The New Organizing Institute

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Are you interested in atteneding a Progressive Training? You've got plenty of options! See our Progressive Training Calendar here.

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Over 70 bloggers and progressive activists joined us for the first-of-its-kind Blogger Summit at the Center for American Progress Action Fund headquarters in Washington, DC. At the Summit, bloggers discussed their personal success stories, challenges of running small community blogs, and helped build important bridges and relationships with other bloggers from 25 states across the country.

Sorry, 2007 Summer Campaign Boot Camp is over! Find out how it went on the NOI blog. At NOI's campaign bootcamp, 60 outstanding trainees spent one intensive week learning the fundamentals of traditional political campaigning... plus how to leverage technology to maximize a campaign's fundraising and organizing potential. Check back over the next few weeks as we highlight the stories of these NOI alums as they fan out across the country.

471 Packed MCCXXIII, Thousands Raised at NOI Fundraiser
June 12, 2007, Washington DC
       
DC's progressive set packed MCCXXIII for "Make Some NOIse!", a happy-hour event to benefit New Organizing Institute (NOI). NOI runs the only campaign training program in the country focusing on cutting-edge political technology and Internet organizing. Despite the rain, over 470 guest came out to support the year-old non-profit organization. Couldn't make it? Help us out anyway, by making a donation to the NOI.

Happy 1st Birthday New Organizing Institute
March 2007

It has been a year since the inaugural training that kicked off the New Organizing Institute, the one-of-a-kind training, research and organizing institute for technology-enabled campaigning. More than 700 of you have been a particpant or speaker (or both!) in one of our trainings in the past year or one of our rootscamps. You have made the NOI what it is with your enthusiasm, dedication and generosity.

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Online Organizing & Tech Training for Non-Profits
March 7-9, 2007, Washington, DC

The first of its kind non-profit training was a great success. Participants learned from expert practitioners, pioneers, and colleagues in the fields of online organizing, membership-building and fundraising. This non-profit training designed for leaders and staff in the departments of communications, membership, fundraising, advocacy, voter contact programs, Internet and IT brought together 50 amazing organizations to discover how to leverage both emerging and tried-and-true technology to multiply their impact.

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RootsCamp: The Post-Election Retreat, 2.0-Style
December 2006, Many Locations

The New Organizing Institute, in partnership with Emerging Progressives, brought together a diverse mix of over 400 exceptional people from all levels and all sectors of the progressive movement for a hugely successful 2006 post-election debrief called RootsCamp DC. Allied events were held in San Fransisco, New York, and Colorado. Plans are now in the works for similar events in 2007 and 2008.

3-Day Online Campaign Training
August 2006, Washington DC

The Internet gurus from the Lamont, Kerry, Dean, Clark, and Edwards campaigns as well as MoveOn, the DNC, AFL-CIO, and top fundraising and direct marketing consultants taught trainees how to conduct a successful email fundraising campaign, organize volunteers online, outreach to bloggers, coordinate your field and online work, and make smart choices about political technology. Agenda and Speakers »

The New Organizing Institute's Inaugural Training: Feb. 24 - Mar. 4, 2006.

NOI's first training was a phenomenal success! Featuring an exceptionally diverse and talented group of trainees, leading campaign professionals and online organizers as trainers, and an intense, immersive experience, the NOI's inaugural training was unlike any other progressive campaign training. Learn more »

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