If your group is thinking about participating in Giving Tuesday, the effort first organized last year to create a national day of philanthropy on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, you really need to know one thing: are these NEW donations or just...
Howdy folks, I’ll be spending most of Wednesday and Thursday this week at Salsa’s 2013 Community Conference, where this afternoon I’m participating in a panel discussion we’re calling: “Getting Them to Come to You:...
Click image for full-sized version. If you went to the front page of the WashingtonPost.com on Tuesday, you might have seen something like the screenshot to the right: note the broad expanses of red, a color that just happens to raise human blood...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. Of note this week: Desmond Tutu, the shutdown blues, Republican “cruelty”, poop on your plate, and the...
Now published on Fridays — the best damn digital politics and advocacy reading list around. Send article suggestions to cpd@epolitics.com. The Shutdown’s Data Blackout, as Federal Twitter accounts go dark. Democrats Mull Divulging Emails...
The health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act came online Tuesday, and judging by most accounts, their main problem was a good one: popularity. Some of the exchange sites saw so much traffic from people interested in signing up...
Just a few hours to go until the government shuts down! While some folks may be turning to random Craigslist hookups to pass their time at home, the political world has money on its mind, rather than sex. Much of the coverage of the defund-Obamacare...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. Some interesting results this week — overall, the top posts didn’t score as highly as they have in...
[Man, these got out of hand! But now that the extensive queue is empty, let’s start running Quick Hits weekly. Look for them on Fridays from here on out…as always, Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.] The Militant Group...
Remember those creative advocacy campaigns we talked about last week? A couple of them illustrated a dirty little secret to Facebook success: if you want to get your content widely shared, and you have an email list, send out a message asking people...