Overview
Online organizing means collecting information from people and disseminating information to people via the Internet, as opposed to via the phone, door knocking, conferences etc. This lesson covers collecting information from interested people.
Objectives
Familiarize ourselves with the various ways to collect data online: Web forms, contribution pages, event pages, membership pages, petitions. Also cover: Social Media integration.
Requirements
Familiarity with social media, online forms
Description
15 minutes total
10 minutes: Start with a conversation
What is online organizing? When collecting information, what is your strategy? Looking for: build loyalty among supporters (CVH bernie/hilary), educate about issues in form of petition, collect contact information, etc.
5 minutes: What does PowerBase currently offer?
Demonstrate examples of existing integrations: CVH, VOCAL, Texas Environment. Use PDF slide show
5 Minutes: Then explain how to go beyond:
- Petition: like a profile, but has a time stamped activity
- Webform: combine multiple contacts, contributions and events together, also add arbitrary activities
- Remoteform: put a profile or contribution page on your own web site.