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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

While there’s often increased attention on issues affecting the community during Pride month, meaningful and lasting change happens when advocacy happens year-round. Key types of advocacy Issue awareness Before organizations can create advocates for their cause, they need to make people aware of the issues they’re trying to solve.

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4 Easy ways to recruit for your virtual lobby day

EveryAction

Before your event, use an email series to give supporters a refresher on the policy issues you’re working on and how they’re impacting the community. Petitions are a popular way for nonprofits to generate attention and are a relatively low-effort way for new supporters to get involved.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Influencers are not necessarily thought leaders. Review expense policies, conflict of interest, or any other relevant policies or ethical issues. In a YouTube world thought leaders command attention. So, this exercise is also a marketing tool. First, let’s make this distinction. You are looking for experts.

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. With no real sign of AI slowing down or fading away, it’s worth taking the time now to prepare your association for the impact and influence AI will have on your members and employees.

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3 Grassroots advocacy milestones to meet this month

EveryAction

Many organizations delayed their policy agenda-setting until they were certain which party would be in control of each chamber of Congress. These volunteers are mostly your lowest level advocates who might help you fill up a lawmaker’s inbox or gain some attention on social media during critical parts of your campaign.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. This has led to situations where BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ users are disproportionately affected by policies meant to address “bad” behaviors.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

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If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. Or more importantly, discussing strategic issues that the Board NEEDS to be addressing? Questions about minor issues can be handled in those calls. Don’t influence him.

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