For many activist organizations, the data is unreliable, incomplete -- let's call it broke. As a consequence, we spin our wheels because we don’t have the information we need to...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
Remember the infamous spreadsheet? IYKYK. Sexual harassment and identity-based discrimination happen everywhere, even in progressive campaigns and organizations. What do you do when perpetrators consider themselves feminist, anti-racist, and/or allies?...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
In the progressive movement, we talk a big game about workers' rights and healthy, humane work environments. But let's be honest. We often don't live up to our own values,...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
Movements are sustainable only if the people who power them intentionally care for themselves. If you were driving your car and the check engine and fuel gauge lights came on,...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
There are ways 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations can engage in advocacy and lobbying and work in coalition to achieve their policy goals, without endangering their tax status. We'll show you...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
61M Americans live with a disability. If we want to bring about real, widespread change, we need to include all activists who want to join in the fight, including those...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
You know how your boss keeps saying you should just make that thing go viral? “Going viral” on today’s internet is a herculean task that requires strategy, timing and tremendous...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
COVID-19 taught us how to use our digital platforms to their fullest potential and connected people with their communities. Livestreaming became the new frontier. A portal offered by multiple platforms...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
Distributed organizing — where supporters lead their own efforts, with support from a centralized staff or committee, rather than the other way around — is a critical way to grow...
Posted by | August 18, 2021
Political and advocacy campaigns use digital advertising in a range of creative ways. We'll examine how ads can help with testing, fundraising, persuasion, recruiting, mobilization, GOTV and more. We'll dig...
