Strategy

Strategy

Setting up a phone bank

Setting up a phone bank run by volunteers and staffers can be a vital tool for getting your community to take action. Whether it’s a follow-up to direct mail, a fundraising drive, or a GOTV operation, a phone bank can help...

Do this if you're running for Mayor in 2015

While most political pundits are focused on federal elections and developing story lines of billionaire-funded independent expenditures, another hugely important political effort is underway in many of America’s major citi...

Using NationBuilder to connect filmmakers with their audience

Last year, I went to a screening of Fruitvale Station—a film based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant. During the Q&A, screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler recounted how the film came together through ...

How to figure out your fully loaded cost of technology

We often speak with organizations that are considering upgrading their technology with NationBuilder, but have some concern over the cost. For the Executive Director, CFO, or COO of the organization, there is a more holist...

How to use a Recruiting page to increase engagement

NationBuilder has 29 pre-built page types to choose from, so you can create a website that's as functional as it is beautiful. A lot of organizations need a Donation page, a Volunteer page, and a Blog page, but I'd like to...

How to run a cutting-edge digital field campaign with NationBuilder

I work with a lot of political customers, and I often hear, “NationBuilder is a great system for engaging with people online, but can you really use it to run a field campaign for a major election?” The answer, of course, ...

Find donors who haven't contributed recently

The response to the new advanced search + targeting has been great, and based on your feedback, we realized there was one important thing missing: relative date searches. Instead of having to search for a specific date, ...

Digital precinct captains: distributing power through your organization

During the ‘08 presidential primary, precinct captains in Massachusetts were given access to voter data from a previous race - the ‘06 gubernatorial - for the first time. No one knew it then but this move had a huge impact...

Stop building lists. Start building relationships.

Previously a nonprofit executive, I too suffered from the pandemic that is “list building”—the constant drive to accumulate as many email addresses, social media “likes” and followers as possible, and the ongoing crusade t...