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Write Op-Eds & Letters to the Editor: Samples 08/23/2011

Easy-to-use templates to write powerful Letters to the Editor, from the CLC. Make your case and use our interactive tool (below) to find local media...

Why I Don't "Like" You 08/30/2011

This online presentation on how to engage followers and friends on Facebook as an organization impressed SparkAction up the wazoo. Not only are we a...

Toolkit: Race Matters 08/23/2011

This toolkit is designed to help decision-makers, advocates and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable...

Putting Human Needs on the National Radar Screen 07/25/2011

Check out this brief on messaging and collaborative action for nonprofit human service and community development organizations, from the National...

Don't Touch That Dial... 06/27/2004

How can you give illiterate or limited-English parents the information they need on children's health and development? Julieta Santana reports on how...

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February 10, 2012 Killer Tactics to Drive Elections Using Online Fundraising & Social Media (Webinar)

Electoral campaigns are important incubators of new techniques and tactics in online fundraising and organizing.

February 9, 2012 Making Afterschool an Election Issue

During presidential election cycles in particular, voters’ concerns are brought to the forefront ofthe public debate and discussed widely in the media.

February 8, 2012 50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech 2.0 knows that the number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

February 7, 2012 Success Story: A Petition Against the Unemployment Penalty Gets Grounding

This college student took out private loans through Sallie Mae, a corporation that handles student loans. She is still unable to pay back her student loans because ...

February 3, 2012 Words to Avoid: 2012 Edition

Big Duck's Dan Gunderman offers you the 2012 Big Duck list of words that nonprofits should avoid (or at least think twice about using).

February 2, 2012 Grassroots Training Guides for Young People

Generation Opportunity, an organization that is mobilizing young adults through a strategy based on social media and ground operations provides a number of ...

February 2, 2012 Good News Nuggets: Success Stories on Children's Issues and Programs 2012

Hershel Sarbin introduces "good news nuggets" of 2012--a collection of best practices and success stories in nonprofits and action for children.

January 31, 2012 SparkNotes: 5 Things to Know About Social Media This Year

SparkAction's “Social Media SparkNotes” by SparkAction's social media manager Alison Beth Waldman aims to informs and generate discussion about ...

January 20, 2012 Communication Tools for Students, Teachers, Parents, & Adminstrators: Healthier Middle Schools

Healthier Middle Schools: Everyone Can Help is a series of communication tools designed to help you engage teachers, principals, parents, food service ...

January 19, 2012 Writing Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor

An op-ed is a timely, provocative essay that expresses an opinion on an important issue. Letters to the editor (LTEs) generally respond to a previous article in the ...

January 19, 2012 Your Communications Toolkit: Fact Sheets v. Action Alerts

Say you’ve got data you want to get out to your community and to decision-makers who can do something about it—maybe you’re working to improve child ...

January 18, 2012 SparkNotes: Your Social Media Glossary

SparkAction's “Social Media SparkNotes” by SparkAction's social media manager Alison Beth Waldman aims to informs and generate discussion about ...

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