Category Archives: e-activism

When to post links to Twitter and Facebook

Bit.ly, the link shortening and tracking service, released new data showing the best and worst times for posting links to Facebook and Twitter. This was reported on at http://mashable.com/2012/05/09/best-time-to-post-on-facebook/. Key Points Don’t post links on the weekends or from 8PM – 8AM ET.

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Bank of America Parodied

There is a fantastic website that looks like a copy of Bank of America’s website. If you look closer, you realize that something is up. The design elements are the same, but something is not quite right. It seems that the goal of the parody website, Your Bank of America, is to embarrass the bank [...]

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Using sign-on letters to petition legislators

If you are looking to write a sign-on letter to a legislator that your members and supporters can sign on to, there are several options available. Below are some options I have encountered that allow you to petition legislators.

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A theory for change

Adam Green posted this article on OpenLeft criticizing a mass email he received from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

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RSS feeds for productivity and outreach

RSS feeds have been around for a long time.  My experience with them was limited to adding the NY Times and the BBC as “Live Bookmarks” in Firefox. Slowly, I began to realize that there is more to it than that – a lot more.  This is not an exhaustive list of uses for RSS [...]

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Organizing using polls and surveys

There are a lot of different reasons why you may want to start a poll (or survey) from the trivial (who is the best James Bond?) to serious (what are your experiences with your health insurer?).  Want to collect data for your research?  Engage members?  Read on.

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