There's MySpace , Twitter, Facebook , YouTube, etc. Turn those connections outward into the community and you might be surprised at the effect you can have. Local politics is the world's greatest PR laboratory. Yet winning is everything — politics is a zero-sum game, winner takes all, loser loses everything. Door hangers.

As social media increasingly becomes a part of the nonprofit marketers’ toolkit, many nonprofit fundraisers are wondering whether the big mama of all social networks— Facebook —is really worth the effort and investment from a fundraising perspective. How thorough is your Facebook post follow-up? See them play in their new enclosure.

I have been trying to avoid writing about the Obama campaign on this blog, despite all of its clearly Gen Ye themes, bc well, it's political and I'm fundraising, and I did vent about DM from political campaigns , but with "Obamapalooza" as one blog calls it getting stronger, well it would well I just can't avoid it anymore.

Use those individuals who have already given to encourage their friends and community to give. Related posts: Celebrating Success To Measure or Not to Measure Faith in Facebook: A Success Story Success During a Recession Translating Tweets to Dollars. Tags: Politics of Fundraising Set attainable goals. Invest in your givers.

This article:  Five Ideas For Building Community in the Arts  is a great read. But I've got to be honest, whenever I read or hear the words "community building", I cringe. If you believe what you read, everyone wants to build community now. Community Building is a skill. It isn't.

No matter your political viewpoint, you can’t ignore the unprecedented millions who were personally inspired to get involved and ultimately succeeded in their mission to elect him president. Tags: president southwest airlines herb kelleher barack obama trust communication national instruments Best Practices facebook

By the time the first day of my 3-day KL workshop rolled around I had a basic high-level grasp of not just the city from walking around myself and being toured around by them, but of the Malay culture and various internal political and cultural issues present in Malaysia. Extremely polite participants. Kuala Lumpur. After a solid 1.5

Her post includes video from the SMW panel, "Innovation in Politics, Policy and Social Change." Nice quote in the video from Chris Hughes , co-founder of Facebook and President Obama's Director of Online Organizing during his campaign: “ People will share more if they know who’s going to see it.”. It’s been a busy week. ON TWITTER.

Activists don’t want to just take action - they want to feel part of a community that creates change. Despite these changes, the strategic goals of an advocacy organization remain the same: inform the people, activate the people, and organize the people into communities dedicated to achieving your policy goals. We can help.

Pew Internet Research has issued two studies that should be great interest to nonprofits in the advocacy and community action spaces. The first, Neighbors Online , notes the increasing use of online tools by citizens interested in tracking community events, news and issues. 21% discussed community issues over the telephone.