NPAction Update
Vol 2, Issue 24
12/07/2004

Welcome to this week's edition of the NPAction Update. Happy Chanukah!

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In this issue:
*What's New- Nonprofit Design*
*Current Poll- Voting Problems*
*Featured Article- Online Polls*
*Featured Resource Links- Web Forms and Women Work!*

*What's New*

Idealist.org has announced the winners of its nonprofit design contest for web, print, and multimedia. Take a look at the winners and be inspired for your next design project.

Idealist.org Nonprofit Design Competition
http://www.idealist.org/competitions/gallery/index.html

*Current Poll*

This month's poll asks about voting problems that may have occurred in your community. Stop by and vote in the poll, continually displayed on the right hand side of the site.

Here's your chance to ask a question you've wanted to ask other nonprofits, but couldn't figure out how. Send your idea for a poll to npaction@npaction.org.

Past Poll Results
http://www.npaction.org/article/archive/207

*Featured Article*

Before taking part in an advocacy campaign, sometimes it's useful to gauge the sentiments of your organization's stakeholders. This can take the form of calling key members, asking for opinions by email, or even designing an online poll or survey. This issue's featured article discusses the benefits and perils of using online surveys and polls.

"Online Polls and Surveys"

Remember that you can rate and comment on most NPAction articles by clicking the "New Comment" button at the end of an article.

*Featured Resource Links*

The NPAction Resource Links Directory is a human-edited compendium of tools and references, contributed by nonprofits for nonprofits.

Our first link provides tools that can be used to get information from your organization's constituents from your website with little effort on your part. Using response-o-matic'c free templates, you can create a web forms for your site that email information back to you automatically.

Response-O-Matic
http://www.response-o-matic.com/

Our second link is an organization that teaches the basics of advocacy, with a specialization in women's issues, including tips on meeting with your member of congress, and quick guides to congress and lobbying.

Women Work!
http://www.womenwork.org/issues/advocacy.htm

Suggest a Resource Link
http://www.npaction.org/link/suggestlink