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Advocacy for everyone: 6 ways to help your supporters take action

EveryAction

That’s why we often say that advocacy is for everyone: when decisions are being made that affect your organization’s work, mission, and vision, it just makes sense to get involved, unite your supporters, and move them to take action with you in pursuit of a specific mission-oriented goal. This means their voices hold power in a range of ways.

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How to Build a Social Media Following: Top Secrets Revealed

Nonprofits Source

Just like identifying an ideal donor profile is useful for fundraising, your social media presence should cater to your defined target audience. Plus, your nonprofit likely has a stacked schedule, so taking time out during the middle of a pressing meeting or volunteer event to post is not ideal. Communicate consistency.

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

Connection Cafe

Analytic Activism is a book about how advocacy organizations can make better decisions in the digital age. I wrote the book because it seemed like something was missing from the conversation about digital advocacy and activism. Most of the research on digital advocacy is focused on the new types of speech we now see online.

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11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you use your website to publish news stories or press releases, make sure that the titles of the press releases and articles include words and phrases that people who may be interested in your mission and programs are likely to type into Google, Bing, or Yahoo! Make sure your home page has your organization’s name and tagline.

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So Your Issue is on the Docket: A SCOTUS Media Checklist, Part One

M+R

Consider ensuring board members, major donors, and other high-profile surrogates in your network are getting updated messaging regularly. If you’ve made it this far in the post, you’re probably a proud SCOTUS nerd and know the SCOTUS press corps by heart.

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Issue 8 of NTEN:Change: The "Collaboration" Issue

NTEN

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. We also have more DIY tips, organizational perspectives, and leadership profiles from the NTEN community, a podcast from the CTK Foundation , and.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’m proud to report here that, at the request of the Attorney General of Guatemala, our team has prepared statistical analysis to inform the prosecutions of these high-profile officials. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website.