Quorum and Axios Partner to Provide All-in-One Access to Policy Content and Advocacy Tools
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 25, 2024
Quorum and Axios announced a new integrated policy news and legislative tracking solution with premium news subscription.
LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round
EveryAction
JUNE 21, 2023
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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How to generate advocacy calls from your supporters to elected officials
EveryAction
JUNE 23, 2023
Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient.
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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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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 9, 2021
That said, it’s important to understand that the type of content that performs best on LinkedIn is a bit different than Facebook and more similar to Twitter. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Curated content relevant to your mission.
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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy
Non Profit Quarterly
APRIL 20, 2023
Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. This has led to situations where BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ users are disproportionately affected by policies meant to address “bad” behaviors.
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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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Preparing Your Association for AI
Association Analytics
AUGUST 14, 2023
If your association caters to healthcare, law, finance, or other industries, start brainstorming about how your members can use AI to create content and make better decisions faster. For instance, your association might consider creating advocacy campaigns and scheduling lobby days.
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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 24, 2020
Fresh, timely content is more vital to the success of your nonprofit’s digital campaigns than it has ever been. First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand.
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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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Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships
Candid
APRIL 22, 2024
Building grassroots capacity to address underlying causes of injustices We also look for organizations that seek to impact the underlying causes of gender and racial injustices and are working to change policies and conditions in their communities. Prioritizing women- and people of color-led grassroots organizations At the Ms.
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Ford, Skoll, Compton foundations launch fund for visual storytelling
Candid
AUGUST 6, 2021
To that end, the ten-year initiative will coordinate donor resources to build international networks in the independent moving image ecosystem that foster deeper collaborations between civic leaders and content creators — funding aligned organizations, research, and creative content appearing across traditional and digital platforms.
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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees
Blue Avocado
JANUARY 23, 2024
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. At every stage, an advisory committee should be actively influencing your programs and policies. Define the advisory committee’s focus.
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Forum One Wins 5 dotCOMM Awards!
Forum One
AUGUST 3, 2023
Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Forum One helped the AARP Livability Index meet the needs of their audiences with an easier-to-use website and accessible data that informs consumer and policy decisions nationwide.
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Anthem Awards Finalists Announced!
Forum One
DECEMBER 5, 2023
congressional districts, enabling informed policy decisions. This project received national media attention and was built using a headless architecture with a Contentful back-end, React front-end, and interactive maps with Carto. March of Dimes, with an 84-year legacy, is a leader in impactful research and advocacy for moms and babies.
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“Black & Proud”
M+R
MARCH 9, 2023
When advocacy groups are successfully leading campaigns to censor and ban books that address race and racism; involve sexual content (e.g., stories about teen pregnancy); and feature major characters of color and/or LGBTQIA storylines, but those aren’t books that a child you know would read, will you speak up anyway?
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Advocacy Policy, Part Two - And Why Now is an Especially Good Time to Create One
Museum 2.0
APRIL 19, 2016
A few months ago, the MAH board and staff started discussing whether and how to create a formal policy for advocacy activities. Want to go straight to the policy? Why create an advocacy policy? Regardless of your institutional mission, nonprofits are all in the advocacy business. Here it is. Any surprises?
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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. Integration: We were looking for a CRM that could integrate more easily with the suite of tools we used for fundraising, email marketing, events, and advocacy work.
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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
Our latest Impact Lab cohort on climate justice built an open-source tool for climate community-based organizations to access grant funding more seamlessly with the Grants Content Kit. Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Research, Hunger Free America. Emilio Tavarez. Child Nutrition Programs Manager, Hunger Free America.
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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry.
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Forum One Wins 10 Vega Awards
Forum One
JUNE 9, 2021
Forum One received 10 awards in eight categories in this year’s awards for Canopus (platinum), Centauri (gold), and Arcturus (rose gold) across the categories of environmental awareness, cultural, art, health care services, associations, branded content, and website redesign. Arcturus – Branded Content.
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Social Media in the Nonprofit Workplace: Does Your Organization Need A Social Media Policy?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 15, 2009
Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. Internet Use Policy.
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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror
M+R
JULY 10, 2023
Instead editing is, or should be, a collaboration — where multiple perspectives combine to shape content so that it can better connect with audiences. It’s where you set the emotional tone, establish the context of time and place, and let the audience know that this content is for them. That’s not how we should approach editing.
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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards
Forum One
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
NRDC combines the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of more than 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.
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8 Organizations to Support this Black History Month
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
The Urban League of Portland was established in 1945 making it one of the oldest African American service, civil rights, and advocacy organizations in the region. One of their current policy proposals hopes to to enact solutions that address the structural nature of racial disparities in the economy. Advancement Project.
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The Storytelling Framework That Will Inspire Your Nonprofit Supporters To Take Action
Kindful
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act. For organizations that are trying to connect with their supporters, telling a compelling story is essential.
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Forum One Takes Home 8 WebAwards!
Forum One
AUGUST 31, 2023
NRDC combines the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of more than 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.
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Amazing AI Images for Impact: AI Generators for Nonprofits
Whole Whale
AUGUST 16, 2022
These images could be used for a wide variety of storytelling and attention-grabbing hooks for content. Rights-of-use for DALL-E-2 require that the content policy is adhered to, including limits on images evoking hate speech. For DALL-E-2, each prompt, costing 1 token, generates 4 images that may be used. Public link: [link].
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Forum One Wins 7 W³ Awards!?
Forum One
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum
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Forum One Wins 7 W³ Awards!
Forum One
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. It advocates for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services. ??Forum
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Advocacy & Facebook Political Ads: What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 13, 2018
Let’s answer those questions and more: This only applies to promoted content (boosted posts, other ads). Unpaid or organic content will not be marked as political/issue, regardless of topic. Facebook uses artificial intelligence (AI) to scan content (text, images and videos) for terms related to politic issues of national importance.
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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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I Need a Good Lawyer
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. We rely on free licenses to proprietary content and software, and typically get a “Yes!”
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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. The initiative currently supports 57 Education Champions in eight countries with the greatest need.
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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 5, 2016
It encompasses a vast array of activities from developing mobile phone apps to launching advocacy campaigns to strengthening the policies and infrastructures involved in media creation, transmission and access. Media Access and Policy. The term “media” now means so much more than journalism and documentary film.
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10 Best Web Content Practices - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
MARCH 4, 2009
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) Remember, content is still king.
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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports
Whole Whale
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. It’s easy to underestimate the importance of the table of contents — many reports treat them as an afterthought. However, you want the reader to know what they can find inside the report. The answer is no one.
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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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4 helpful tips for communication during a health crisis
Nimble AMS
MARCH 22, 2020
With many businesses implementing work from home policies to help flatten the curve with this virus, re-enforce your association’s value in this new work from home environment. Pull together some of your best content and create an “X Industry Work from Home Survival Kit” or “X Industry Bucket List” for members continuing education.
Does Your Nonprofit Need Legal Counsel About Using Social Media?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 17, 2012
Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. How do the [.]
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Why All Companies Must Explore the Role of Ethics in Technology
Cloud 4 Good
AUGUST 25, 2022
Salesforce, for example, founded its Office of Ethical and Humane Use to help build and foster a culture of responsibility as it relates to technology use, instilling a strategic framework around product, law, policy, and ethics to ensure the humane use of technology across Salesforce’s many clouds.
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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. Social media content mirrors other channels. Written social media plan. Use of editorial calendar. Use of counting metrics. Training Design.
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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 30, 2015
All Staff on Twitter In Support of the Organization’s Communications Strategy : Human Rights Watch has all staff using Twitter as their personal brands to share content from the site and build their networks in support of the overall goals. Social Media Policy: Building Good Judgement. Nonprofit Examples. Social Media 101.
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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. The columns represent a simplified marketing funnel – how people make “purchase” decisions or in this case advocacy “action” decisions. Your organization’s “funnel” for advocacy may look different, it may have more stages.
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