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Ten things organizers can learn from Harry Potter

Posted on Wed, Jul 20 2011

By Laura Bartolomei-Hill

Tags: harry potter, noief, Organizing, organizing lessons

Like millions around the country and world, I stayed up past my bedtime to catch the final installation of the Harry Potter film franchise when it opened at midnight last Thursday. I was 9 years old when the first book came out. In the 14 years since then, I’ve developed as an organizer alongside Harry, Hermione, and Ron. There are so many things I’ve learned from Harry Potter over the years, and in honor of becoming an adult at 2:48am as the credits rolled Friday morning, here’s some

The Local Fight

Posted on Thu, Jul 14 2011

By Kwesi Chappin

Tags: community organizing, kwesi chappin, local organizing, noief, Organizing

As an organizer, the greatest satisfaction for me comes from knowing that I’m making a difference in the community where I’m working. That I’m building a movement with the people not just in name, but also producing results. I felt this difference organizing to elect Barack Obama, and once again when I helped issue-based organizations do Get Out The Vote efforts to make sure their issues where protected at the ballot box. I loved being a part of those movements, but I still didn’t

New Media Monitoring

Posted on Wed, Jul 13 2011

By Melissa Ryan

Tags: email, email monitoring, melissa ryan, new-media, noief, online organizing, Organizing, traceful

I’ll admit it. I’m obsessed with campaign emails. I subscribe to just about every campaign email list in existence often for multiple segments. It’s interesting to see what stories campaigns are telling online, especially the characters. Who are the heroes? villains? the lovable sidekicks? But my personal obsession aside, monitoring the digital space is just as vital as traditional media monitoring. (Some of us would argue it’s even more important.) The problem is that there isn’t

NOI Art Space Project

Posted on Tue, Jul 05 2011

By Rikimah Glymph

Tags: art, art space project, dc art space, hafeezah abdullah, noi art space, noief, operations

What is a wall without art? It is boring, blah, phooey. In fact, the wall is longing for some small child with muddy hands to come and accost it. In the absence of a small child or a beadazzler, we have decided to do the next best thing: launch the Art Space Project. We are opening up our walls to the local artist community and giving local artists the opportunity to display their work in our 20,000 sq. ft. office in Dupont Circle.

Add your knowledge to the OGEA

Posted on Thu, Jun 16 2011

By Sam Oliker-Friedland

Tags: election administration, election law, noief, OGEA, organizers guide to election administration, Organizing, sam oliker-friedland, voter file

This year, we’ve seen unprecedented action to limit voting rights. Laws from Wisconsin's voter ID requirement to Florida's new restrictions on voter registration are making it harder to mobilize voters and win campaigns. Last year, we launched the Organizer’s Guide to Election Administration (OGEA), a 50-state guide to election law for organizers. Now we've updated it to help you navigate changes to voting laws. We've added new topics, like last minute registration and how to access the

NOI is seeking Programmers

Posted on Thu, Apr 28 2011

By Stefan Fox

Tags: jobs, noief

Lead Web Developer for Local Elections Project (Full Time) The New Organizing Institute (NOI) is looking for a badass Software Developer to work full-time on our local elections project, an effort to open the floodgates of local office to committed activists. This is a multi-faceted project that aims to make it easier to run successful campaigns by using innovation and community to free up knowledge normally reserved for only a few. We trust that with the right tools and support,

Hiring, Firing, and Managing Your Calendar

Posted on Thu, Mar 03 2011

By Matt Stempeck

Tags: firing, hiring, jerry hauser, management, management-center, noief, scheduling, staff

We work closely with The Management Center to become more effective changemakers, both as individuals and as an organization. Jerry Hauser, CEO, recently sent some great resources and agreed to share them here, too. Sign up for their newsletter and gain free access to their valuable resource library. 1. The Value Of Debriefs Here’s something fascinating: Harvard Business School researchers looked at a group of surgeons learning a new operating technique and found that the surgeons who

What We Can't Teach: Courage and Commitment in Campaigns

Posted on Thu, Feb 24 2011

By Joy Cushman

Tags: asmaa mahfouz, campaign, commitment, courage, dream act, egypt, joy cushman, juan rodriguez, noief, wisconsin protest

We teach and train people to do lots of things: build strong online programs; measure the reach and effectiveness of every email and every tweet; set goals and metrics, then strategize with all the data those metrics create. All of these parts and more are critical to running ambitious, effective campaigns that engage others to win. But at the end of the day they’re just the engine. The longer I organize, the more I learn that the engine just isn’t enough. In the last few years, I’

Half of Congress Doesn't Believe Your Members Signed that Petition

Posted on Thu, Feb 17 2011

By Matt Stempeck

Tags: advocacy, citizen, congress, noief, petition

Last week, Ahlam Said and I trained organizers from a variety of civic engagement groups in the art and science of fundraising by email. This presentation is always a little counter-intuitive to those who haven't spent much time working in online advocacy. The trainees are future and current movement leaders, and were in the middle of an intensive four day training on everything from managing a team to wooing foundations. But email fundraising isn’t necessarily intuitive. First, we have

Egypt: Lessons in courage

Posted on Fri, Feb 11 2011

By Judith Freeman

Tags: change, egypt, facebook, ghonim, khaled said, noief, Organizing, revolution

Yesterday, people transformed what we believe is possible, and created a peaceful transition of government in the Middle East. They showed how courageous people effectively using good tools really can change the world. What did you see that inspired you? What lessons from Egypt will you carry into your work?

In Search of A Humble, Charismatic Leader

Posted on Fri, Feb 11 2011

By Anthea Watson

Tags: egypt, noief, noiegypt

It’s two hours after the end of today’s panel on Organizing Lessons from Egypt, and I’m still buzzing from the emotion of Skyping to Ethar El-Katatney in Cairo, hearing from experts Biko Baker, Nadine Wahab and Adel Iskandar here in DC and reading the incredible back channel conversation that was happening simultaneously on Twitter with the hashtag #noiegypt. It will take me a while to fully digest the events of this evening, and tonight was only the beginning of a discussion about

Organizing Lessons from the Demonstrations in Egypt

Posted on Thu, Feb 10 2011

By Nick Gaw

Tags: egypt, noief, noiegypt

Since January 25th, we've been watching a revolution unfold. Powerful new communication technologies have boosted the efforts of the dedicated organizers and activists who power change. Please join us tonight at 7pm Eastern for a panel discussion exploring the technologies, movement building, and organizing currently developing in Egypt.

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