Media Cause

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Amidst the constant stream of news updates, social media advocacy campaigns offer people a relevant way to make a difference on the issues they care about. As we enter an era of record-breaking advocacy numbers, here are 9 tips for positioning your advocacy campaigns on social media: 1. Acknowledge the power of advocacy .

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Advocacy organizations do important work — they prompt the most difficult conversations and pave the road to change. If your nonprofit does some or is entirely dedicated to advocacy work, thank you! The world is a better place because you exist.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Members are increasingly distrustful of government and jaded about advocacy, leading to less engagement in advocacy and government affairs. One exec expressed interest in resources to share with our members to teach them how to have conversations about controversial topics. How is declining trust affecting your association?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. .

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

The CARE (Community, Advocacy, Resilience, Evidence) model is a method for working in active partnership with communities to develop solutions to complex social problems. It provides a means for increasing meaningful engagement and minimizing potential trauma to the community. The Innocence Initiative tools we used led to amazing results!

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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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M+R

MARCH 1, 2024

Read time: 2 minutes We are so excited about this conversation between M+R Win’s Christian LoBue and john a. Please join a conversation between The Othering and Belonging Institute’s john a. The post Winning Elections Without Losing Everything: A conversation between The Othering and Belonging Institute’s john a. Register here

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M+R

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Please join a conversation between The Othering and Belonging Institute’s john a. The post Winning Elections Without Losing Everything: A conversation between The Othering and Belonging Institute’s john a. powell and M+R Win’s Christian LoBue first appeared on M+R.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Our participants came from a variety of sectors including museums, advocacy, arts, religion, and education. During our next ‘teeny conversation’, we will share ways you gather useful information from your audience – through data, surveys, interviews, or other methods – that will help you plan the year. What was positive?

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

I am absolutely loving the conversations I’m having with my guests, some of whom are clients, while many are not. The Pet Advocacy Network meets members at industry events to solicit feedback and share what Pet Advocacy is doing to showcase the industry and its issues. What are some of the themes that are emerging?

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Advocacy campaigns are an innovative way for nonprofits to engage their current supporters, attract new audiences, and fulfill their mission at the same time. However, before you can reap the many benefits of a successful advocacy campaign, your nonprofit will need to invest in the right advocacy software. Canvassing Software.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Explore Media Cause experts’ top five communication tips to consider as you roll out your advocacy , fundraising , and engagement strategies during an election year. This year’s calendar requires careful planning and timing based on your organization, issue area, and advocacy, fundraising, and campaign activations.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Some of us on the M+R team have heard this conversation multiple times and keep going back to it. Nonprofit advocacy helps educate voters, the media, and even candidates about the issues voters care about the most, and can help hold elected officials accountable once they take office. Bring the popcorn because this is a gooooood one!)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

You can read the post and join the conversation over there – it’s also copied below. Despite the generic title, this is a report chock full of examples, best practices and data about the effects of joining the conversation online. Joining the conversation really means conversations.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Given the rapid growth in grassroots advocacy initiatives at organizations large and small, we’ve been talking a lot in our office about the opportunities nonprofits have to drive new types of engagement through advocacy and what makes an organization effective. ” How it does that presents quite a few lessons.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. The Ads Manager interface is not particularly intuitive, and the advertising advice offered by Facebook and third parties is almost always focused on e-commerce rather than nonprofits and advocacy campaigns. 1) Set up a conversion event and create a campaign.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2019

When it comes to advocacy, it feels silly to say that the most important thing is reaching the right folks with the right message at the right time, but it’s the truth. Here are a few key tips from the conversation: Technology: Always be thinking of new ways to incorporate our ever-developing technology.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

These challenges, however, present opportunities for innovation and positive change, including increased collaboration among funders, a focus on community-driven solutions, and a willingness to engage in difficult—and meaningful—conversations about privilege and power.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses. That’s why it’s important to have internal conversations about how much data your organization feels comfortable sharing and what data is proprietary and should not be used with public AI tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s like seeing a new place through the eyes of a local, where you engage in authentic conversations, share personal experiences, and build a community that’s genuinely interested in your cause. Similarly, cultivating an organic community involves crafting a unique approach tailored to your audience.

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2010

It means that the Confirmation Pages one receives after completing a transaction (donating, registering, updating profiles, email preferences, event registrations, advocacy actions, etc) are an open door in which we're losing engagement opportunities with constituents. Now ask me what it means?

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

I am absolutely loving the conversations I’m having with my guests, some of whom are clients, while many are not. The Pet Advocacy Network meets members at industry events to solicit feedback and share what Pet Advocacy is doing to showcase the industry and its issues. What are some of the themes that are emerging?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2009

It’s just the kind of conversation starter I wanted to throw out there! Want to talk about in person - I’ll be at the NTC and will be eager to continue the conversation there as well (will update the blog with highlights from those offline conversations!). So how does a cause, an organization, a campaign re-emerge?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Without altruism and advocacy being consistently present in these early days of its formation, racism and sexism are already revealing themselves in the metaverse. Brainstorm and make a commitment to follow emerging trends in fundraising and advocacy in the metaverse. The Oculus Quest 2 experience. Virtual Workrooms in Horizon.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

In the same conversation he lamented to me how much government funding he was losing because of state budget cuts for his core mission and programs. Yet, nonprofits don’t see the connection to advocacy for the people they serve as their major fundraising activity. Advocacy is always controversial. Yes, democracy is messy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In 2020, these steps will be a response to certain trends and conversations you’ve likely caught wind of over the last few years. The Rise of Giving Experiences and Conversations About Sustainable Impact. Though the notorious Pineapple Fund was a fleeting effort, blockchain is still very much a part of social good conversations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . When funders come together and share insights from reading grant applications and from conversations with local nonprofits, they see patterns and trends emerge. 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy .

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

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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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2016

Optimizing your nonprofit’s advocacy action alert doesn’t have to end with a supporter receiving a humble “thank you” from a thank you page or email. All too often, a tally is recorded and that’s the extent of online advocacy. This experience in online advocacy doesn’t have to yield this outcome.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Adding eCommerce tracking means you can track your conversions back to specific promotions. Groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists and USA for UNHCR actually improved donation form conversion rates by showing more content to their paid traffic! Testing changes to your donation form to improve conversion rates.

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Care2

MARCH 30, 2011

What does online advocacy have to do with online fundraising? During the webinar, these all-stars from the the nonprofit sector discussed strategies, tactics, and case studies that showed how organizations who used advocacy successfully for list growth and engagement also raised more much more money online.

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2023

From our friends at Media Cause If you are an organization that does advocacy—particularly if you’re wondering how to grow your supporter base and build more people power to achieve your purpose—then this is the blog for you. What makes them the heroes here, and how can you lean into that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2021

Whether it’s CRM products and websites for fundraising, outreach, advocacy and event management, or back office infrastructure for day-to-day operations and everything in between, the list of functions and choices is seemingly endless and growing by the day. It’s their job to think that way. As we all know, the truth is not so simple.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. Furthermore, when people participate in your campaign on social media, they leave behind digital traces, which gives you an opportunity to identify and engage them through conversations.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

By dedicating just 120 hours per year, board members can make a substantial difference in the organization’s growth, advocacy, fundraising efforts, and overall success. Advocacy: Spreading the message Successful board members go beyond their boardroom roles by actively advocating for the nonprofit.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I also tried out a lot of math jokes on her - check out the video to see how they landed, or read on for the highlights of our conversation. Goal: Conversions Metric: Response Rate, Total Responses. Here are some of Amy's thoughts on these common social media metrics and how to achieve them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

There is a higher website conversion rate and donors stay on the website longer because of more opportunities to engage with the software. Bloomerang is super conversion friendly. They offer custom, individualized conversions and implementation assistance. Cost: $100/month for 1,000 contacts to $800/month for 85,000 contacts.

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