Nationbuilder stories

Nationbuilder stories

An animal rescue hero: Eldad Hagar of Hope for Paws

Eldad Hager of Hope for Paws Late one night in July, Eldad Hagar got a call about a dog named Gaia that had been abandoned on the side of the road in the California Central Valley. While barely surviving in the middle o...

NationBuilder is psychologist's shortcut to marketing success

Paola Bailey, Psy.D. Doctors and psychologists go through more than a decade of schooling and clinical training before they can start practicing on their own. But one thing they don’t teach during all those years of ed...

Ex-offenders, electronics, and doing well by doing good

Los Angeles is a complex and nuanced city. Despite the many cliched complaints about living here, it is precisely that gritty, imperfect and constantly evolving nature which draws so many creative and entrepreneurial peopl...

TurboVote makes voting as easy as ordering a DVD from Netflix

Voting in local and national elections is an important civic responsibility. But it can also be a huge hassle.During the last midterm election, I spent a frustrating couple of hours going to three different polling locatio...

St. Louis NationBuilders gear up for heated primary races

NationBuilder's cutting edge community organizing system is taking over St. Louis - a city traditionally better known for big businesses, sports, and the blues than for high-tech - as Missouri prepares for primary election...

Label it? GMO activists in California say “let’s vote”

I recently had the pleasure of spending the day with NationBuilder Pamm Larry, the voice and force behind the LabelGMOs campaign. About a year and a half ago, Pamm - who is a midwife, farmer, grandmother and mother of thre...

Angry deer hunters take to the internet over Walker policies

Wisconsin's for a while been one of NationBuilder's more active customer bases. Not only has it been one of the hottest places in the country for grassroots activism over the past year, until earlier this month it was the...

SB 1002: You don't ask permission to lead

Before joining NationBuilder as chief organizer, I spent most of my free time advocating for better government through technology and transparency, goals that fall under the loose umbrella of what many call "Government 2.0...