Resources for Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp Presentation
August 15th, 2008
Below are resources for the Craigslist Foundation 2008 Nonprofit Boot Camp in NYC. The topic? Online Communications On A Shoestring. The presenters? E.politics (hey kids!) and Laura S. Quinn of Idealware. Questions? Drop me a line. Update: here’s the PowerPoint.
Overview Articles
- Online Politics 101. Introductory articles on a broad range of topics
- In the Online Advocacy World, Free ain’t always Free
- Free Online Political Advocacy Tools
- More Than Nerd-Cool: Online Collaboration Tools Have Political Uses
Blogs and Blogger Relations
- How Blogger Relations Differs from Traditional Media Relations
- Working with Local Bloggers
- How to Build Traffic to a Blog: Ten Tips
- Discussion: Spreading the Word About Your Issues in the Blogosphere
- Organization Blogs: What to Think About Before You Start One
Social Networking
- 42 MySpace Advocacy Tips — And Counting
- Facebook is Both Online Advocacy Tool and Online Advocacy Target
- What it Takes to do Effective Facebook and MySpace Advocacy
- Viral Marketing/MySpace Case Study
- Ten Commandments of MySpace Advocacy
Advertising/Promotion
- Getting the Most Out of Google Ads and Other Pay-Per-Click Advertising Campaigns
- The Presidential Campaigns Can Sell Your Issue! (Through Google Ads)
- Spreading Your Message in Wearable Form
- Dueling Political Advertising Models: Is Online Video Better than TV?
- Leveraging Earned Media for Your Online Campaign
- Tossing Emails into the Spin Blender
Video
- Helping Your Videos Stand Out on YouTube
- Creating Effective Political Video for the Web
- Weaving Text and Video into a “YouTube Storyboard”
- A Perfect Video Camera for Online Advocacy?
- Leveraging Real-World Actions for Online Exposure: Kleenex Gets Punk’d
- Presidential Campaigns Aren’t the Only Ones Using Online Video for Political Purposes
- Terrific Collection of Online Video Resources
- Viral Video Case Studies
- Using Online Video to Bypass Media Filters
Maps and Data
- Enlisting Google Earth in the Budget Earmarks War
- An Introduction to Using Google Earth for Political Advocacy
- Why Think Tanks and Nonprofits Should Be Thinking Like (New Media) Newsrooms
- Satellite Images Darfur Internet = Crowdsourced Human Rights Monitoring
- Google Earth as an Agent of Political Change in Bahrain
- Wired News: Web Mashups Turn Citizens Into Washington’s Newest Watchdogs
- Money Web: See Who’s Contributing to the Presidential Candidates, Social Network-Style
- Using Yahoo Maps to Fight Global Warming
Social Media/User-Generated Content
- Dueling Social Media Campaigns: Mitt Romney vs. the DSCC
- MoveOn Launches Radio Ad Contest
- Learning about Social Media from a Horny Manatee
- Resources for N-Ten Panel on Social/Participatory Media
- Dems Forming Distributed Online “Rapid Response” Team
- Making Your Supporters Part of the Story: Learning from Minnesota Public Radio
Robot-Selected "Related" Articles:
- Beltway Blogger Boot Camp
- A Couple of Good Nonprofit Communications Sites
- New Resources, Rounded Up: This Week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants
- Resources for N-Ten Panel on Social/Participatory Media
- Presentation: Blogs and Public Relations
3 Comments Add your own
1. Craigslist Proxy | October 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 am
Wow! That is one impressive resource list! Thanks a lot, I actually found A LOT of these very helpful.
2. Craigslist Proxy | November 29th, 2008 at 4:50 am
Yes, excellent and very good list there. Much use to me personally.
3. Here’s one answer t&hellip | December 26th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
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