M+R

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A recent article by the Associated Press sheds light on a troubling trend: nonprofit organizations, particularly 501(c)(3)s, are becoming increasingly wary of lobbying and advocacy efforts. It’s a moment to boldly lean into advocacy, embracing it as a powerful tool for change and cultural disruption. Embrace advocacy.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 21, 2023

Your organization does much to advocate for industry issues—petitioning local and federal level politicians to generate support for association-backed programs. Member advocates are the backbone of your campaigns and the heart of your advocacy program. Highlight any upcoming policies your advocates are working on. Get social.

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Advocacy Online Social Media Guidelines 110

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thanks to the leadership and quick acting of Beth Kanter and Sue Anne Reed, there’s now a petition is up on Care2 focused on the fact that Apple’s iPhone app policy does not allow nonprofits to gather donations via the mobile phone platform.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns are becoming increasingly popular to help advance the mission of organizations. However, many organizations are under the impression that they must divide their attention between their advocacy campaigns and their fundraising efforts. In this case, many decide to ignore advocacy altogether. .

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Advocacy Strategy Fundraising Campaign 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. Internet Use Policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy? They rely only on credible sources.

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Social Media Policy Impact Research 95

NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

That’s why we’ve focused this entire issue on nonprofit impact. While this story was inspiring, it didn’t necessarily represent the great work SAI did as a whole. For nonprofits, measuring their broader impact can be easier said than done.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

2) Advocacy CTA on the Union of Concerned Scientists blog. 6) Share commentary and CTAs about current issues in the news. For example, the National Parks Conservation Association recently blogged about a rollback of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and included a prominent CTA. 3) Maximize your blog’s sidebar.

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Practice Nonprofit Social Media Newsletter 353

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. In fact the range of issues is pretty wide ranging. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government.

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Social Media Policy International Social 104

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

In 2017, Race Forward merged with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the nation’s largest research, advocacy and services organization devoted to racial justice. Have there been demographic, economic, or policy changes that affect your messages and offerings? Organizations are always changing. The environment is always changing.

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better. Facing the Problem For so many issues I’ve worked on, the problem is not that we, the advocates, don’t have a solution.

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Campaign Advocacy Policy Demonstration 101

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Crafting a mobile and social media policy. “Social Media for Social Good and Nonprofit Tech for Good have been my primary resources for learning how to communicate Indian conservation issues on a global scale. Using Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr. And much more!

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Mobile Guide Fundraising Social Media 235

Candid

JUNE 3, 2024

SAGE (Advocacy and Services for LGBTQ+ Elders) is the only national organization dedicated to addressing issues related to LGBTQ+ people and aging. SAGE (Advocacy and Services for LGBTQ+ Elders) is the only national organization dedicated to addressing issues related to LGBTQ+ people and aging. Direct services.

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Data New York City Advocacy New York 115

NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2014

Are you looking to win support for an issue, impact policy, or get a corporation or government body to change its policies? Advocacy advocacy strategy campaigns Program' Your concise guide to building a winnable campaign. Follow this roadmap to put successful campaign strategies in place.

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Campaign Advocacy Policy Strategy 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

And let me say upfront, I respect lawyers and legal issues that nonprofits and foundations have to navigate around social media. The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll

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Social Media Media Social Policy 118

.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. These dynamics characterize partnerships like Nancy and Kristine’s: Mutual benefit over a broad range of issues and experiences.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Within just a few months, most associations had publicly posted recommendations and tips, provided amnesty for dues, created policies and procedures, and/or jumped to virtual tools to continue providing events. For instance, your association might consider creating advocacy campaigns and scheduling lobby days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Note from Beth: Online harassment is a problem especially for nonprofits that are doing advocacy for controversial issues. If online harassment is an ongoing concern, you’ll want to develop policies and procedures to protect your organisation and support your team. Click for Full-Size Version of Infographic.

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Online Tips Social Media Comment 130

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

The problem is not a frequency issue: The number of claims received has not gone up. The property issue that NPPA would solve is about to from a problem to a full-blown crisis, since the single commercial insurer presently offering this coverage has indicated it plans to stop offering it in July of 2025. That is remarkably stable.

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Nonprofit Policy Award Foundation 59

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The 30 participating organizations in the report are members of the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative, a group of independent, nonprofits with a shared commitment to responsible budget and tax policies. Joining the conversation is incredibly important if these organizations expect to change policy and change minds.

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Conversation Effective Social Media PDF 114

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

Your website must be hosted on your own domain (for example, ournonprofit.org, not ournonprofit.weebly.com) and adhere to the website policy. If you see “not secure” next to your website’s URL in Chrome, it means SSL is not installed or there is a configuration issue. . Unlike traditional grants. How to Apply for the Google Grant.

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M+R

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We’re officially one year out from yet another extremely consequential election (see: all the big issues on the line in the previous paragraph!) We’ll help you hone your advocacy and electoral roadmap and point you toward what you should be doing today to fight for progressive change in 2024. Also just a tad overwhelming motivating?

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Advocacy Government Strategy Campaign 106

Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence is a Political Action Committee (PAC) that supports candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality. On their website, they note that LGBTQ individuals suffer more hate crimes than any other protected group, which makes disarming hate a crucial LGBTQ issue.

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Organization Support National Law 112

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. We get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle. when we bring them to developing world countries.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. What are the legal issues?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

Whether you’re introducing a change in ownership, new staff, policy change, technical update, or something else, community members sometimes resist change. So far, Council Speaker Christine Quinn has not called for a vote on this issue.

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Web New York City Philanthropy Bookmarking 137

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

This usage should make us stop and consider whether a smattering of policy makers, scholars, and practitioners have introduced an idea that has meaning only to them, resulting in a grand con on the range of individual industries and activities that fit a vague notion of "public good." So, sector is important for policy advocacy.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

I resigned today from my role as Head of Marketing at Basecamp due to recent changes and new policies. I have left Basecamp due to the recent changes & policies. Sensitivities are at 11, and every discussion remotely related to politics, advocacy, or society at large quickly spins away from pleasant.

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Companies Policy Discussion Design 145

Candid

AUGUST 22, 2024

Institutional practices These practices focus on the internal workings of the foundation, such as implementing policies or training programs that promote racial equity. This may reflect an effort to compensate for the lack of internal diversity by strengthening their commitment to equity through formal policies and training.

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Foundation Practice Leadership Survey 105

M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was one of the original (Ralph) “Nader’s Raiders,” tasked with traveling the country and turning college student energy into student advocacy groups. Donald went on to lead New York’s PIRG (NYPIRG) into a powerhouse of an advocacy organization and organized one of the largest protests of the 1970s with 100,000 people on the mall in DC.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In another example, the American Cancer Society used AI to examine GoFundMe campaigns and found that over one-third of fundraising stories explicitly described financial hardships caused by medical issues.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy in that same vein: It’s about shifting the balance of power. What ignites your passion about an issue?

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Advocacy Story Campaign San Francisco 59

Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But community and labor leaders, housing and other advocacy groups, and environmental justice organizations are fighting back. It requires a long-term strategy so that an ecosystem of organizations—with specialists in communications, legal support, and policy research—can work together to build a broad base of support.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities.

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Copyright Advocacy eBook Proposal 104

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Civic leadership, on the other hand, involves active engagement and participation of individuals in addressing community issues and promoting the common good. It encompasses activities such as community organizing, advocacy, and public service, empowering individuals to contribute to their communities.

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Foundation Leadership Roles Community 97

The Verge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The medical journal Health Affairs spent years planning its special issue on health and racism, which it published at the beginning of February. The journal wanted to reach new readers by promoting the issue through targeted advertisements on Twitter and YouTube. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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