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Food Revolution Day is today

Food Revolution Day at NationBuilder The food revolution to keep cooking skills alive is being celebrated today, May 17. This is the second annual day, with events occurring around the world. From the Food Revolution D...

Add a Tumblr stream to your website

So you want a page full of all those gorgeous images you add to your Tumblr? Good news! It's pretty easy to embed your Tumblr stream onto a NationBuilder page! Check out Adriel's snazzy Tumblr stream on his Adriel Nation ...

Keeping in communication with your supporters

For any campaign, business, nonprofit, or creative venture it's important to keep in contact with your most vocal supporters. With mailboxes and virtual phone numbers, NationBuilder makes it easy for you by routing your ca...

Putting people first: the cornerstone of the 501(c)onference and NationBuilder

Last week, I attended the Center for Nonprofit Management’s 501(c)onference. I enjoyed meeting others who care about their communities and are interested in using organizing strategies to achieve their mission. Putting peo...

Custom fields are here

Custom fields have long been one of your most requested features, particularly from larger organizations who want to use NationBuilder to unify their existing mess of databases, spreadsheets and websites into one platform....

BC Greens pick up first-ever legislative seat

Climate change expert Andrew Weaver made history last night as the first Green Party member to be elected to the British Columbia legislature. Weaver won in a competitive three-way race that saw the incumbent lose her seat...

South Orange, two years later

Two years ago, NationBuilder alpha customer Alex Torpey became Village President of South Orange, NJ. Inc. magazine dubbed the 23-year-old independent "The Social Media" mayor and the win propelled the social media consult...

In decisive victory, Melvin Priester wins seat on Jackson, MS city council

In Mississippi's democratic primary on Tuesday, attorney Melvin Priester won the Jackson city council seat of outgoing Councilman Chokwe Lumumba who left to pursue a bid for mayor. A Jackson native and first time candidate...

Every dog has its day: Using NationBuilder to save hundreds of dogs in West Virginia

Chelsea Staley and her husband, Mark, love dogs. They have more than 10 - six permanent and four rescue - at their 20 acre home in Charleston, West Virginia. When they adopted their first puppy, he was so ill that he didn'...

Color your nation

Have you ever wondered why Facebook is blue? It turns out there's a a good reason. Last week, Leo Widrich explained in Fast Company that Mark Zuckerberg's red-green color blindness makes blue the color he sees best. That's...

Scheduling content with flexibility

While the NationBuilder scheduling feature can be used on a one-off basis to make sure your email is delivered in the early morning or to publish a blog post when more people are awake, it is truly powerful when integrated...

NationBuilder’s relationship to FWD.us

Recent press reports have caused some confusion about NationBuilder’s relationship to FWD.us. NationBuilder’s former president, Joe Green, started FWD.us after stepping down from his role at NationBuilder this January. FWD...

Merging duplicate profiles

Managing a database can be difficult work. Data is detailed and intricate, full of lots of information and many possibilities for segmenting levels of communication. At NationBuilder, we make the process of fine tuning and...

Women get 'bossy' with NationBuilder

Photo from Surivors' Truths Liberia project Recently, the women of NationBuilder attended a public Q+A with Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg about her new book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. The book has be...

Developing a content strategy

Building a community begins with telling your story. This can be done across a variety of platforms, from your blog to your Facebook page to Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Flickr, and LinkedIn. It's easy to get caught up i...