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Guest Post on Care2 Frogloop: Designing Campaigns for Impact

Amy Sample Ward

You also have media of various kinds that you can use in messaging, calls to action, and in the advocacy for your work in front of teachers, administrators and ultimately policymakers. Photo credit: Flickr leehaywood. Revisit your Story. What’s your organization’s story? You have one.

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Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets. Personalize It.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

Then imagine how this teaching can impact children's lives, transforming their journey through life. This five-photo Flickr submission presents a compelling visual narrative and tells a great story. Stories and advocacy go together like peas in a pod. All of these videos create a lasting impact.

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Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Helokee. So the CEO of a medical clinic trades ideas about technology with the head of a children’s advocacy organization, and the environmental leader gets to know the inner-city organizer. This is an area where funders can have a huge impact. This is where our work can have a disproportionate impact.

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Networks and Social Movements

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo by Panacheart. Engage in advocacy campaigns. I had the opportunity to facilitate 3 world café sessions on this topic this morning at the GEO: Growing Social Impact in a Networked World funder conference. Guest post by Mary Manuel. Deepen agreement on a shared political frame.

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11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Icons and buttons have strong appeal and impact in Web 2.0 Finally, make it mandatory that the subscriber enter his their zip code only if your organization plans on doing advocacy campaigns via e-mail or group text messaging. design and result in more clicks than text links. Overall, avoid clutter.

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Webinar Notes: Social Media Measurement Standards: Progress and Roadmap

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Joel Goodman. Essentially, these new standards and guidelines will move us from counting to assessing the value of our social media efforts. That’s when we’ll get real insights on the effectiveness of our social media messages and campaigns.

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