What's new at NationBuilder

NationBuilder is prepared for PayPal’s security upgrade.

PayPal recently sent an email to all their customers informing them of an industry wide update to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). We wanted to reassure anyone who uses PayPal with NationBuilder that we are fully prepared for t...

NationBuilder's first book

Some of you know that I have a pretty crazy story. Nineteen years ago, someone important to me asked me to write a book about my life... and it took a loooong time, but it is finally here. I’m excited to announce that The ...

Three ways to build relationships using NationBuilder filters

Relationships are the foundation of your community, and your database is the record of these relationships. Because of this, your database shouldn’t be considered a static list: it’s a dynamic relationship-building tool. E...

Updates from our Product Director

Normally I send out NationBuilder product updates, but I have been lax in my duties lately, even though a lot is happening (or maybe because so much is happening)! So Ben Handzo, our Product Director, is going to take over...

The recipe for attention

There is something undeniably magical about a recipe. Maybe it's the precision of ingredients that bring about the perfect flavor balance. Or it could be the fundamental idea of combining small food to make big food. Whate...

Architect Interview: Griflan

The team at Griflan officially joined the Architect ranks back in March of this year. Hailing from Philly, PA, Griflan is a lean yet well-rounded collective of design and development dynamite. As a newer addition to the Ar...

Our customers do some amazing stuff

See what a few of our customers have been up to: Common Sense Action is a millennial-run group that's using NationBuilder to organize across the country and get more people registered to vote. Returned Peace Corps Voluntee...

The targeting tool every marketing team needs

I read a lot about what brands are up to in the marketing world and one of the most genius efforts I’ve come across lately comes from an unlikely player: Goodwill. I’m talking about the nonprofit that operates secondhand s...

Just crossed a major milestone

Where is my freedom of creativity?

Boundaries can be a bittersweet thing. They keep cattle inside of a confined area and not wandering the road. They can also inhibit animals from roaming free and happy. Boundaries keep us from coloring outside the lines - ...

NationBuilder Facebook app approved for Graph API v2.0

As of today, NationBuilder’s Facebook app has been certified as compliant with Facebook's Login Review. For more information about how you can work with Facebook data in your nation, check out our HOWTO guide.

Events HOWTO update

We recently updated our event documentation to include things like ticketing and the new Facebook API settings. You'll also learn how to accept RSVPs, fill volunteer shifts, sell tickets, track attendance, and more...just ...

What I learned from students at General Assembly

NationBuilder recently had the awesome opportunity to collaborate with General Assembly and their Web Development Immersive program. This was the first WDI cohort held in GA's downtown Los Angeles campus so, needless to sa...

The must-know campaign strategy of 2016: Twitter imports

Earlier this year we expanded our social media tools to include a recurring Twitter import capability, which allows you to pull the entire following of any Twitter account into your database for prospecting. This data has ...

Real transparency facilitates participation

What does government transparency look like? To some folks, it’s a downloadable report detailing how City Council spends millions of dollars. Or opening up data from 911 calls and locations so that it can be modeled and us...