What's new at NationBuilder

Using NationBuilder to organize food co-ops

The folks at the Food Co-Op Initiative recently interviewed Peter Frank of the Kensington Community Food Co-op about the organization's use of NationBuilder. The Google+ Hangout covers: Setting up a new events page on yo...

New video: Civic engagement in the digital age

In case you missed it on Wednesday, here is a recording of our webcast with Gov 2.0 Radio founder and NationBuilder VP of community Adriel Hampton. This video is for you if you want to: Learn how governments can encoura...

Campaign aims to make predatory lending victims 'Less Miserable'

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was down at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills (me, too!) yesterday to premiere a new film trailer parody of Universal's "Les Miserables." The revision of the classic mu...

Practical online tools to improve government

Today's guest post is written by Christopher Hubbarde & Josh Stuart of cStreet Campaigns. cStreet is a certified NationBuilder Architect and Expert; you can follow them on Twitter. The cliché of governments as overwhel...

Getting the most out of NationBuilder's 'BusyBiz' website theme

Creating beautiful websites is getting easier and easier with NationBuilder - we've recently added three new public themes, each with its own set of substyles - and our list of custom theme designers is growing by the week...

Thank you, Joe!

Today we announce that Joe Green, NationBuilder's co-founder and president, is moving on to his next adventure as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz. While Joe is stepping down as president and away from d...

Long Beach, SF, Bordentown: Pioneering digital democracy with NationBuilder Government

I’m a government geek. I joined NationBuilder back in 2011 after several years in city government and City Hall journalism (and founding Gov 2.0 Radio) and immediately put together proposals for how governments could use o...

The NationBuilder architect behind Kathleen Wynne's historic victory

Last week we featured NationBuilder Architect Digital Campaign Solutions (DCS) on NationBuilder Live, our daily webcasting program. DCS, which is based in Canada, builds websites and digital campaigns for progressive candi...

New 'Civitas' theme released for government edition

We're pleased to announce the addition of the new 'Civitas' stock theme by Tectonica. The Civitas theme is designed specifically with government officials, agencies and municipalities in mind, with customizations to enhanc...

Thinking outside the box about NationBuilder

Today's guest post is written by Mason Herron, President of The Avoyer Group. Mason is a certified NationBuilder Expert; you can follow The Avoyer Group on Facebook or Twitter. What makes NationBuilder great is the fact t...

Michael Moschella joins NationBuilder as VP of Organizing

NationBuilder’s mission is to make everyone a leader, and we’ve been working hard towards that mission every day for the past few years. But there are some people who have been doing that for decades, unwaveringly, because...

NationBuilder for films: Bridging the gap between education and action

The famed Sundance Film Festival got underway yesterday in Park City, Utah and we're excited to be a part of it this year. The power of storytelling and film is close to the heart of NationBuilder. Founder and CEO Jim Gill...

Anatomy of a NationBuilder municipal campaign

We often get questions from our political customers who are just launching on NationBuilder about how to most effectively leverage the platform's features. Here is a case study of an unlikely municipal candidate who used N...

NationBuilder expands

NationBuilder believes that everyone can be a leader. Not just politicians, or office holders, or people who’ve grown up being told they’re leaders. Everyone. Going into politics is a well-understood path for aspiring lea...

Q&A with NationBuilder Architect and Expert cStreet Campaigns

This week's featured NationBuilder Architect, Josh Stuart of cStreet Campaigns, is unique in that he is dual certified as an Architect and Expert. cStreet specializes in design and digital organizing for progressive custom...