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Can Online Campaigners Fight Online Harassment?

Care2

If you work in social media or online advocacy you are no stranger to trolls and online harassment. However, is the nature of digital campaigning contributing to an environment that makes harassment possible? ” This is also where the mob mentality comes in, which is more easily formed online than offline.

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Blog Action Day 2009: Creating Actions for Everyone on Climate Change

Amy Sample Ward

Something I’d like to focus on today comes about from two things: Tuesday, the eCampaigning Report was released that showed data and best practices for campaigning and advocacy online; and yesterday I met with a local climate change focused nonprofit organization about some of the work they are doing. Take action on Climate Change.

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5 Features Environmental Organizations Need From Their CRM

Everyaction

For environmental organizations, an effective CRM will seamlessly enable both fundraising and advocacy. Offline Organizing Capability. They want to know that they are making a difference through their membership; they know the power that their donation has, but they want to be engaged around more than just fundraising.

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Blackbaud Index for April 2013

Connection Cafe

The Healthcare index now tracks fundraising revenue for hospitals, nursing facilities, psychiatric facilities and other healthcare centers, while the Medical Research index tracks fundraising revenue for organizations that raise money to fund medical research, as well as medical education and advocacy. Overall Fundraising Trends.

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Online Community Meetup Recap: Engaging Voters with Social Media

Tech Soup

The campaign also places a high value on “listening” – paying attention to the individuals within one’s community – and as applicable to the campaign environment as to any other type of community. In the David Chiu world, it refers to a continuous feedback loop that includes both online and offline channels.

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On saints and advocates

Connection Cafe

He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women. Conventional wisdom has always said that nonprofits should focus on either service or advocacy, but not both. So what should nonprofits be doing?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They’re convening Barcamp-like unconferences called PubCamps all over the country, allowing local techies and citizen journalists to forge collaborative projects with NPR and PBS stations, both online and offline. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. Crowdsourcing the Corporate/ Nonprofit Partnership.

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