What's new at NationBuilder

Sync your nation with hundreds of apps using Zapier

Posted by · June 20
TAGGED API
NationBuilder Nexus helps you to connect various applications (like QuickBooks, MailChimp, Trello, Salesforce, Google Sheets, Wufoo, 123ContactForm, Google Calendar, SurveyMonkey etc.) to your nation and enhance its curren... Continue reading

Today's DDoS attack

Posted by · June 17
NationBuilder experienced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack today, resulting in a full service outage from 11:54am to 2:07pm PT. These attacks did not compromise any of your data or financial information. The a... Continue reading

Apply political campaign strategies to build brands

Posted by · June 16
TAGGED Europe Advocate for your community + 1 more
At NationBuilder, we offer leadership solutions for political campaigns and political candidates as well as nonprofits, companies, higher education and associations. We have been helping political parties and candidates ru... Continue reading

Better page caching means you should always use preview mode when developing themes

Posted by · June 14
TAGGED Product updates
If you work on NationBuilder themes often, you may have noticed your changes have been taking a tiny bit longer to appear on your sites when you're not logged in. We've made some changes to the way that we cache public pag... Continue reading

NationBuilder staff summit - No tech support via phone

Posted by · June 13
NationBuilder staff will be in a company-wide summit from Wednesday, June 15th through Saturday, June 18th. We will regularly be checking and responding to tech support emails during this time, but phone support will not b... Continue reading

Text messaging strategies

Posted by · June 10
TAGGED Strategy
Looking to learn more about strategic use of texting? Check out our recorded webinar on setting up text blasts, text keywords and conversation trees. Continue reading

Promote themes for sale on Blueprints

Posted by · June 09
TAGGED Design
There's no doubt that designing and building a custom, world-class theme on NationBuilder can often be expensive. However, not every customer needs nor can afford a tailor-made solution. They might also want a design or la... Continue reading

Leave or Remain - UK to decide

Posted by · June 09
TAGGED Europe
In just two weeks time, the UK will be voting on whether to leave the EU or remain a member. It is the first time the UK has voted on it’s membership of the EU in a generation. In 1975, the UK voted to remain a member of w... Continue reading

NationBuilder Masterclass in London is approaching fast!

Posted by · June 08
TAGGED Europe
Have you ever wondered what leadership means in the 21st century context? And have you ever wondered how technology can be used to define it and empower communities? These are some of the many questions our NationBuilder M... Continue reading

An open-source guide to designing on NationBuilder

Posted by · June 07
TAGGED Design
The wonderful folks at Radish Lab put together a mini NationBuilder guide, specifically around building familiarity with the theming framework. It is, in their words, "chock-full of useful tips and tricks to get you start... Continue reading

Authorize.net recurring donations will now generate an email receipt

Posted by · June 06
TAGGED Product updates
Do you have recurring donations coming into your nation via Authorize.net? Good news - going forward all recurring donations will generate an email receipt to the donor! Receipts for past donations will not go out retroact... Continue reading

Philadelphia: Now Live on RunForOffice.org

Posted by · June 06
TAGGED Run for office
 (Best. Film. Ever.) Philadelphians, Pennsylvanians, Flyers, and Penguins: Now hear this! We now have every single one of Philadelphia’s 5,083 publicly elected positions address searchable and live on our RunForOffice.org ... Continue reading

Building an Engaged Email List

Posted by · June 03
TAGGED Advocate for your community Grow your community business + 3 more
This is the second installment in a 5-part series on best email practices. Last week we gave a bird’s eye view of building a winning email program with two important concepts for growing an email list. This week we’ll buil... Continue reading

Get Out the Vote! Add the Voting Information Project widget to your NationBuilder site

Posted by · June 03
TAGGED Win your election
  You have put tons of hours into your campaign and primary day is around the corner. Now, the most important question your website needs to answer is “Where do I vote?” NationBuilder and the Voting Information Project (VI... Continue reading

Don't email blast the voter file

Posted by · June 02
TAGGED Win your election Strategy
You’re in a rush: your candidate doesn’t have an email list of supporters because it’s the first time they’ve run for office. To make matters worse, you desperately need money and an easy way to reach out to voters. If you... Continue reading