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NPAction Update Vol 3, Issue 18

NPAction Update
Vol 3, Issue 18
10/7/2005

Welcome to the NPAction Update. This week's update focuses on how to strengthen your organization's advocacy capacity.

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In This Issue:

*What's New - Tool Kits that Can Help Your Organization*
*Featured Resource Link- Additional Tool Kits to Check Out*
*Featured Articles on NPAction*

*What's New*

Tool Kits that Can Help Your Organization
Tool kits can provide nonprofits with concrete, how-to information to make advocacy more effective. The range of information available is broad, covering everything from legal rules to mobilizing members. With new and evolving advocacy techniques, tool kits are not only informative, but also provide examples of what other groups have done.

*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 tool kits to improve your advocacy. Want to check out more tool kits that can help your nonprofit? The Connecticut Nonprofit Information Network and the Benton Foundation's tool kits provide very helpful resources to increase nonprofit advocacy.

Advocacy and Lobbying Tool Kit
Check out the Connecticut Nonprofit Information Network for some great tips to help your organization make a difference including: lobbying do's and don'ts, tips for effective writing, public/media relations tools and resources, and many more.

Strategic Communications Tool Kit
The Benton Foundation's tool kit includes information about what it takes to design, fund and plan an effective communication's strategy as well as resources to help you implement your plans for advocacy, community building, creating partnerships, reaching your audience and much more.

*Featured Articles*

Hey, You Asked
The NPAction "Hey, You Asked" section provides essential information for nonprofits. Concerned advocates have raised questions on a range of issues, from the definition of a 527 organization to how to increase advocacy work at your organization. Check out the "Hey, You Asked" section on NPAction for a series of questions and answers, and send NPAction your questions.

*"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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