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Giving thanks for GivingTuesday

I love GivingTuesday. It’s a day when we get to intentionally shine a light on thousands of beautiful people and organizations around the world, lifting up the work that lifts us all up. Today, we get to say thank you. To ...

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Poll workers are superheroes of democracy

The ability to cast a ballot is one of our democracy’s most fundamental pillars. And for those who choose to do so in-person, physical infrastructure is required—a place to assemble, people to shepherd us through the proce...

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How to build your GOTV infrastructure

An organised get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operation is integral to the success of every campaign. It’s at this point in the campaign that you are going to channel all the support that has been built up over the course of the ca...

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5 Ways email automations can streamline your work

Earlier this year, we launched automations equipping you to build multi-step messaging campaigns so you can cut time spent on routine work and focus on building relationships. We’ve just leveled up automations by adding co...

Diary of a candidate Vol.9: “GOTV”

Read this in French 🇫🇷 We are Lison Laissus and Oliver Wells, NationBuilder Account Managers based in London. Having worked with many political parties and campaigns, we want to share what we’ve learned for people new to ...

How to run a political campaign fundraising program in 2020

While fundraising in the digital space has become increasingly important for political campaigns in recent years, the shift to nearly all-online campaigns as a result of the global pandemic has increased the importance of ...

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How to trigger path assignment or automation via our API

There’s a simple workaround to trigger path and path step assignment via our api. The magic works in creating a survey question for each path and a possible response (survey answer) for each path step you want to assign ...

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New Rapid theme for campaigners—now available on our Theme Marketplace

🇫🇷 read this in French Rapid is a NationBuilder theme kit designed by our certified partner Brand Response for quick deployment of custom landing pages tailored for user engagement and supporter activation.

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The future of voting is now: organizing in advance of November’s U.S. election

Last Wednesday at the Collision from Home conference, I had the opportunity to speak about the future of voting with Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and Sheila Nix, the President of...

Diary of a candidate Vol.8: “Starting an ambassador program”

Read this in French 🇫🇷 We are Lison Laissus and Oliver Wells, NationBuilder Account Managers based in London. Having worked with many political parties and campaigns, we want to share what we’ve learned for people new to ...

Electoral boundaries updated for Italy

Running a campaign in Italy? Great news - we've updated Electoral boundaries!

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Introducing Raise, a new website theme for NationBuilder

Today we're pleased to announce the launch of Raise, a modern and versatile NationBuilder website theme available to all customers. Created by veteran NationBuilder partners Van City Studios, Raise is the first stock theme...

Electorate boundaries updated for New Zealand

Running a campaign in New Zealand? Great news - we've updated Electorate boundaries!

Deepening your community through fundraising

I remember the first time I asked someone to donate to one of my projects. I’ll never forget how it felt to make that ask: the nervousness, the worry, the hope I wasn’t offending. And I’ll never forget the answer. My frien...

When the 'field' is digital: how to run your field organizing program online

What is field organizing, and where do I start? Field organizing is the act of one-to-one voter outreach. This is traditionally done through door knocking and phone banking, but due to the current pandemic, there has been...