Candid

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Videos of your organization in action, statistics of how youre making an impact in your community, and constituent testimonials are just a few ways to bring your mission to life. Ask reactive donors to join your advocacy network, share across their network, or volunteer.

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Charity Village

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest honours the life and legacy of Antonio “Tony” Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. Tony never had a chance to fulfill his computing dreams, so the prize was created to help others realize theirs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

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. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most. Please summarize your ROI.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

Fostering Authentic Relationships With and Amongst Your Audience Digital advocacy is critical to moving missions forward, creating systemic change, educating your base, and mobilizing leaders who are loyal to your organization and committed to the larger movement in which you operate. This is especially true during an election year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. It can be as simple as telling a story of “a day in the life of” your client, staff or volunteer. Millennials are the largest generation in the U.S. Tap into shared experiences.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Description: As non-profits turn their sights to the social web for mission delivery, advocacy, fundraising and awareness building, more for-profits organizations are supporting charity work with specialized programs and initiatives. Title: Social Media for Social Good: How Digital Charity is Changing our World. Follow Frank on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. As mentioned earlier, your average supporters may be more inclined to create Fundraisers around their personal life events, so campaigns are the time to call on outside allies as well as organizational insiders. 6) Invite your allies to create Fundraisers.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2014

There comes a time in every online organizer and fundraiser’s life when they ask themselves: is this normal? We''ve crunched the numbers from 53 nonprofit organizations to define this year''s industry standards for online fundraising, advocacy, and list building. Our response: what does the data say?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes How to Mobilize a Movement: 6 Tech Strategies for Supporter Advocacy We know your journey is sprinkled with dreams of making a huge difference, as well as the occasional sleepless night, wondering how you can mobilize a movement with the resources you have. Sounds like a dream?

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

A consumer advocacy group in Europe has filed the latest lawsuit against Apple saying the company intentionally throttled older iPhones in Italy. Euroconsumers, an umbrella advocacy organization in the EU that includes Italy’s Altroconsumo, says the €60 compensation is the average amount consumers paid to replace their devices’ batteries.

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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. Identify Your Own Story .

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

A legislative advocacy campaign must overcome natural inertia—a sufficient number of lawmakers must be convinced that taking action will have more benefit (or less backlash) than not taking action. The answers to these questions will be central to building an impactful legislative advocacy campaign.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At Media Cause, we conceptualize advocacy as shifting the balance of power. Effective advocacy, which leads to systemic and cultural change, starts with the stories we tell—and believe—about our own experiences, community, and world. Which audience is key in taking the actions needed to achieve your advocacy goal?

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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. Are our training programs for elder services and long-term care providers effective in improving the quality of life for the LGBTQ+ elders they serve? Direct services. Technical assistance.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

By providing accessible on-ramps for people to engage in the civil life of their communities, nonprofits can lay the groundwork to build trust. We need to make the case for advocacy It’s encouraging to see that people trust nonprofits to mend social divides and improve key issues.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This career change has been one of the most rewarding decisions of my life. When a board sees that their contributionswhether through advocacy, expertise, or resourcesare helping create tangible progress, they become energized and actively involved. Ive embraced the fail fast, fail forward mentality.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

During my Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (MNLM) studies, I gained an appreciation for volunteers and an interest in how volunteers can engage in advocacy. The terms advocacy and lobbying are generally used interchangeably to describe how nonprofits influence legislation and public policy. Grimm R, T., Talbert, M.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Advocacy and volunteering emails As you well know, donating isnt the only way your audience members can show their support for your mission. Advocacy and volunteering email example: Help for Heroes call for volunteers Help for Heroes also created a useful example of a volunteer request email. Will you help us fight these obstacles?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

As soon as this brave observer could reach a place of relative safety back in Thailand, she used Martus to secure the sensitive information she had risked her life to obtain. Burma has seen dramatic reforms and there is now a momentous opportunity to strengthen current advocacy and prepare for future justice measures.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Microsoft sees the repositioning of Teams for work and life as not just offering yet another chat app to the market but something that provides ways for groups of people to get things done, like planning a vacation with friends or a family activity. “I Microsoft Teams personal features.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I’ve seen firsthand what a seamless donor experience can deliver—increased donations, higher retention rates, stronger loyalty, and advocacy. Today’s donors, especially Millennials and Gen Z, are accustomed to the intuitive immediacy of digital transactions. How can nonprofits elevate the donor experience?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Many nonprofits saw a surge in recurring subscription initiations following the 2016 election, particularly civil rights, social action, and advocacy organizations, according to Classy platform data. In 2020, we will see a continued upward trend in the growth of third-party intermediaries working to better integrate giving into everyday life.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2025

Here are a few we see often: Assuming the Funnel is Linear Real life isnt a straight line, and neither is your audiences journey. COMMITTED: Growing a Community of Champions The most valuable supporter is a returning supporter. This stage is about deepening relationships and driving sustained impact.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

animal welfare act, animal rights, animal advocacy, AETA, ALF, cage-free, cruelty-free, declawing, etc.), SPCA, Paws For Life, etc.) For instance, searching for your cause (e.g., animal abuse), with areas of expertise or experience (e.g., and experience with similar organizations (e.g., will narrow the search.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

How to Prepare Your Community for a Major Change « The Community Manager – "Change: it’s the one constant in life. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people. They are a multi-disciplinary organization that uses litigation, policy advocacy, education, movement building, and direct service to meet the needs of transgender communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

In a society plagued by a “ loneliness epidemic ,” bring people together IRL (in real life). Look how Selfies With AEDs saw their social media ambassador was posting from the city where a partner organization is located and took the opportunity to tag the partner (and share their advocacy campaign in the process).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2012

Or are you maybe even drowning in data and looking for someone to throw you a life-saving suggestion for software and other tools? Data and information visualizations for advocacy, evaluation, social media, network analysis, operations, and more! Drawing by the Numbers: A terrific resource for data visualization for nonprofit advocacy.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Finally, managers can execute Care as Advocacy. If youre not coaching your people with honest, constructive feedback, youre not leading them. Giving honest feedback helps people grow. This is where the rubber meets the road. Care is mentorship, sponsorship, and ensuring your people get the visibility they deserve.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

The Power of Platforms – "The results from a new study from Pew Internet and Life Project found that when citizens believe their governments are sharing more information, they are more likely to feel satisfied with civic life. ." Pew: Open government is tied to higher levels of community satisfaction | Gov 2.0:

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Candid

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Read this book for a dose of optimism and inspiration with real-life examples from social media of how you can incorporate acts of kindness and generosity into your everyday life. Get motivated to make doing good deeds a part of your life through acts of service and making time for others, like preparing a meal or mentoring.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and quality of life. Be Proactive in Legal Advocacy: Engage in legal advocacy efforts to challenge discriminatory laws and policies that hinder progress toward equity.

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Tableau

APRIL 20, 2021

As quoted in the Los Angeles Times , Emily Benfer, chair of the American Bar Association’s COVID-19 Task Force Committee on eviction notes “An eviction is not a single event in a person’s life. It actually changes the trajectory of a life, because it has such catastrophic implications for fiscal and mental health.” .

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Candid

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This finding supports health charities’ fundraising efforts and informs policy advocacy for improved health care coverageinsights that would have taken exponentially longer to gather without AI. Millions of dollars have been invested in that small neighborhood to bring that community vision of the future to life.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

Real-Life Uses of AI for Nonprofits Donor Engagement : AI can personalize communications and predict future donations by analyzing donor data. Rally Starter : This platform uses AI to help nonprofits efficiently create advocacy campaigns to engage supporters and create real impact.

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Blue Fox

JUNE 18, 2023

They provide services and advocacy for underserved and unheard populations. Water is life. There is a direct correlation between sound financial management and the ability of a nonprofit to provide broader and more in-depth services. This client case study proves it! ​ Our clients are change-makers for good.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

It encompasses activities such as community organizing, advocacy, and public service, empowering individuals to contribute to their communities. Advocacy and Policy Support: Foundations possess a unique position of influence and can leverage their voice to advocate for systemic change.

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