Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy in that same vein: It’s about shifting the balance of power. Identify Your Own Story .

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Advocacy San Francisco Story Digital 59

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees.

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Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 88

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

It encompasses activities such as community organizing, advocacy, and public service, empowering individuals to contribute to their communities. Advocacy and Policy Support: Foundations possess a unique position of influence and can leverage their voice to advocate for systemic change.

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Roles Foundation Leadership Community 72

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Yet the public will expect knowledge, and their decision-making ability is enhanced if they have a significant working knowledge of your mission’s discipline. That level of knowledge builds over time with ongoing training at board meetings, through tours, at events, and by other means. They don’t need to become experts.

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Nonprofit Policy Advocacy Awareness 52

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy .

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Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 92

Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Carnegie Corporation of New York—established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding—is one of America’s oldest grantmaking foundations. Areas served: US (limited worldwide). Kars4Kids Foundation. Areas served: Illinois. California Community Foundation.

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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.” Often, engaging in advocacy means a connection to public funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

These statements prompted some rich insights. I learned that you can’t explain complex, wonky policy positions in 140 characters, but you could communicate or let people know the policy paper exists with a punchy statement and pointer to the paper. How To Convince Policy Directors. Living Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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Social Network Policy Examples Network 74

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Across America, Hispanic and Latino organizations are leading the way in every realm, including advocacy, education, healthcare, and social services. Their work focuses on building a pipeline meant to serve and empower our community, consisting of three parts: civic engagement, issue advocacy, and leadership development.

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Organization United States National America 89

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As Mwande Chileshe, Food Security, Nutrition & Agriculture Global Policy Lead, said, “We’ve created a false narrative that hunger must always exist.” Leaders discuss hunger reduction strategies at Together Against Hunger. Here are three of the key takeaways: 1. Hunger is not inevitable.

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Collaboration Challenge Hunger Kenya 76

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Check out recent press coverage of our work, featuring the head of our human rights team, Dr. Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

There are no better champions for your organization’s communication’s strategy than your staff. I interviewed Jim Murphy , Senior Online Editor, about how Human Rights Watch ’s integrated social media strategy leverages the personal brands HRW 197 employees to get results. The organizational strategy is to impact policy change.

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Case Study Central African Republic Twitter Personal 50

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Digital Strategy Innovation Summit. Digital Strategy Innovation Summit. Digital Strategy Innovation Summit.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Digital Strategy Innovation Summit. Digital Strategy Innovation Summit. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer. Data and Knowledge Centers. Nonprofit Leaders.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media. It is easier to start in an area where employees are already using social as part of the organization’s strategy such as communications or fundraising.

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Social Policy Arkansas Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Networks can achieve more – they can advocate for changes in public policy, provide joint services, set up joint purchasing or branding and organize the use of public and private investments. Networks can achieve great impact. What patterns can social media use reveal that provide strategic insight for network?

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

The Power of Tech in Advocacy & Organizing 14NTC: We came, we tweeted, we played with Legos. And then we took a long nap! NTEN staff has finally recovered and we are positively overwhelmed with all the blog posts, videos, pictures, and other instances of the 14NTC celebration from the nonprofit technology community.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In 264 pages, Dixon, with ten years of classroom experience in public, private and charter schools, shares his deep knowledge of social media to provide detailed descriptions of the best online tools available for school leaders. Dixon addresses the issues of school policies, online student safety, and whether or not to use Facebook.

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Social Media San Diego Media New Jersey 45

Forj

JULY 5, 2017

Three overarching topics caught my eye at the upcoming AAMSE Annual conference in Minneapolis : MACRA and the QPP, Member Engagement Strategies, and Professional Development. Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, . Member Engagement Strategies. AAMSE Sessions on the Topic.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In an age where million-signature petitions are commonplace, the tried and true strategy of having volunteers send online messages to their members of Congress has greatly diminished in value. This includes grassroots, field, media, policy and lobbying.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

First up, a round of applause for the winner of the sixth annual Care2 Impact Prize, which recognizes a campaign or initiative in the nonprofit sector that has made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising, or both. Congratulations to this year''s winner: Imagine No Malaria’s 2014 World Malaria Day campaign.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

I think one of the things for us, where we’re successful, is the diversity of things we’re recruiting for—direct services, advocacy, outreach. AVP is still trying to figure out its overall social media strategy. I wouldn’t say, ‘Oh, well, when we use Facebook, this is our overarching strategy,’ or, ‘These are the bullet points.’

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Case Study Facebook Volunteer Studies 74

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Jack has been a major gifts fundraiser and senior organizational executive working with or consulting to nonprofit and advocacy organizations. __. While the price and registration deadlines are yet to be determined, participants of Cause Camp 2016 can expect to expand their knowledge of fundraising, nonprofit marketing and more.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Second is to develop some action-oriented strategies to recruit and retain and engage diverse board members in fundraising activity broadly.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

In terms of external actions, five options were selected most frequently: protest/petition/testify; join others to protest; urge advocacy groups to apply pressure; encourage donors to sign a petition or call government representatives; and use media to call attention to issue. environment, education) and sizes (e.g.,

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Time Donor Research Issue 20

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Written on the premise that all communications and fundraising are now mobile and social, Mobile for Good provides step-by-step how-tos and best practices for: Writing and implementing a fundraising and content strategy. Crafting a mobile and social media policy. Launching a mobile-compatible website and email comunications.

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Mobile Guide Amazon Fundraising 248

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Its 45 workshops, seminars and lectures explore internal and external strategies, systems, methods, best practices and successful examples. The mission of IMPACT is to connect, educate, and mobilize college students, nonprofit professionals, and educators to strengthen their communities through service, action, and advocacy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 12, 2011

Citizens should seek opportunities to create and share public knowledge and discuss public issues; expect their governments to be open, transparent and collaborative; volunteer to the best of their ability; and create and share knowledge about the networks and relationships in their communities." [1]. and James L.

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