Tag Archives: Online organizing

Turbo-charging Your Campaigns via Online Influencers

Kanye and the Kardashians are not the only online influencers with the power to change the world. The most powerful communications come not from nonprofits themselves, but from everyday supporters with passionate voices who have the ability to reach broad audiences to drive powerful action. These supporters, known as influencers, are passionate, have the ability to mobilize an audience that trusts them. In this interview Cheryl Contee of Fission Strategy talks about online influencers – the topic of her upcoming Netroots Nation training.

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12 Ways to Get Field Organizers to Love Digital

Sick of trying to explain what hashtags are and why they matter to your organizing staff? Do you want to live out what’s happening online in the streets? In this interview Jane Booth-Tobin and Kandace Montgomery of TakeAction Minnesota talk about ways to get organizers to love digital communications – the topic of their upcoming Netroots Nation training.

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You’re invited: The marriage of policy and organizing

Often, the policy world is disconnected from the work organizers do on the ground. This interview with Jessica Adair touches on how communications teams can build bridges between the two worlds, and elevate issues to mainstream and online media – the topic of her upcoming Netroots Nation training.

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5 things we love

It’s that time of year again! Time for conversation hearts, paper valentines, and a romantic dinner with your sweetie. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d share 5 things we love – little things and big things we saw online recently that made our hearts flutter.

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ControlShift Labs brings deep member engagement to the masses

As we continue to explore alternatives to Change.org we’ve got something exciting to share with this week’s interview with ControlShift Labs. One factor in Change’s success is they allowed regular people to start petitions on issues important to them and run those campaigns with an authenticity professional organizers usually can’t match. What ControlShift Labs does […]

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Experts speak: Testing tips from an internet insider

Expert and practitioner of analytics and testing, Jim Pugh, shares his insights and knowledge in our latest interview from the field. This is great advice – not to be missed!

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