What's new at NationBuilder

Starting up a membership program with NationBuilder

Posted by · September 26
TAGGED Europe
Whatever your organisation type, running a membership program is a great way to get your supporters more involved and committed to your organisation. Memberships are used from the smallest community groups to the largest p... Continue reading

Avoid creating duplicate voter profiles: how state file ID and county file ID work

Posted by · September 23
TAGGED Product updates
Since voters can move, and a single nation can contain voters from multiple locations, state file ID becomes a unique identifier when it is combined with the registered state field. The first time a voter is imported, the ... Continue reading

The importance of partnerships

Posted by · September 22
TAGGED Advocate for your community Run your nonprofit + 1 more
You’ve heard the old adage rising tides float all boats? The core concept of this still rings true - working together to advance your cause benefits all involved. It’s why political candidates that run with a party general... Continue reading

Leveraging your network

Posted by · September 22
TAGGED Advocate for your community Run your nonprofit + 1 more
Leveraging your network is like picking the low hanging fruit. You can climb the tree and search for new fruit near the top, but you’re missing all the ripe and ready fruit on your way up. Leveraging your network doesn’t j... Continue reading

Telling your story

Posted by · September 22
TAGGED Advocate for your community Run your nonprofit + 1 more
You’ve checked all the boxes to set your nonprofit up for success - you’ve set up multiple ways for supporters to engage with you, you’ve targeted your list to send personal communications. So where are your supporters? Yo... Continue reading

Debriefing the Learn to Code LA event at NationBuilder HQ

Posted by · September 21
TAGGED Design API
It can be difficult for aspiring developers to know where to start in their education - front, back or full-stack, which language, what to build, etc. Even more difficult is knowing where to apply this education as a care... Continue reading

Resources brought to you by NationBuilder certified partners

Posted by · September 15
TAGGED Design
Earlier this week we started wrangling all of the documentation and resources for our certified partner network into a single corral (liking these ranch puns yet?). A new page for these resources is coming soon.  However, ... Continue reading

New paths API

Posted by · September 12
TAGGED API
We're happy to announce that we now have a paths API with the ability to index paths and steps in a nation. Continue reading

11 more states with refreshed voter file information

Posted by · September 09
TAGGED Win your election
Looking for data? Good, because we just might have it! We have recently updated Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Florida with 2016 registration and... Continue reading

Tag sharing: incredibly powerful, complicated, and misunderstood

Posted by · September 09
TAGGED Product updates
Effectively using NationBuilder to lead a community is a process; the more you use the software, the easier it fits into your daily work. Tag sharing is so powerful and unique, it defies this standard. I recommend you read... Continue reading

6 more states with refreshed voter file information

Posted by · September 02
TAGGED Win your election
More updates and more data! With a little bit of love and magic, we transform the plethora of formats and file types that we receive to a single standardized format that can easily be used for targeting and GOTV efforts. S... Continue reading

Improvements to updating voters on state/county file ID

Posted by · August 25
TAGGED Win your election
We released changes today that make it easier to append information to the right voters in your database via import. As we get closer to the US elections, many of our political customers are getting files with early vote ... Continue reading

Staged donation form now available for Bootstrap themes

Posted by · August 25
TAGGED Design
  There was a lot of excitement when we first introduced a staged donation kit for the Aware theme and baked it into the public themes that followed. This created a more elegant experience for donors and resulted in higher... Continue reading

7 more states with refreshed voter file information

Posted by · August 19
TAGGED Win your election
Ready, get set, DATA! To ensure timely updates of our national voter file we make sure to follow each state’s election schedule and order files as soon as they become available. Since our last blog post we have updated Con... Continue reading

No Phone Support August 15th and 16th

Posted by · August 10
NationBuilder staff will be in a company-wide meeting on Monday, August 15 and Tuesday, August 16. We will regularly be checking and responding to tech support emails between 8am-5pm PT during this time, but phone support ... Continue reading