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What is GOTV Anyway? An Explainer for Non-Politicos

EveryAction

Great question! There are also less traditional tactics involving online ads or social media that campaigns can use to encourage people to get out and vote, although these techniques are less common than boots-on-the-turf organizing tactics. What do you “do” during GOTV? Where does it happen? Literally everywhere.

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Announcing My Next Book: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We reconnected over lunch and quickly realized we had a lot in common, namely questioning what being “always on” and connected to technology was doing to our relationships, our bodies, our spirits, and our ability to concentrate on our work. Stress reduction techniques. We talked about the need for being more mindful of our technology.

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What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This reminded me of Margaret Wheatley, who was the keynote speaker at a conference in Alaska where I was doing a workshop a few years ago. While she didn’t teach us improvisation exactly, she lead us through some group discussions on the question: What do we do when things go wrong? Her points about leadership and change.

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