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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 238: Creating an Advocacy Agenda

sgEngage

Whether it be convincing a board of directors, finding the time and resources, or seeking funds from grantmakers, many foundations face hurdles in creating an advocacy agenda. Topics covered: Introducing advocacy and policy to boards. Building advocacy into your organizational infrastructure. Sally Ehrenfried.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

If you’ve ever led an advocacy campaign, you know that it has an incredible number of moving pieces. That’s why planning is the most important stage in your advocacy campaign. Leverage storytelling to build a base. Throughout the planning and action stages of your advocacy campaign, you’ll collect a ton of data.

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Ford, Skoll, Compton foundations launch fund for visual storytelling

Candid

The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Cultural change is needed to achieve long-term advances in justice and equity, making the role of transformational storytellers all the more important," said Mertes.

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The Storytelling Framework That Will Inspire Your Nonprofit Supporters To Take Action

Kindful

Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act. This storytelling framework asks you to answer three basic questions: Story of Self: Why have you been called to serve?

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Customized Campaigns that Win

M+R

We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better. The obstacle that must be overcome is not one of policy but of politics.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours. For example: 1.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Policy Change Furthermore, the implicit idea that widespread quality data leads directly to positive policy change is also not accurate. Storytelling Storytelling has also become a prominent concept connected to data processes in philanthropy.

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