Webinars

Learn more about how Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company advancing social good, and Phone2Action, the leading digital advocacy platform powering political change, can increase your influence through powerful grassroots action.

Constituents want to weigh-in on issues that impact their backyard, making the voices of grassroots advocates even more powerful at the local level, where representatives are often closer to their constituents than their counterparts in Washington or the state capital. But the landscape is different – we explore how and why in this webinar.

Organizations that prepare now will be ready for next year’s legislative rush, when bills can go from committee to final passage in a matter of days. See how the pros get it done.

Whether you are using free tools or a legacy system, sooner or later every organization confronts the need to buy modern, professional advocacy software. Learn from our panel of advocacy pros as they explain what happened when they switched to professional advocacy software. You’ll hear how they made the case, what the transition was like and the results they achieved before and after.

Advocacy can be very different in an election year, and the consequences may never be greater than in 2020. Learn how to tune up your advocacy program for maximum impact before the primary season starts next year.

During a recess, lawmakers are often holding meetings, town halls, and making various public appearances. The best advocacy programs are planning their campaigns around these out-of-session periods, as it becomes easier to garner attention and generate awareness about your organization or cause.

Digital advertising is a powerful method for organizations to share their advocacy campaigns with new and existing supporters—are you leveraging it for your advocacy efforts? Learn how to acquire, engage, and mobilize new supporters using digital advertising strategies.

We analyzed anonymous, aggregated data from hundreds of nonprofit organizations, associations, and companies that use our platform to identify unique insights about what works in digital grassroots advocacy—and what doesn’t. Get an inside look into trends and patterns in the data, and our predictions for the future.

Learn how to effectively manage your key contacts—including how to survey advocates, identify existing relationships, and track meetings between your organization’s leaders and lawmakers.

Learn how to host an effective fly-in—including how to prepare your advocates for legislative meetings, tactics that can be implemented post-event to maintain the momentum, and how to engage advocates who aren’t able to attend but are still interested in participating.

Learn how our clients brought their advocacy campaigns into the daily lives of their supporters, by leveraging the channels that people use every day, including Facebook Messenger and SMS/texting.

The 2018 Election resulted in a balance of power shift in the House, and the most diverse Congress in U.S. history. Learn the most effective ways to get the attention of the New Congress from the perspective of an advocacy group and a Hill staffer.

As we head into the start of the new year, we look at the advocacy tactics that worked in 2018 and the ones that didn’t, and ask the experts what they think will be most effective in 2019. Watch this webinar to hear from advocacy pros on what will work in the new year.

Does your organization have an advocacy roadmap for 2019? Whether your issue extends to Congress or state legislatures, you need a strategy for effectively advocating your position to elected officials.

The federal regulatory process plays a crucial role in how the U.S. government carries out public policy, and it’s often overlooked in grassroots advocacy. Learn how to leverage public comments to win your issue.

Watch our webinar discussion with digital advocacy professionals, chatbot experts, and our very own chatbot product lead at Phone2Action about how to leverage tools like Facebook Messenger chatbots for social good.

Many emerging or recently emerged market categories differ drastically in market opportunity, target customers and business models, but they share one similar challenge—doing business in markets that have nascent public policy frameworks.

Learn how to host an effective fly-in, including how to prepare your advocates for legislative meetings, tactics that can implemented post-event to maintain the momentum, and how to engage advocates before and after.