What's new at NationBuilder

Text messaging strategies

Looking to learn more about strategic use of texting? Check out our recorded webinar on setting up text blasts, text keywords and conversation trees.

Promote themes for sale on Blueprints

There's no doubt that designing and building a custom, world-class theme on NationBuilder can often be expensive. However, not every customer needs nor can afford a tailor-made solution. They might also want a design or la...

Leave or Remain - UK to decide

In just two weeks time, the UK will be voting on whether to leave the EU or remain a member. It is the first time the UK has voted on it’s membership of the EU in a generation. In 1975, the UK voted to remain a member of w...

NationBuilder Masterclass in London is approaching fast!

Have you ever wondered what leadership means in the 21st century context? And have you ever wondered how technology can be used to define it and empower communities? These are some of the many questions our NationBuilder M...

An open-source guide to designing on NationBuilder

The wonderful folks at Radish Lab put together a mini NationBuilder guide, specifically around building familiarity with the theming framework. It is, in their words, "chock-full of useful tips and tricks to get you start...

Authorize.net recurring donations will now generate an email receipt

Do you have recurring donations coming into your nation via Authorize.net? Good news - going forward all recurring donations will generate an email receipt to the donor! Receipts for past donations will not go out retroact...

Philadelphia: Now Live on RunForOffice.org

(Best. Film. Ever.) Philadelphians, Pennsylvanians, Flyers, and Penguins: Now hear this! We now have every single one of Philadelphia’s 5,083 publicly elected positions address searchable and live on our RunForOffice.org ...

Building an Engaged Email List

This is the second installment in a 5-part series on best email practices. Last week we gave a bird’s eye view of building a winning email program with two important concepts for growing an email list. This week we’ll buil...

Get Out the Vote! Add the Voting Information Project widget to your NationBuilder site

You have put tons of hours into your campaign and primary day is around the corner. Now, the most important question your website needs to answer is “Where do I vote?” NationBuilder and the Voting Information Project (VI...

Don't email blast the voter file

You’re in a rush: your candidate doesn’t have an email list of supporters because it’s the first time they’ve run for office. To make matters worse, you desperately need money and an easy way to reach out to voters. If you...

Creating a sitemap for website administrators

Two weeks ago, Brian Tippy posted about using Liquid to create intuitive ways for site administrators to seamlessly move between the client-side website and back-end CMS platform for page editing. This is perfect for letti...

Updated Ecosystem logos and brand board

We recently updated the certified Ecosystem logos - Architect, Expert, Developer, Agency - with a fresh and standardized look. Being that our partners often use these logos on their own site, in blog posts, etc., we though...

Updated Auto-districting for the United Kingdom

Running a campaign in the United Kingdom? Great news - we've updated our shapefiles for the entire country this week to correspond with newly drawn district boundaries (Wards in particular), and have also included Scottish...

Reporting and compliance come to NationBuilder with the new Aristotle Sync integration

Aristotle Sync is an integrated PAC and government relations web application. Aristotle Sync is a robust contact management platform that supports all PAC related activities such as fundraising, communications and Federal ...

When time’s ticking: 3 tips on how to build a short-term campaign

Sometimes, you don’t have bags of time to run a campaign. Sometimes, a referendum is just around the corner and you only have 4 months to mobilise the whole country (much like is happening before the EU referendum in the U...