New Media Resources
New Media Resources
NOIEF's ever-evolving list of useful tools, tricks, and tactics. Learn something new or share your favorites by emailing us a link!
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Advocacy
How to write a Letter to the Editor
How to create and deliver an effective online petition
Effective Tools + Lazy Journalism for the win
Blogging
Case Studies
Global Voices Cyber-Activism - Over 6,000 digital advocacy case studies.
EchoDitto's Best Practices and Tips for Raising Money Online
Idealware's Getting Started with Email Fundraising
Idealware, again, with A Few Good Broadcast Email Tools
Convio's Holiday Giving Research
Track how many fans electoral candidates have
Fundraising
M+R 2009-2010 Fundraising Report
Hiring
Build a successful online team - Sample roles and job descriptions from EchoDitto
Local Organizing
NetSquared's Community Organizer Handbook - Wiki for planning events and growing community
Social Media
Organizational Policies - Examples of non-profit and other organizational policies governing staff usage of social media
Flickr Best Practices for Organizations
Storytelling
The Moth - Podcast "features people telling true, engaging, funny, touching and eye-opening stories from their lives."
Video
Member Submission Guidelines (from http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/)
Please submit only one video under ten minutes in length.
- YouTube/Google AccountIn order to upload your video, you must have a valid YouTube account. CLICK HERE to create a YouTube account.
- Clear sound is crucial.If no one can hear it, no one will watch it. Make sure to shoot in quiet environments and project.
- Don't backlight.Make sure light is on your face and not behind it - i.e. don't sit in front of a bright window.
- Title and tag your videoUse the title "It Gets Better" and include your name and location - ex: "It Gets Better: Dan and Terry in Seattle".Use tags to describe your video so that other people can find it - ex: "Christian lesbian Nebraska" or "Seattle gay couple".
Wikipedia
How to Create a Wikipedia Entry for Your Organization - Lessons learned, the hard way, by a non-profit
General Help and Guidelines - Wikipedia's tutorials and documentation
Whitepapers and Reports
SocialBrite - Great collection of whitepapers and reports
Writing for the Web
Yahoo Style Guide - Collection of best practices on writing content, headlines, SEO, and spelling and formatting technical words.