Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2016

Philanthropy is a leadership issue. As you’re reading them, think about your own nonprofit’s diversity, outcomes, advocacy, and giving. One of the things I love most about fundraising is that it is completely dependent on leadership. In an ideal world. Leaders cast vision that grabs the attention of donors. Donors fund work that allows nonprofits to employ specialists. Leaders work with those specialists to measure how well the mission is being accomplished.

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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. Chris Masak, senior associate director of advocacy at the Alzheimer’s Association, joined Roz Lemieux, director of Blackbaud Labs, on a recent episode of The sgENGAGE Podcast to discuss innovations in advocacy programs. Advocacy

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

This tactic is often particularly effective if your organization is under attack or your issue is in the news. You might ask activists to write a hashtag on a piece of paper and hold it in the photo, for example, or film themselves talking about why they care about your issues. Many organizations regularly poll their members about issues large and small. What issues do people care about the most?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2018

If you use Facebook, you probably have noticed how the news feed presents political or issue-related ads. In addition to designating the ad as “sponsored”, political and issue-related ads have an info icon which expands to display the organization that paid for the ad. I’ve spoken to several nonprofits that are concerned about the new political/issue designation. First of all, the political/issue designation only applies to Facebook or Instagram ads.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2017

Across the country, state and local governments make meaningful policy decisions that affect nearly every issue - from preventing gun violence, to protecting the environment, or safeguarding LGBTQ rights. That’s why we expanded EveryAction’s industry-leading advocacy tools to include Local Advocacy. EveryAction clients have already used advocacy forms to send hundreds of thousands of messages to federal elected officials. Want to learn more about advocacy tools?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2016

When I encounter 501(c)(3) organizations that would be suited well to engage in online advocacy but don’t currently have programs set up, I tend to hear the same story, “We don’t want to engage in advocacy because we don’t want to risk losing our 501(c)(3) status.” It is a common misconception amongst nonprofits today that advocacy brings a risk of losing nonprofit status, but this perception is pure myth. Often, engaging in advocacy means a connection to public funding.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2019

What does this mean for advocacy in 2019? With 100 new Members, January and February is a critical time for you to introduce your organization — and your issues — and begin cultivating new champions on Capitol Hill. Make these visits stand out more by delivering welcome messages and/or statements of support for issues from your supporters in the Members’ home district. Online: Use online advocacy web forms to send welcome messages.

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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. . Nonprofit advocacy can fit into and advance your fundraising strategy. Advocacy furthers your organization’s mission. Advocacy events.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant suggest that “[a]n organization… has to walk a tightrope of building the skills necessary to engage in advocacy, while continuing to provide services (or vice versa).”[1]

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2017

Regardless of where you stand on the issues, what can’t be debated is the historic movement that is taking place. 9 Ways to Ignite Supporter-Led Advocacy with Social Media: 1. With the historic influx of energy being poured into issues, now is the time to identify which of your supporters are the most active on social media and ask them specifically to share your message with their networks.

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EveryAction

MAY 15, 2019

This year's report addressed issues such as email list growth and churn, the rise of monthly giving, and the impact of social media's peer-to-peer fundraising for nonprofits. Open rates, fundraising click-through rates and page completion rates for both fundraising and advocacy all went down. Email advocacy response rates are down 15%. Every year, nonprofit consultants M+R release their annual Benchmarks report , which provides an overview of digital trends in the sector.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. It's finally here!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2019

At the end of February, I attended the first of (what I hope will be) many Museums Advocacy Days (MAD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The two-day MAD activities started with a day full of sessions designed to unite and rally the 300+ advocates around the issues at hand. There were sessions specific to each policy issue, as well as sessions about how to frame your message. Advocacy Arts & Cultural museums advocacy Universal Charitable Giving Act

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. My reaction was that this kind of advocacy work was a luxury we couldn’t afford. That’s when I called that advocacy firm, a “luxury” that soon became indispensable. I was surprised to find that advocacy wasn’t just about politics and pressure. This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. Utilize a sophisticated online advocacy platform. Aside from fundraising and digital tools, EveryAction also is a leading provider of nonprofit advocacy technology. We ensure fast, expert answers for your "how to" questions and technical issues. #14.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 31, 2016

Here are 3 tips for running a successful advocacy campaign during an election year: 1. With 24 hour news media coverage and breaking news on Twitter, you want to be prepared to insert your advocacy campaign and have your corresponding materials ready to go. Are you an environmental organization and you know you want to keep this issue at the forefront of your supporter’s minds and the candidates? When and if the media takes up an issue, you will be ready.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The 15th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, focusing on Advocacy and Visual Communications: How to Rise Above the Noise. This issue is packed with actionable ideas, intriguing interviews, and impactful case examples that''ll help you show what your mission means, and why it''s important. >>Read >>Read the September 2014 issue!

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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. Online advocacy can be harnessed to drive measurable outcomes using various outcome indicators.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The short answer: a good digital advocacy strategy helps an advocate win! And you need one if you want to avoid spinning your wheels on the way to a crushing defeat (or at least a lot of wasted time) for your organization and your issues. 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

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Across America, Hispanic and Latino organizations are leading the way in every realm, including advocacy, education, healthcare, and social services. They provide national leadership on key issues that affect Latino participation in our political process, including immigration and naturalization, voting rights, election reform, the Census and the appointment of qualified Latinos to top executive and judicial positions.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2015

His speech would be the first speech entirely dedicated to the issue of slavery given by a major world leader since Abraham Lincoln. Not only was President Obama’s speech a major milestone for the 36 million people in slavery today, the human rights community, and countless others, but it was also a win in the digital advocacy front. You can still run a successful advocacy campaign. Nonprofit Marketing #bbcon digital advocacy movements Social Media

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

In the nonprofit advocacy world, we’re used to having to fire people up. As the idea of a school walkout and the March for our Lives took shape, advocacy organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety offered to help with logistics and planning , but the students themselves still led the work. On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog – or that your highly effective advocacy campaign is run by teenagers.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

While it’s important to follow standard best practices, engagement rates depend highly on the preferences of one’s audience, which can vary greatly between nonprofits who serve a diverse array of communities and issues. Replacing generic sign up forms with petitions that supporters can sign is popular with nonprofits in the advocacy field. There’s no secret trick to instantly improving digital engagement for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

As we enter the EOY fundraising season, especially for any issue advocacy organization that will see stark changes as the result of the election, one thing that should be top of mind is your sustainer program. Instead, you should concentrate on maximizing your EOY donations, especially from new sources, by very clear and mission-focused advocacy messaging in your fundraising appeals.

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Network-Centric Advocacy

JANUARY 8, 2008

NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. Home Green Media Toolshed Profile Twitter Shared Links Subscribe Archives « Worth a look: Social Data in images | Main | Communicaiton Coordination in the middle of Choas » January 08, 2008 Celebrities have favorite issues. Govcom issue map crawling looktothestars.org) I love to see these information maps presenting unique windows on large sets of data.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

This issue of NTEN:Change takes a look at the various aspects of collaboration that nonprofit leaders should consider: benefits, tools, examples, pitfalls, and organizational "readiness.". In the current issue you'll find: " Feature: 6 Guiding Principles for Campaign Coalitions ," by Tom Novick, Michael O'Loughlin, and Jonathan Benton, M+R Strategic Services. "Collaboration" is a word that comes up quite a bit in discussions about nonprofit strategies and nonprofit capacity.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Censored musicians, rappers, and record producers began to push back and create a movement to organize young people who would care about this issue. One of the largest hurdles they found was the gap between youth who were passionate about the issue and youth who were voters. Here came the idea that if we want to have an impact on the issues we care about, such as censorship, we need to build the political power of young people.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2018

Advocacy organizations are often lucky enough to have some of the most passionate supporters among all nonprofits. Of course, though, it’s the dollars that keep advocacy organizations running. While they can immediately connect how donations to a cancer organization will fund cancer research, it’s trickier for them to guess where the money goes in an advocacy organization. There’s no reason advocacy organizations can’t see the success with DIY Peer-to-Peer fundraising.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 2, 2018

For nonprofits which engage in advocacy around civic engagement or political issues, voter registration drives are a great tool for activating your volunteer base, deepening relationships within your community, and increasing local democratic participation.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2019

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. With the Texas legislative session currently in progress, I called Tara Lee, Development Director of Texas Watch to talk about current policy issues and how they work to bridge the divide between their community and the political process. Our core issues are fighting for safety, justice, and accountability. We’re able to plan ahead and put more of our efforts into our advocacy and community engagement.

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NTEN

JUNE 23, 2014

The 14th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, and this quarter is all about fundraising. This issue is packed with actionable ideas, inspiring interviews, and tips that your organization can use to get ready for the end of the year, if not sooner! >>Read >>Read the June 2014 issue! Advocacy bitcoin change journal crowdfunding E-mail Fundraising International Leadership mobile Mobile overhead Strategy sustainability Fundraising

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EveryAction

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. Just this month they held a day of legislative action bringing together members of the community to hear from legislators on bills currently in session and for the opportunity to elevate their voices on issues concerning the community. Since then, the organization has evolved to address policy issues as well.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

That’s why we’ve focused this entire issue on nonprofit impact. Advocacy annual reports Community data Data data analysis evaluation Fundraising impact International Leadership nonprofit leadership nonprofit technology nptech Organizational Culture outcomes Policy storytelling Strategy transparency Communications Fundraising IT Staff Program The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. But the first test is to set up a way to measure it.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2013

I love the smell of a well formatted advocacy thank you page in the morning. Especially when the thank you page is not only thanking me for taking action, but suggesting I share the advocacy action with my friends using social media… AND starring a bold fundraising ask, too. Here are three other folks who have joined the advocacy-action-then-donation-ask bandwagon… DENNIS McCARTHY.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

We chatted with digital strategist Yash Mori for insights on creating video for nonprofits, campaigns, and advocacy organizations. If you’re making an issue-focused video, show the people who are being affected by the issue. It really comes down to this: How do you tell your story where you're selling not just yourself but a vision for your organization or your issue-based campaign? That is so crucial when they’re talking about how certain issues affect them.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2016

I took the issue to the board, and we agreed that we need to develop some kind of advocacy policy to be able to answer these phone calls with confidence. Our board/staff advocacy task force is meeting this Friday to get the work started, and so I'm curious: has your organization tackled this question? How have you addressed the challenges and opportunities to raise your institutional voice on local issues? Our museum has a growing advocacy component to our work.

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Network-Centric Advocacy

APRIL 26, 2012

The world of issue organizing is joining the ranks of barber shops, landscaping, maid services, truckers, taxis, newspapers and nail salons. The life-cycle of a movement usually starts as an issue emerges inspiring individuals to act and organize. The basic barriers to entry and the overhead with being a political issue group have gone down toward zero. Political and issue organizing is a complex and chaotic environment in which we want many or all organizers to survive.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2010

You can also join the conversation on Gizmodo about the same issue, “Why Does Apple Make Donation Apps So Hard?&#. campaigns issues advocacy apple donations mobile petitionThanks to the leadership and quick acting of Beth Kanter and Sue Anne Reed, there’s now a petition is up on Care2 focused on the fact that Apple’s iPhone app policy does not allow nonprofits to gather donations via the mobile phone platform.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

The articles in the March issue of the NTEN: Change journal capture stories of nonprofits in transition; they’re transforming from one stage to another, using technology to fuel their campaigns, initiatives, and to optimize their day-to-day work. >>Read >>Read the March 2014 issue! She is the real farmer that brought inspiration to this issue – even age-old farming practices can be revitalized for broader community impact.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 24, 2018

I had the opportunity to chat with Communications Director, Ryan Sims, on engagement strategies, creating personal connections with your audience, and how Healthier Colorado marries organizing and advocacy through EveryAction. We started out in response to local funders who saw an opportunity for more advocacy at the state level. With the rollercoaster of issues surrounding health care, how do you keep your audience engaged and ready to take action? everyaction hero advocac

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take for example social media engagement for political and advocacy campaigns. On the other edge, the response, be it supportive or negative, that you get to your outreach provides deeper insights into how people think about your issue(s) and/or candidate(s). With it, we can prompt people to talk about our issue(s) and candidate(s). If you want to learn more about how people who are against you think about your issue, use their hashtags and tag their influencers.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Several organizations who use Convio's Advocacy product had a stimulating discussion yesterday here at the Convio Summit about online advocacy and what the future of the field is going to look like. Oversimplifying, I'd say that people fell into two camps: Traditional Online Advocacy - where a constituent sends an electronic communication to the decision maker, who is often a legislator. Let's continue this discussion - what do you think the future holds for online advocacy

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Network-Centric Advocacy

MARCH 29, 2007

NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. How do advocacy groups and issue folks use video to sell their story ? How do advocacy groups and issue folks use video to sell their story ?

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