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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. While there’s often increased attention on issues affecting the community during Pride month, meaningful and lasting change happens when advocacy happens year-round.

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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Advocacy is a long-term calling.  Check out our last installment here!

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The Five Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign, Part 1: Tell an Impactful Story

Media Cause

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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Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships

Candid

Leaders of grassroots organizations have a depth of knowledge of their communities and creative ideas and solutions to complex problems. Prioritizing women- and people of color-led grassroots organizations At the Ms. Foundation, we trust those who are closest to the issues affecting their communities. Lastly, keep going.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

It is important for the committee to have a clear content or operational focus. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. Solicit their knowledge to help you identify gaps in the work you are doing and strategize how to fill them. Define the advisory committee’s focus.

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The Nonprofit Marketing Funnel: Up Your Comms Impact with This Strategy

Qgiv

Emily Friedrichs is the Communications and Content Marketing Manager at Elevation, a nonprofit digital services agency. Intimate knowledge of your nonprofit is a cornerstone of your communications strategy. Yet extensive knowledge also hinders communication when your messaging frames only the trees and forgets to show the forest.

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What is Your Nonprofit’s Holiday Content Strategy for Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Recently, Networked for Good offered a free e-book about how nonprofits can development a micro-content for their social media presences filled with useful tips and best practices. Carie Lewis gives an excellent mini case study of how to leverage micro content during the holiday and get results. by Carie Lewis.

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