What's new at NationBuilder

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...

New 'IndiePro' theme for musicians, filmmakers, artists, bloggers and more

We're very pleased today to roll out a new addition to our gallery of free website themes. "IndiePro" will help you boldly showcase your creative work while growing your nation of fans. Our friends at Tectonica developed t...

Find people in your nation who have 'liked' a Facebook post

Have you ever wondered how to search for people in your nation who like a Facebook post on your organization's page? With NationBuilder's expanded search functionality, you can now find these people in NationBuilder. This ...

Rhode Islanders United for Marriage helps pass the state's same-sex marriage bill

On April 24th, the Rhode Island State Senate voted 26-12 in favor of gay marriage. Rhode Islanders United for Marriage spearheaded this effort, collecting thousands in donations and many petition signatures with the help o...

Striking at the Root! Rootstrikers is fighting against government corruption

"For every thousand hacking at the branches of evil there is one who is striking at the root." The words of Henry David Thoreau bare a short but powerful manifesto on the walls of San Francisco State University, welcomi...

Star Wars, web dev and Blue Bottle: Candice Dayoan of 50+1 Strategies

Candice Dayoan It's a windy rush hour on a Thursday afternoon in San Francisco. Walking past a noisy Giants Stadium, fans cheer as the Giants step up to the plate. I'm looking for HATCH space, a 4,000 square foot incub...

Find your social media followers in NationBuilder

Your NationBuilder database holds all kinds of useful information about the people who are part of your nation, including social media accounts from NationBuilder Match and anyone who has followed you on Twitter. In this v...

Anita Bonds wins DC special election

Every candidate in the DC Council special election used NationBuilder - but there could be only one winner. Congrats to Councilmember Anita Bonds, who won handily tonight following an interim appointment to the council las...

Schedule anything in NationBuilder

With the new scheduling feature in NationBuilder, your communication strategy can now be fully integrated into your nation. Do you have a plan for the week that involves posting to your blog, promoting the content on Twitt...

Joe and Ari help urban teens learn digital skills

Senior Organizer Joe Conte and Data Organizer Ari Trujillo-Robnett teamed up with Urban TxT last weekend for hack-a-thon. URBAN Teens eXploring Technology (URBAN TxT) is an organization that encourages inner city teens to ...