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Advocacy for everyone: 6 ways to help your supporters take action

EveryAction

No matter how your nonprofit organization is making change in the world, it’s impacted by others’ decisions, whether those decisions come from local and national legislators, corporations, institutions, or others who hold power and shape the way we live our lives. Either way, we think activating your supporters should be easy and effective.

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Thursday Thoughts: attracting passionate nonprofit advocates

EveryAction

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

News articles on your website can serve the same function as blog posts on your website provided they are dated and written like a blog post, not a press release. 2) Advocacy CTA on the Union of Concerned Scientists blog. 6) Share commentary and CTAs about current issues in the news. 3) Maximize your blog’s sidebar.

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

How we got here The Philanthropy Classification System was developed in 2015 by what was then the Foundation Center (one of Candid’s predecessor organizations ), which found that the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not adequately capture the work of the sector.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Drawing national attention to an important issue (and a good bit of recognition for your organization the process). Building buzz and press for an advocacy action.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues? The answer could be “both.”

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11 Powerful Quotes about New Power at the 2019 Social Good Summit

Connection Cafe

This year marked the 10 th anniversary of the Social Good Summit , an annual conference hosted by the UN Foundation, Mashable, 92 nd Street Y and the United Nations Development Programme that celebrates advocacy and activism for social impact.

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