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Converting Facebook Likes to Dollars
Mon 13 May, 2013
“So we have 100 new Facebook followers, how does that help our bottom line?”
How to convert people who simply like a page into folks who will take more concrete action is a common discussion among organizers. Luckily the book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine does an excellent job of providing an in depth explanation on how to convert low level engagement such as liking a post or group on Facebook into concrete actions such as volunteering or donating to...
Must read for any organizer: Measuring the Networked Nonprofit
Fri 10 May, 2013
Affecting social change is without a doubt the ultimate goal for nonprofit organizations. Along the journey of social change there are several bumps in the road, detours, and organizations at times get lost and can't find their way. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine provides the perfect road map to help nonprofits use modern technology to take advantage of the various digital tools at our disposal. Whether your organization is trying to convert Facebook...
How to Create Image Gallery in NationBuilder
Fri 19 Apr, 2013
Content sliders in NationBuilder work well for sites that are trying to grab the attention of a reader and direct them to various locations on one's site, but there are times when a nation may want to allow a user to simply scan through a variety of images that are related to a single topic. For instance, perhaps you have hosted an event and want to display images from that event on your site. When this happens, a better option is to implement an image gallery.
Creating the Page's Content...
Exclusion Queries and Lists in NationBuilder
Fri 12 Apr, 2013
Note: "Exclusion Query" means searching for people who are NOT something. Not named Smith, not donors, not in the city of Springfield, etc.
One of the capabilities that makes NationBuilder so great is its list-building functionality. However, regardless of the platform, sometimes creating and refining your lists can be tricky - particularly when you’re trying to create a list that excludes a certain group of people, rather than filtering on an inclusion basis. Lucky for us, NationBuilder has...
Customized Tell a Friend Options Using NationBuilder
Sat 30 Mar, 2013
Any grassroots organization knows that getting people to invite their friends to join the cause is the best route to gaining momentum and growing an organization. For that reason, it's fantastic that NationBuilder has developed a tell-a-friend option that enables the same sharing online. Now, people can get involved in a nation and then tell all of their online contacts about the nation through Twitter, Facebook and email.
While this is great, Richir Outreach wanted to take the tell a...
Campaigner NationBuilder theme from Richir Outreach
Fri 29 Mar, 2013
The Campaigner theme is an easily-customizable theme from Richir Outreach available for purchase. Here are a few of the most useful features of this easy-to-use theme.
On the homepage, you'll find the featured slideshow that calls out pages you'd like your visitors to see right away. Just below the featured content, your users will be able to quickly see the most recent blog posts and suggestions.
No matter which page your users are on, they'll be able to sign up to your nation via the nifty...
Who are Non-Supporters in NationBuilder?
Wed 27 Mar, 2013
NationBuilder has a lot of integrations that allow you to easily track who is interacting with your Nation, and in what ways. When tracking your people data, NationBuilder puts people records into three different categories: Supporter, Prospect, and Non-Supporter.
In most cases, it’s fairly clear who your Supporters are – they are the people who have actively opted in to your Nation via a variety of actions such as: signing up for emails, taking action on a petition, donating, following you on...
Working with Webhooks
Thu 14 Mar, 2013
This post deals with NationBuilder and assumes you have some knowledge of HTTP POST requests and PHP.
Webhooks offer developers a simple way to record NationBuilder data outside of NationBuilder. You can set up webhooks by visiting the admin dashboard of your Nation, going to "Settings", and then selecting "Webhooks." You should see a page that gives you the following form fields: When to POST, URL to POST to, and below those, you'll see a list of the webhooks that have already been created (if...