What's new at NationBuilder

Nation building 101: Organizing people with tags and filters

The key to organizing supporters in your nation is being able to slice and dice them into useful categories that you can target with specific messages and calls to action. Want to send a text blast to all the volunteers wh...

Remove slacktivist from your vocabulary

As soon as people figured out the internet could be used to engage people in a cause, backlash began against this new form of activism. Actions like signing an online petition, sharing a story on Facebook, promoting a caus...

Going to NTEN? We would love to see you there!

Greetings folks of the NationBuilder blog! Julie Niemi here. I am an organizer with the NationBuilder Community team and I will be roaming the Minneapolis metro area from April 10-13 for the NTEN Conference. Look for me. I...

Remember to be social in social media

On NationBuilder Live we regularly discuss blog posts and articles that can help you be a more effective nation builder. On yesterday's show we talked about three articles on social media strategy. Stephen Sheperd from iMe...

Unifying your website, database and social technologies to empower your supporters

Greenpeace India activist, Brikesh Singh I’ve spoken to a lot of nonprofit organizers recently, and they’ve all had a similar complaint: it’s incredibly overwhelming to navigate the complex web of social media platform...

Video tips: Optimize your site to find and engage supporters

Your website is the gateway to your nation. One of the keys to using NationBuilder effectively is creating great looking websites that help you find and engage new supporters. That's why we make sure to cover different web...

Using the new support page

We've just updated our support home page at NationBuilder.com, making it easier to find our most popular how-to content and to review important questions and answers. The new support hub highlights the most popular how-...

Humanize your day

A lot of interaction these days happens online. You probably spend a significant portion of your day reading and responding to email. You may even have a system for sorting your email - by project or topic. And sometimes, ...

More beautiful websites: NationBuilder's fast-growing Architects program

NationBuilder is stronger because of our networks of talented partners who help customers design and implement beautiful websites. We've recently added new free themes such as Victory, BusyBiz and Civitas for customer self...

Leaders wanted: Why state and local elections matter

At NationBuilder, we believe that everyone has leadership potential. Usually, political organizations just focus on the people at the top with the most power. But every once in a while an organization understands that real...

NationBuilder VP of Engineering: At SXSW, will do improv

NationBuilder VP of Engineering, Dan Walmsley is at SXSW and he will rock out your party or panel with his brilliance and comedy stylings! Today, he's on a panel at Interact ATX evaluating 100 of the brightest entrepreneur...

You've made the runoff - now what?

Primary victory means a great time on election night - but the celebration shifts immediately to planning for what's next. Last June, we saw candidates like Richard Bloom and Eric Swalwell place second in primaries, build ...

Cerritos council sweep, upset win in West Hollywood

Grassroots organizing paid off for proponents of term limits in West Hollywood, as Measure C took 62 percent of the vote last night. A similar measure failed in 1997 and incumbents have lost only twice in the city's histor...

Wins across Los Angeles mayor, council, school board races

Leaders using NationBuilder cleaned up in yesterday's city elections in Los Angeles, as Eric Garcetti moved to the mayoral runoff in first place and in the Hollywood area, council candidates Mitch O'Farrell and John Choi a...

Lib Dems win Eastleigh by-election

Mike Thornton is off to U.K. Parliament after winning a by-election that saw the Conservative candidate pushed back to third place. Thornton has been a local parish and borough councillor since 2007.