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NationBuilder Experts shake up politics in Marseille

Patrick Mennucci In recent years, the economic crisis in Europe accelerated a fiscal, social, and geographical divide in the French city of Marseille. Patrick Mennucci, a left-wing candidate native to the city, made wa...

What is a Community Organizing System?

NationBuilder is a Community Organizing System—all that means is we help you bring people together around a common purpose so you can do the thing you were meant to do. And we recently redesigned our website to convey how ...

Hey ladies! Women make a splash in the November elections

Kshama Sawant Election days are big for us at NationBuilder. From school board and city council races, to mayoral elections, thousands of candidates were voted into new positions earlier this month. According to the ...

Even more ways candidates gain a big advantage using NationBuilder

Earlier this month, I highlighted five advantages campaigns reap when organizing with NationBuilder. Today I'm rounding out the top 10 with five additional tips to strengthen the impact of your next campaign. Here's a...

First Somali-American elected to the Minneapolis City Council

Abdi Warsame A little over a week ago, local elections swept the country. In Minnesota, Abdi Warsame won a seat on the Minneapolis City Council representing Ward 6. He took nearly 64% of the votes in his run against th...

Lindsey Horvath joins NationBuilder as VP of Communication

We are thrilled to announce that a gifted storyteller with an extraordinary dedication to service is joining NationBuilder as our VP of Communication. Lindsey Horvath is a rare combination – an exceptional communicator, co...

10 ways candidates gain a big advantage using NationBuilder: Part 1

Like many lifelong organizers, I got my start working on political campaigns. What started as helping a student get elected to the local city council in college quickly accelerated into managing Congressional races. I...

Not just a geeky tech dream: NationBuilder makes a splash in the UK

Over the last month, Jim, Emily and Henry have been in the UK attending conferences, chatting with the media, and doing trainings to get the Brits ready for elections in the spring. Henry made new friends at the Trade Un...

NationBuilder Platform launch

NationBuilder was always meant to be a platform – something other developers could build apps on like Facebook, Windows or the iPhone. For the past few years, we have been working to make this a reality.Today, with the off...

More flexible control with permission sets

Last week, we quietly released a major update to one of our most important features. Today, we're thrilled to share permission sets with you.

NationBuilder's new website: Turn your life into a movement

Every day at NationBuilder, we get to hear incredible stories from the world's most extraordinary people -- you. You are advocating for free education in Pakistan, for child care workers in Australia, and even for bacon-wr...

Digital Field: creating your ideal campaign organizing workflow

Whether you're running for your local school board or working on a campaign for state governor, direct and ongoing dialogue and engagement with your supporters is key to success. We created followups to make communicating ...

Taking the UK by storm at the party conferences

Emily in London The party conference season kicked off this week in the United Kingdom and we're really excited to take part in it this year. From Bournemouth to Glasgow to Brighton and Manchester, Henry and I will be ...

Securing nations

Many of our political customers in Europe are having their conferences this month, so last night I headed to LAX to hop on a red eye to London. It wasn’t until I was on the shuttle from parking lot C that I realized my pas...

Your solidarity megaphone: NationBuilder for unions

United Voice of Queensland Big Steps campaign rally Digital organizing is the future of union organizing. Amplifying your union's online voice around current issue-based or political campaigns is how middle class worke...