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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...

From Hawaiian pageant queen to state elected official

Hawai'i House Representative Lauren Cheape Three Miss America contestants ran for office this past November. Only one was elected. Starting this month, Lauren Kealohilani Cheape, who won the title of Miss Hawai'i in 20...

Use NationBuilder to get more value out of your Facebook page

Facebook pages are ubiquitous among businesses and nonprofits these days. Encouraging someone to like your page is an easy ask. The problem, which we discuss in more detail here, is that the value of a "like" is unclear an...

Creating people-centric organizations

Last week on NationBuilder Live, Adriel Hampton and C.J. MinsterCheng did a session on what it really means to put people at the center of your organization and how NationBuilder can help you do it. Here's some of what the...

Study: More than half of campaign donors, volunteers came from the internet

State and municipal campaigns that used NationBuilder last month recruited more than half of their volunteers and donors from the internet, data from hundreds of U.S. elections shows. On average, NationBuilder campaigns i...

NationBuilder on KPCC Radio: Making the difference in California's closest political races

Assembly candidate Richard Bloom One of our favorite Southern California Public radio stations, KPCC, aired a story yesterday about how integrated online and offline organizing with NationBuilder was able to make the d...

Q&A with NationBuilder Architect Tectonica

On Today's NationBuilder Live we featured the work of our Architect of the Week, Tectonica. If you missed it, check out the video below. Ned Howey, Principal, Strategy at Tectonica answered a few questions for us about ...

God knows why you click

Today's guest post is written by Kevin Grandia, the President of Spake Media House. Kevin is a certified NationBuilder Expert. After close to a decade of doing web strategy, I have come to the conclusion that I actually k...

News from NationBuilder Live: Alan Simpson's 'Gangnam Style' and weird Millennial social media habits

On today's NationBuilder Live, Adriel Hampton and Nate Murphy talked about some interesting articles we wanted to share with you. Social Media Today did a roundup of findings from a recent Nielsen study on social media u...

How Arizona grassroots organizers are using NationBuilder to change Arizona's future

Daria Ovide moved to Arizona from the East Coast with a single mission: take down Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The long-time Phoenix sheriff has been heavily criticized for his harsh policies toward illegal immigrants, treatment of...

NationBuilder Developers on NationBuilder Live!

Last week three our developers were interviewed on NationBuilder Live by Kathy Jacobs, a member of our organizing team. Check out the video to hear how Dan Walmsley, Jacob Green and Ray Pereda manage to stream up to three...

Come see us at RootsCamp!

The NationBuilder team is having a blast at RootsCamp so far and we wanted to share with you some of the events we're going to be at over the next few days including a special training session for our NationBuilder Experts...

Behind the Scenes with the NationBuilder Tech Team

Developers have a reputation for being unapproachable introverts that do nothing but write code in dark rooms with their headphones on. But if you caught our live webcast on Wednesday you probably noticed that the tech tea...

90-year-old woman building a wellness lobby that's 'feared as much as the NRA'

Warning! This video will warm your heart and brighten your day. The best part about working at NationBuilder is the inspiring people I get to meet. I was at the Independent Sector Conference in San Francisco this weeken...

Sasha Issenberg and Joe Green talk data and politics at NationBuilder

Earlier this week, we got a visit from Sasha Issenberg, Slate columnist and author of the new book, "The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns," which critics have called the "Moneyball" of politics. NationB...