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Online Advocacy
From Npadvisors.com
Growth in Online Political Activity Benefits All NonProfits: 7/19/2004
There has been exponential growth in the internet activities of political candidates, and also of their supporters (and detractors).
>> Read More ... Use of E-government increases 50% from 2002 to 2003, but citizens want multiple channels available to contact government: 7/19/2004
Internet users are increasingly turning to e-government sites to carry out their business with government. But Internet users and non-users alike value having more than one way to get in touch with government.
>> Read More ... NPA Launches Online Advocacy Demonstration Site!: 12/16/2002
NPAdvisors.com has launched a demonstration of its online advocacy tools for you to use in evaluating it for your nonprofit. You can also use it as a guide to see what elements should be in any online advocacy system.
>> Read More ... Online Advocacy Petitions : 4/12/2002
Following are some specific ideas and general thoughts on constructing petitions...
>> Read More ... Online Commerce Increases in Q2 2004: 10/18/2004
There’s a wealth of data that indicates Americans are ready to give to charities online, if the charities are creative in how they solicit those funds.
>> Read More ... Online Advocacy: Not Just for US Politicians: 5/25/2004
Online advocacy is a powerful tool.
>> Read More ... Update on Presidential Campaign E-mails: 1/28/2004
Both the Dean and Bush campaigns are using e-mail heavily. We signed up for each one and reported on their web sites recently. In the last seven weeks, we have received 32 emails from the two campaigns.
>> Read More ... State Fishing Expedition?: 11/28/2003
The Free Speech Coaliation wants to alert you to a recent "fishing expedition" initiated by the state government of a southern state.
>> Read More ... Alzheimer's Postage Stamp Campaign Update: 11/12/2003
The goal is to generate 50,000 signatures. More than 35,000 have already been collected.
>> Read More ... eArnold: How Schwarzenegger Won With Email Campaigns: 11/8/2003
Schwarzenegger's online campaign featured 87% success rate in signing new supporters
>> Read More ... Americans Speak Out Against Tobacco at VoicesAgainstTobacco.org: 11/8/2003
New Website Helps Concerned Citizens Share Stories, Contact Policymakers
>> Read More ... Some Elected Representatives Still in the Dark Ages: 10/8/2003
Seventeen months after our first report on Congressional internet Luddites, five of the original seven Congressmen and women still have no public e-mail address.
>> Read More ... Online Effort to Lobby for an Alzheimer's Research Stamp: 2/4/2003
A colleague and long-time direct marketing professional, John Jay Daly of Maryland, has launched a campaign to persuade the U.S. Postal Service to launch a “semi-postal” stamp which would raise money to support Alzheimer’s research in the United States.
>> Read More ... Good Data at the Core of Online Advocacy: 11/13/2002
NPA's online advocacy data is accurate and updated frequently in order to make the communication between constituent and elected official as smooth as possible.
>> Read More ... Online Petitions are an Effective Advocacy Tool: 11/12/2002
The founders of American democracy may not have conceived of the Internet (didn’t Al Gore invent the Internet?) but they certainly would enjoy the way that nonprofit organizations have used the Internet to air their "grievance" and collect the names of like-minded citizens.
>> Read More ... E-mail Responses: Get Them to Sign a Petition: 11/4/2002
In the first part of the series "Ten Actions to Ask of Your E-Mail Readers" Rick Christ encourages you to include grassroots activism in your e-mail program.
>> Read More ... House of Representatives Wants to Eliminate Paper Mail from Constituents: 7/3/2002
The U.S. House of Representatives is soliciting bids from vendors to digitize all incoming first class mail. Minimizing the anthrax threat is one reason. Reducing the current 15-day processing is another.
>> Read More ... Using Technology for Social Change: Online Forum: 5/24/2002
Media and technology are powerful tools for advocacy. Films, Web sites, and virtual communities provide avenues through which activists voice their concerns and rally support for their causes. A special online event at Techsoup.org will be examining various means of using technology to tell stories, impact politics and move society to incite change.
>> Read More ... Utah May Amend Internet Charitable Solicitations Law: 5/23/2002
The Utah Senate is considering a bill that would establish another requirement for registration. “Charitable Facilitators” are defined, according to FRNP, as “entities that sell goods to a client or customer and offer to deliver all or a portion of the goods to a charitable organization.”
>> Read More ... Your Elected Representative May NOT Want to Hear from You After All: 5/22/2002
It’s hard to believe, with all of our money at their disposal, that some members of Congress still aren’t accessible through the Internet! Is your representative one of the “sluggish seven”?
>> Read More ... The Power to Destroy: IRS considers regulating Web speech, Public comments sought on new rules for non-profits: 4/5/2002
A December 6, 2000 article at WorldNetDaily.com contains chilling news to nonprofits: "The Internal Revenue Service is considering the issuance of new guidelines on Internet communications by tax-exempt organizations."
>> Read More ... LocusPocus: from .org to .com: 4/5/2002
LocusPocus spins off of Environmental Defense, offers online advocacy tools.
>> Read More ... Revoteonline.com Launches to Take Advantage of Election Controversy: 4/5/2002
An opt-in email marketing service provider has turned its proprietary email database into a national polling station for millions of frustrated Americans.
>> Read More ... Eat the Whales?: 4/2/2002
A recent article in imarketingnews.com pointed to a website sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Their tongue-in-cheek site, eatthewhales.com, starts off with this plea:
>> Read More ... The Wilderness Society's New Cyber Campaign Enlists Citizens to Save the Arctic Refuge From Oil Drilling: 3/27/2002
The Wilderness Society launched a web-based campaign to raise awareness and garner support from Americans nationwide to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and deliver those individual opinions directly - and immediately -- to President Clinton.
>> Read More ... LoudCitizen.com - A first-hand Account of Post Election Internet Advocacy: 3/26/2002
The 2000 post-election excitement created a wealth of instant internet political pundits and activism sites. I recently asked Kevin Conner, who founded one of these sites, for his background and the story of the site's launch.
>> Read More ... Bush Urged to Denounce IRS Regulation of Non-Profit Web Sites: 3/26/2002
A free market advocacy group wants President-elect George W. Bush to denounce an effort by the IRS to regulate the content of non-profit Internet sites.
>> Read More ... LCV Releases 2001 National Environmental Scorecard: 3/25/2002
Web site offers searchable results state by state, and free reports for download
>> Read More ... Online Petitions Make Jane Doe a Virtual Ross Perot: 3/21/2002
E The People encourages individuals and organizations to create online petition drives on any issue they desire.
>> Read More ... Democrats.com Launches new Web Site with a 'Hush-in' Public Policy Forum on Privacy at Democratic Convention: 3/19/2002
Event to feature remarks by Gore advisers and endorsement of Gore by leading privacy experts
>> Read More ... E-Advocacy for Nonprofits: The Law of Lobbying and Election Related Activity on the Net: 3/19/2002
The Alliance for Justice has published a report called E-Advocacy for Nonprofits which outlines how organizations can effectively use the Internet and stay on the right side of the laws governing advocacy by nonprofits.
>> Read More ... Advocates Plug in; Messages Urge Action; : 3/19/2002
Web Sites Let Visitors Send e-mail on Policy Issues
>> Read More ... Using e-mail as an Advocacy Tool: 3/19/2002
The widespread use of email by supporters of these organizations, plus the (much slower) adoption of Internet connectivity by legislators, means that many are now considering the use of email as an advocacy tool.
>> Read More ... Web site Offers Presidential Debate Input: 3/19/2002
A new Web site launched by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) will let Internet users decide what topics they would most like to hear discussed during the televised presidential debates.
>> Read More ... Progressive Technology Project Awards 18 Grants to Nonprofits for Tech Boosts: 3/19/2002
A collaboration of grant makers, community organizers and technology experts, has announced its latest round of funding so selected nonprofits can use information technology to boost local education, training and advocacy efforts.
>> Read More ... The Growth of the Political Website: 3/19/2002
Dick Morris, John Sununu, Ralph Reed, Randy Tate, and Geraldine Ferraro are just a few of the people who have lent their fame and know-how to online politics start-ups.
>> Read More ... A Second Chance: The Potential Of Politics Online: 3/19/2002
In a remote stretch of the Montana Rockies lies a ranch where all the hired hands are political junkies. The only things herded and roped there are the positions of political candidates.
>> Read More ... John McCain Continues Internet Politics with Straight Talk Express: 3/19/2002
Senator John McCain may be finished with his 2000 Presidential aspirations, but he's still active in Internet politics.
>> Read More ... Net Sped the Case Against California Commissioner: 3/19/2002
The political corruption case in California against Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush gained additional momentum because of a new element: the Internet.
>> Read More ... New Advocacy Discussion List on Charitychannel: 3/19/2002
CharityChannel.com is pleased to announce the addition of ADVOCACY to its family of nonprofit-sector forums.
>> Read More ... Groups Begin Public Awareness Campaign for Internet Board Election: 3/19/2002
Public interest group launches a voter registration and education campaign to recruit what it called "Cyber Citizens."
>> Read More ... Email Campaign Hopes to Relieve Poor Country Debt - Update: 3/19/2002
The aim of the Jubilee 2000 coalition is to relieve the debt of poor countries. They want to achieve this goal with a global email campaign.
>> Read More ... National Civic League Conference to Explore Technology's Effect on Democracy and Community: 3/19/2002
Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy
National Civic League Conference Set for November 2000
>> Read More ... Global-Warming Treaty Lobbyists Hit The Internet: 3/19/2002
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event Monday linked foreign policy experts with the public via the Internet to build opposition to a global-warming treaty.
>> Read More ... New e-Lobby Tracking System Comes Online: 3/19/2002
As early as next month, lobbyists will begin reporting online their efforts to influence federal agencies and Congress.
>> Read More ... DontBlowIt Aims E-Barrage at Clinton: 3/18/2002
Online anti-apocalypse advocacy moves forward with the launch of Technology Project's DontBlowIt.org
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