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NPO Leaders Walking An Advocacy Tightrope

The NonProfit Times

There is an acrimonious presidential election in just a few days and the current political climate in the United States requires a measured approach to advocacy. They frame their advocacy within their mission and needs of their communities. Advocacy efforts are mission-driven. said via a statement. “It

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Economic and political upheaval, food banks, and advocating for better anti-poverty policies: An interview with Carolyn Stewart from Feed Ontario

Charity Village

How are food banks and other community and anti-poverty organizations dealing with current service demands, concerns about impacts of US tariffs and an economic downturn, and advocacy for long-lasting change through government relations work?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of the disparate segments of our online business, such as our blog, online gift shop, stock photo business, weekly podcasts, advocacy site and our own social site will all be brought under one roof in the new member site. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ? Anything else? Book Tour ? ? Book Tour Sponsors ?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building. Everything we do online (our website, email program, advertising, social) is tied to our goals of advocacy and fundraising, or some other kind of lead generation. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ?Book Book Tour?. ?Book

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily.

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Interview: Scott Anderson of ClientTrack

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Scott Anderson from ClientTrack , a software solution aimed at increasing the impact of social benefit organizations and their work by “integrating people, processes, and technology.&# You can learn more about Scott and the work ClientTrack is doing in the interview below.

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Interview: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real Time Web Report

Amy Sample Ward

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean?

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