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5 Mobile Apps That Could Be a Community Organizer’s Best Friend

by Carol Buckheit on October 5, 2011

Can you believe that iPhone apps have only been around for a little over 3 years? Since Apple launched their App Store in July, 2008, over 15 billion apps have been downloaded onto mobile devices. As someone who spent thousands of hours toiling away as a community organizer, grassroots fundraiser, and communications director, I have [...]

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[Case] How We Rallied 400 people in 5 hours (and How New Technologies Would Have Made it Even Easier)

by Carol Buckheit on January 27, 2011

How could a tiny nonprofit organization like ours—with a staff of 7—organize a rally for hundreds of people within a day? With volunteers. Lots of ‘em. Especially hearty college students. Here’s what happened: In October 2008, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that same sex couples had the right to marry, making our state the third [...]

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