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How nonprofits can engage in policy advocacy now 

Candid

Despite working in diverse geographies and issue areas—from environmental justice to workforce development, arts education to grief support—these nonprofits share similar concerns about the risk of engaging in policy advocacy. Advocacy enables nonprofits to influence policy, amplify community voices, and create lasting impact.

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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

MESG Marketing Mary Getz, principal and founder Yes, it’s true—when an issue is breaking there is a flurry of activity. Raise the Roots is a digital agency providing nonprofits and small businesses with expert digital strategy and support to raise awareness, voices, and money. Here’s what they said.

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How Social Good Organizations Can Boost Voter Engagement in the U.S.

Connection Cafe

That puts us far ahead of this time during the last presidential election but we shouldn’t get comfortable yet – in 2016 nearly 100 million eligible voters didn’t make their voice heard at the ballot box. The voters you help to turnout will elect leaders that care about the issues you work on. Good luck, and happy voting.

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How to Drive High Donor Retention Rates with Text Messaging

Achieve

This also helps to demonstrate how donations are used to spark real change in the issue area you work in. Use gamification tools: Send polls or quizzes that test supporters’ knowledge of your mission to keep them tapped into your organization and eager to learn more.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

Or more importantly, discussing strategic issues that the Board NEEDS to be addressing? Questions about minor issues can be handled in those calls. But if it’s a bigger issue that needs the full Board’s attention, it’s saved for the meeting and that particular item is pulled out of the consent agenda and placed on the upcoming agenda.

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10 Recent Upgrades to Facebook Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That means Nonprofit Admins need to be even better at finding their finding their Facebook voice and posting quality content. POLL] Since the launch of the new Facebook News Feed, have you noticed an increase, a decrease, or no change at all in your Status Update Likes and Comments?

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Capturing Voices from the Field in Tanzania. Challenges and issues.

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