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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The media was trusted in nine nations and distrusted in 15, while government was trusted in eight nations and distrusted in 17.

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Organizing across generations for civil rights 

Candid

Show young people there are many levers of social change Beyond street protests and social media activism, it’s important to show young people they can participate in governance by representing their constituents and giving voice to new ideas. The pilot confirmed our hypothesis that texting could influence population-level behavior change.

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Overcoming the Government-Nonprofit Dependency

ASU Lodestar Center

Federal, state and local governments increasingly depend on Social Service nonprofit organizations and, because of that dependency, have been willing to help fund them. government funding accounts for approximately one-third of the annual revenue received by nonprofit organizations, primarily through grants and contracts.

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501(c)(4)s: Political powerhouses or misunderstood nonprofits? 

Candid

It will also explore how many 501(c)(4) organizations there are in the United States and how many can actually be considered “political,” that is, engaged in politics explicitly with a focus on influencing government policy or elections. What are 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations?

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How Do World Leaders Use Twitter? New Findings from Annual Twiplomacy Study

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The research is conducted annually by Burson-Marsteller and I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of their study released today. They analyzed 645 government accounts in 161 countries. All but one of the G20 governments have an official Twitter presence and six of the G7 leaders have a personal Twitter account.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Legislative advocacy and lobbying Legislative advocacy happens when someone contacts lawmakers with the goal of influencing legislation. Whether at the local, state, or federal level, legislative advocacy and lobbying are direct ways to influence governance and policy that affect the daily lives of thousands, if not millions.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

For the past year, I have been studying how volunteer managers (in nonprofits and government) have approached various technologies during the pandemic. Two-thirds of CVAs told me that the pandemic had influenced the degree to which they work remotely “a great deal.” federal government agency.