Netroots Nation 2017

Posted by | June 6, 2017
Time to MOBILE-ize! Mobile Tools for Digital and On-the-Ground Action

Political and nonprofit organizations are increasingly turning to mobile technology to connect people to the causes they care about. While social media, the mobile web and downloadable apps can reach constituents more effectively than ever...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Our 1964 Moment: Learning from the Rise of the Right

Shocking as it was in the moment, when you look across the last five decades of political strategy, Trump was the definitional end to a well-thought-out strategy by the right....

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
How to Embed Creative Digital Storytelling Into Your Activism

Direct action, protest, and mass mobilization have long helped progressive organizers win for our movements and look to be a fixture of resistance in the Trump era. But the way...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
How to Combat Fake News

As the last election cycle taught us, millions of Americans are getting their news from questionable sources. On the right especially (although not entirely absent from the left), "fake news"...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
The White Face of Domestic Terrorism: How Islamophobia Distorts the Reality of Terrorist Violence in America

Americans love to summon images of turbaned Arabs when they bandy the word 'terrorist,' but recent studies have revealed a much more complicated reality: That domestic terrorism in the United...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
The Language of Resistance: Messaging and Content Creation to Combat Islamophobia

In an age where breaking through echo chambers and opinion bubbles is harder than ever, learn how to use proven message testing research to create relevant content for a variety...

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Posted by | May 9, 2017
Standing Indivisible: How to Make Your Voice Heard in Congress

Want to make your Member of Congress listen to you? Hear from the co-founders of the Indivisible Project, who wrote the guide on how progressive groups can apply Tea Party...

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Posted by | May 8, 2017
There’s Power in Data: Targeting & Contacting Voters with PDI (Sponsored Training)

Political Data (PDI) is the company behind PDI National, an online software program serving the progressive community in all 50 states with tools designed to help campaigns and organizations of...

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Posted by | May 5, 2017
Lean Data Practices for Civil Society Organizations (Sponsored Training)

All data is interesting, but only some data is useful. Lean Data Practices (“LDP”) are techniques for managing data. You don’t need an engineering degree or a dedicated budget to...

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Posted by | May 5, 2017
Legalize Marijuana! How to Counter the Rhetoric of Prohibition (Sponsored Training)

The prohibition of marijuana has resulted in more than 26 million arrests in the past 80 years. Even in the age of legalization, more than 600,000 were arrested last year....

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