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3 Grassroots advocacy milestones to meet this month

EveryAction

He likely didn’t have grassroots campaigns in mind when he uttered those words, but Twain’s advice is spot-on for grassroots advocacy practitioners as they make a plan to engage the new Congress. Volunteers who appear in these search results are highly passionate about your mission. “To stand still is to fall behind,” said Mark Twain.

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Check it out, mate! The 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study is here!

M+R

The latest edition of the annual M+R Benchmarks Study has arrived, and here’s your ticket to ride. This year, 225 wonderful nonprofits partners joined in the fun, contributing data on fundraising, advocacy, engagement, mobilization, and marketing. The 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study is here! Sign up now! RSVP for either party here!

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

Bloomerang

If so, you may be interested in starting a volunteer program. Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Define your volunteer roles.

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Digital Must-Haves for Fall Fundraising Success Part 6: Mobile Messaging

EveryAction

Last week, we went over digital advocacy forms. Instead of picking up the phone to call a friend, we might text them an address or a date and time to meet up for lunch or a volunteer shift. percent , and 10 percent for mobile advocacy messages. This week’s sixth and final topic: mobile messaging. What is mobile messaging?

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First-Ever Video Benchmarks Survey for Nonprofits

Care2

Are people who like or comment on these videos signing up for organization’s enewsletters, are they donating money, volunteering, taking an advocacy action? These are the types of questions we hope to see answered in the upcoming video benchmark study for nonprofits being conducted by Edelman, See3 Communications, and YouTube.

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Cut Through the Clutter: Why Storytelling Matters for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. One of the most effective ways to turn prospects into supporters, generate buzz about your nonprofit, and build loyalty with your volunteers and donors is to use user-generated storytelling.

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How Do You Measure Up? [Benchmarks Webinar]

Care2

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.