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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Musk has voiced animosity toward mass transit for years, instead sharing his preference for private cars. In 2003, urban planning expert Elliott Sclar wrote a report for the Economic Policy Institute in response to that faction, called Amtrak Privatization: The Route to Failure. And he has an interest, of course, in selling Teslas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. For the first time, readers could comment and share their opinions publicly on a piece of online content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

This seems obvious, and perhaps out of your control, but there is a lot you can do to increase your rates and make sure your critical fundraising appeals and advocacy alerts reach your donors and activists. One of the biggest mistakes you can make when thinking about deliverability is buying, renting, or sharing email lists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

It is a nonprofits dream – to have its advocacy campaign messaging go viral on Facebook or social media channels. The above photo and statement was posted on Friday and within 48 hours was shared over 21,000 times, 18,000 likes, and thousands of comments. They got 18,000 shares in under 48 hours. What happened?

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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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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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Media: A Bubble About to Burst – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Are your nonprofit staffers addicted to social media? This site is an open space for those in the international development community who want to honestly and publicly share their failures. Doing Good.

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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. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. It’s also allowed them to find a new audience that are not as familiar with their policy issues.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

We are researching and advocating for policy change that specifically impacts early childhood development, and beyond informing, we need to give people the tools to make their voices heard, whether that’s personalizing social media, writing a letter, or signing up to meet with their elected representatives. It creates a journey!

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

That’s why it’s important to have internal conversations about how much data your organization feels comfortable sharing and what data is proprietary and should not be used with public AI tools. For instance, your association might consider creating advocacy campaigns and scheduling lobby days.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

From legal work to advocacy to grassroots mobilization, these 7 organizations highlighted below are fighting to ensure that immigrant rights are human rights. Check out their publications detailing “DACA, and Other Policies Designed to Protect Dreamers.”. American Immigration Council. Learn More |. United We Dream. Get Involved.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

And, that value was shared throughout their respective communities. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. Others are the kind of thoughtful relationships that are born from mutual esteem and shared ideals. Strategize for Strength I don’t doubt that these alliances were win-win situations.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 13, 2009

Please share a list of your legislators who use social media so we may compile a list here. Tags: Facebook Marketing and Awareness Microblog Policy Tools Video Wordpress advocacy congress follow hayes legislators tweet. If they are are you following them or communicating with them through their social media contacts?

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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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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. My colleague Hannah Brennan, Senior Manager at Social Misfits Media , has written this post to share with a useful infographic on how to deal with trolls online. Click for Full-Size Version of Infographic.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

At the SHARE Conference last month, I spent time watching venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and techies praise how the sharing economy was the new way to make money and catalyze sharing and change. Where Are Nonprofits and Libraries on Sharing? Does the Sharing Economy Enable Social Good?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Last week, Dan Michel offered an intriguing answer to this question : “What form of social media measurement does your organization engage in; Community participation, advocacy (earned mentions, discussions), or donations ($ or time)? &#. “ Using Radian 6 , a listening tool, they do a pre/post share of Conversation about hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

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 The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide.

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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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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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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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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

This may involve conducting equity audits , adopting anti-racist policies and practices, and actively working to dismantle barriers to access and opportunity. 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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Your nonprofit is getting ready to lead an important advocacy campaign: a key bill central to your mission has just been introduced in the state legislature, but the process of getting it passed is fraught with uncertainty. Using APIs for Political Advocacy. Let’s take the first example above: political advocacy.

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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.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

Otherwise, a larger and larger share of philanthropys donations and earnings from services will end up in shareholder pockets, rather than in service to our communities. Other cases involve adults in independent living facilities that chose to take drugs against house policy.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

Candids Issue Lab is an open-access library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing reports, case studies, surveys, and toolkits published by social sector organizations. In 2024, more than 195,000 users accessed Issue Labs collection of shared knowledge. The state of diversity in the U.S. nonprofit sector by Candid.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

First, it is critical to keep engaging in legal advocacy for ratification of two landmark United Nations disability treaties. The first is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)—a vital framework for creating legislation and policies embracing the rights and dignity of all people with disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2012

Through lively sharing and discussion this session will cover a range of topics related to nonprofit engagement with data and information visualization, including: Organization culture and practice: What does it take for organizations to systematically use their data? Share your experience in the comments. What are the go-to tools?

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Understanding Community Leadership Community leadership involves actively engaging with local stakeholders, identifying shared goals, and working collaboratively towards achieving them. Collective leadership is a collaborative approach that embraces shared decision-making, participation, and the collective wisdom of diverse perspectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2011

Last month I had the pleasure of facilitating another peer exchange for Packard grantees who are children’s advocates and was thrilled to have Momsrising co-founder Kristin Row-Finkbeiner share some of the secrets of how networked nonprofits approach social media measurement and practice. getting policies passed.

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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. The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.

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Tableau

JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2020, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) partnered with the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center (Urban) to create an online tool to demystify the local police budget in DC, one of the most heavily-policed jurisdictions in America. Kristin Adderson. January 28, 2022 - 3:58pm. January 28, 2022. Lessons learned.

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Tableau

JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2020, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) partnered with the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center (Urban) to create an online tool to demystify the local police budget in DC, one of the most heavily-policed jurisdictions in America. Kristin Adderson. January 28, 2022 - 3:58pm. January 28, 2022. Lessons learned.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Share on Twitter. Linda Moore is the president and CEO of TechNet , a bipartisan policy and political network. The New Technology Policy Battlegrounds Are Getting Closer To Home. Share on Twitter. 5 policies Washington should enact to end the climate crisis and joblessness. Share on Twitter. Linda Moore.

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