Sentences with phrase «as an advocacy tool»

If I remember correctly, back in the late»90s Grassroots burned through a few tens of millions of investor dollars before reinventing itself as an advocacy tool provider and consulting firm.

One of the problems with using Facebook as an advocacy tool is the grassroots nature of the tool.

Well, the underwear campaign got exposure today in the form of Cindy Skrzycki write - up in the Post's The Regulator column as the featured example of the use of online video as an advocacy tool, so in that sense it's definitely made a splash.

The folks behind a dead anti-spam service called Blue Frog have decided to adapt their technology as an advocacy tool, which they're calling Collactive (get it?).

focused on the effective use of blogs as an advocacy tool, this guide will explore creative uses of other web 2.0 applications.

I also see this as an advocacy tool.

She goes on to say that even though no one claimed responsibility for creating the charts and stats, it's been used as an advocacy tool for spaying / neutering cats for at least 18 years.

Another strategy to try is using the economic consequences to local businesses as an advocacy tool.

Though no one I spoke to could say for sure where it comes from, and no one defended it, the myth of the precociously procreating cat has lived on as an advocacy tool for spaying cats for at least 18 years.»

In this edition, Mahesh Pandya introduces Paryavaran Mitra, an Indian voluntary organization working in the field of environment and pollution issues using environmental laws as an advocacy tool.

The hearings were presided over by three judges: Brett Fleishman, senior finance campaigner for 350.org; Aurélie Trouvé the co-president of the french branch of «Attac», an international movement working towards social, environmental and democratic alternatives, and Marie Toussaint President of «Notre affaire à tous» an organisation that specialises in using law as an advocacy tool to protect the environment and the climate.

Not exact matches

Major global brands such as IBM, Humana, Pitney Bowes, GameStop, and SAP have all used employee advocacy tools to harness their employees» social reach to amplify company content.

Trapit may have once been designed purely for content creation, but now, its capabilities have expanded into employee advocacy — tools that help employees «follow best practices» on social media, as well as helping internal leaders become established thought leaders — and social selling.

As a leader of employee advocacy programs, what tools will you use to help ease the ongoing burden of information overload?

And that doesn't include social selling vendors or all of the ancillary utilities required to run an employee advocacy program, such as tools related to influencer analysis.

In most cases, brands are not connecting their tools, business processes, analytics, content management or anything else between their social media marketing and their employee advocacy programs — except for campaign coordination, where employees are typically treated as a distinct channel, but analytics are not usually aggregated across channels.

In the context of employee advocacy, tools should make it easy for all participating employees to select from a pre-determined set of activities such as posting to LinkedIn or re-tweeting someone or following a company page on LinkedIn, etc..

As with any employee advocacy software, when you turn on a tool, a lot of people use it at first, but then quickly fall out of the program, unless the organization implements thoughtful reinforcement that creates clear benefits to the employees.

Implementing advocacy campaigns as effective tools for the development of organic agriculture worldwide.

Founded in 2008, the council serves as a research and advocacy group, conducting and publishing studies on industry trends and offering educational tools and resources online.

Mainstream breastfeeding advocacy has acknowledged the power of these emotions as a valuable tool for increasing breastfeeding rates - albeit in a quiet, underlying sort of way.

CAF programs include Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools, Project Produce, Parent Advocacy Initiative, Healthy Breakfast for Kids, as well as The Lunch Box, an online resource that provides free step - by - step guides, tools, and recipes to help schools improve their food programs.

As for the broad applicability, we're seeing it every day in the nonprofit world, as plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or notAs for the broad applicability, we're seeing it every day in the nonprofit world, as plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or notas plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or not).

Your site should feature prominent links to your social media channels, for instance, and it should also connect in an easy and straightforward fashion with the signup form for your email advocacy / Constituent Relations Management system, as we'll discuss in more detail in the list - building section of the chapter on email as a political tool.

As Time goes on, do intend to consciously feature other sides from their own camps because it «feels» to be a really good tool for determining where education and advocacy efforts might be effectively focused at any given moment..

But as the variety of online channels constantly expands, and as we in the advocacy community get more experience using them effectively, we're not going to be satisfied with tools that are rigid, limited and expensive.

For a New Organizing Institute training March 7 - 9, 2007, e.politics and NOI asked online advocacy practitioners to come up with Wired / Tired / Expired listings for several online tools, using Wired magazine's long - running WTE feature as a model.

Join Social Media Club DC for a networking lunch and panel discussion featuring experts from the association and non-profit advocacy space as we talk about the tools and tactics that worked and didn't work in 2012.

Come to tomorrow's Internet Advocacy Roundtable and you'll find out, since host Alan Rosenblatt has organized a great introduction to microblogging as a political advocaAdvocacy Roundtable and you'll find out, since host Alan Rosenblatt has organized a great introduction to microblogging as a political advocacyadvocacy tool.

As a consultant, he has worked with scores of nonprofit groups, candidates and companies to help them achieve their advocacy, electoral and communications goals using digital tools.

Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time — NY Times piece on using video games as educational and advocacy tools Publishers Mull Online Networking — Media Week article on magazines and social networking / social media South Dakota politics gets hip with online forums — Talks about...

MySpace can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly if you're trying to reach younger voters who have moved away from the casual use of email, but most advice I've seen about using social network sites for political advocacy stresses the importance of moving MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible.

The guide begins with an introduction to the internet as a medium for political change and eight simple rules to get you started, and then moves on to cover topics as varied as political websites, online fundraising, internet video, social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter, email advocacy, viral marketing, online advertising and the subtle art of search engine optimization.

Re: IDI's take on virtual worlds (SL included)-- We view them as a complement to, not a replacement for, traditional advocacy tools.

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Advocacy groups in particular have latched on to the idea using of data as an online persuasive tool through custom web applications, Google Maps and other mashups, interactive Flash presentations and online video.

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As far as I know, this is the most complete guide available to using the full spectrum of online tools (integrated with real - world outreach) to make things happen in the world of politics and advocacAs far as I know, this is the most complete guide available to using the full spectrum of online tools (integrated with real - world outreach) to make things happen in the world of politics and advocacas I know, this is the most complete guide available to using the full spectrum of online tools (integrated with real - world outreach) to make things happen in the world of politics and advocacy.

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I don't want to denigrate email advocacy as a tool, since I definitely think it has some good uses, but mass unedited messages are just about the least effective way for your activists to let their views be known to a Congress that already gets 300 million emails per year.

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Nonprofit organizations increasingly use social media as an essential communications and advocacy tool for policy and social change.

Early - career scientists can prepare themselves by engaging with groups such as AAAS, which offers science communication training, opportunities for scientists and engineers to engage in policy and tools for catalyzing advocacy, Holt noted.

The number of national interest groups has increased, as have their tools to connect their supporters with Congress, in what Goldschmidt calls «one - click advocacy.»

The initiative builds on existing voter registration tools currently available as part of ASCD's Web - based Action Center, an advocacy tool that connects educators with resources to help them speak out on issues of excellence and equity in education.

Kathryn (Kathy) Dewsbury - White serves as the president and CEO of the Michigan Assessment Consortium, a statewide non-profit education association organized to provide professional learning opportunities, develop resources and tools, and provide advocacy for quality assessment practice and quality, comprehensive, and balanced assessment systems.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.&raquAs states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.&raquas a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

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Parents can help protect their children with disabilities from bullying and its devastating effects if they promote effective strategies such as PACER's Peer Advocacy Program, use the Individualized Education Program (IEP) as a tool, work with the school, and know their child's rights under the law.

National Association for Music Education serves as National PTA Reflections» expert adviser on music composition and provides an array of resources and local advocacy tools to help parents advocate for their child's music education.