NP Action - NPAction Update Vol 3, Issue 17

NPAction Update Vol 3, Issue 17

NPAction Update
Vol 3, Issue 17
9/23/2005

Welcome to the blogerrific edition of the NPAction Update! The update will now go out on Fridays.

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In This Issue:

*Featured Article- Showcase Groups: Using Blogs for Advocacy*
*Featured Resource Link- NPower NY's Nonprofit Blogging Resources*
*Additional Blogs to Check Out*

*Featured Article*

*Showcase Groups: Using Blogs for Advocacy
The emergence of the blog - a website (or a portion of a website) that contains short, frequent posts and Web links - as a widespread communications tool has propelled many nonprofits to develop blogs as inexpensive and effective way to increase advocacy. Blogs provide frequent updates to users, reach out to a broader audience and give readers a chance to participate in online conversations. In this issue's featured article several nonprofits discuss the evolution of their blogs as advocacy tools.

Showcase Groups: Using Blogs for Advocacy
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/637/1/245

*Featured Resource Link*

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

This issue's featured link also focuses on using blogs to improve your advocacy. Want to learn more about how blogging can help your nonprofit? Check out NPower NY's Nonprofit Blogging Resources for links to more information about blogs, FAQs, how to get started, and useful tools. NPower NY helps nonprofits use technology to expand the reach and impact of their services.

NPower New York
http://www.npowerny.org/resources/bloggingfornonprofits.htm

Check Out These Blogs

*Check out the new NPAction Blog
NPAction's new blog will post news relevant to being an effective advocate, and will be updated throughout the week by OMB Watch staff. We are confident you will find it a valuable resource.

Our good friends at OMB Watch, a nonprofit devoted to promoting open government, accountability and citizen participation, also has three additional blogs:

The Budget Blog, for the lastest news and analysis on tax and budget issues.
The Nonprofit Issues Blog, covering a wide range of nonprofit issues.
Reg Watch, for quick alerts to the latest news and views about protections of the public interest.

Check out the Moving Ideas website for a list of over 60 different blogs. Moving Ideas is a network of more than 180 progressive research, policy and advocacy organizations.

*"Steal This Code": Put NPAction on Your Site*

NPAction invites organizations to share our tools on their websites. Just copy the HTML code from our site, and you're ready to go (but when you steal the code, just let us know!).

"Steal the Code" today
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/600/1/1988

*NPAction Update Archives*
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