co-founder of SE2 , a Colorado-based integrated communications and marketing agency focused on behavior and policy change. Fortunately, as you would when climbing a mountain, you can manage a big challenge with clear directions, inspiration and encouragement. All you have to do is take the first step.
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Best #14NTC Panels and Parties to Check Out
Care2
MARCH 11, 2014
This years 14NTC conference is packed with incredible parties ( including an 80s dance party that I''m co-hosting with Salsa), and the Care2 Impact Prize that recognizes individuals in the nonprofit sector who have made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising or both. 14NTC Sessions. million organizations.
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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month
Qgiv
JULY 3, 2023
As more and more activist organizations began to gain traction, it became clear that the nation needed to adopt more comprehensive civil rights legislation to increase independence and fully integrate people with disabilities into U.S. On March 12, 1990, over 1,000 people marched to the U.S.
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Board Diversity: Why and How You Should Diversify Your Board
Qgiv
JUNE 13, 2023
McGhee shares examples about public pools in the South that were drained in the 1950s and 1960s because white residents refused to integrate them. What do your policies and practices look like? She further explains that racism costs all Americans by allowing wealthy individuals to take away resources from all of us. Take a selfie!
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Nonprofit Technology Assessment: Evaluate Your Tech
DNL OmniMedia
JANUARY 15, 2021
You also gain a full picture of the software your team is currently working with, which can inform your fundraising, advocacy, stewardship, and technology-related efforts going forward. Do you have effective integrations in place? Areas where current software can be improved (ex: data hygiene, software integration, customizations).
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Zoetica Salon Summary: Feeding America’s Social Media Measurement Strategy
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 9, 2010
Last week, Dan Michel offered an intriguing answer to this question : “What form of social media measurement does your organization engage in; Community participation, advocacy (earned mentions, discussions), or donations ($ or time)? &#. As Michel notes, The bill passed and our advocacy folks are taking a well-deserved break.
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Using Peer Learning Strategies To Build A Network
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 24, 2012
Written social media policy. Strategic integration into children’s health advocacy. Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. Having a theory of change that illustrates the steps towards these bigger outcomes is critical as well as indicators. Cultivate “super fans”.
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You Can Stand Up for Health Care on Twitter and Facebook, What About On Google +?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 26, 2011
They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. They have a online resource for understanding the Affordable Care Act and potential roadblocks to its implementation. It also made me wonder about the Google + and it is potential for social activism and organizing.
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Tech Soup
JANUARY 27, 2014
Your nonprofit is getting ready to lead an important advocacy campaign: a key bill central to your mission has just been introduced in the state legislature, but the process of getting it passed is fraught with uncertainty. Using APIs for Political Advocacy. Let’s take the first example above: political advocacy.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 31, 2012
Pioneers in Justice” operates as a forum to explore social media tools that may power their local advocacy work and explore “networked” ways of collaboration within the social justice sector – and equally important, a space to address any concerns that may surface along the way. originality, empathy, integrity and courage.
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Our EveryAction Hero: Rock the Vote
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
DECEMBER 18, 2018
We called up Jen Tolentino, Director of Policy & Civic Tech at Rock the Vote to talk about their mobilization strategy and the role of technology in organizing. One is doing advocacy around ensuring voting rights and access to democracy work for young people. I heard you integrated it with EveryAction as well?
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New Research Findings: Advocacy Groups More Trusted - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
JUNE 17, 2008
57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) To create a new comment, use the form below.
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