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Empower Love Grants

It's no secret that DemocracyInAction loves non-profits. To show our committment to the progressive non profit sector, DIA is giving away 5 free accounts to qualifying 501c3 organizations. Our promotion is designed for groups who 1) aren't using Salsa already, 2) have an impressive organizing ability and 3) who can't afford it otherwise. If you know of an organization who fits the bill, please send them our application - http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/103/t/113/questionnaire.jsp?questionnaire_KEY=975

 

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05:39 PM Feb 11, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

Salsa Weekly Highlight: New Signup Page Workflow

Image: The Other Text tab in the new Signup Page workflow

(From this week's Weekly Highlight email. Click here to sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday!)

It's the "Weekly Salsa Highlight," your quick hit on what's new in Salsa to help get the most out of your online program. As always, you can find plenty more news, updates, and conversation throughout the week on SalsaCommons.org.

Even though we're snowbound here in D.C., we've been hard at work enhancing the tools you use every day in the headquarters.

Last week, we told you about a new Donations workflow.

This week, I'm excited to unveil our new Signup Pages workflow.

As with Donations, this new Signup Pages workflow streamlines and clarifies the existing page creation process.

  • We've kept all the same fields and setup choices you're used to, but grouped them into compact tabs of related options.
  • We've added more explanatory tooltip text to help you find your way about quickly.
  • And we've rolled in enhancements you've already seen elsewhere, such as the ability to build auto-responses on the fly in the page workflow itself.

These updates have been pushed out live this morning, so take a gander, and let me know what you think!

There'll be more headquarters workflow improvements along the same lines in the weeks ahead, and we'll be sure to let you know as they roll out.

 

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12:00 AM Feb 10, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

Salsa Weekly Highlight: New Donations Page Workflow

Image: The Follow Up tab in the new donation page workflow

(From this week's Weekly Highlight email. Click here to sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday!)

It's the "Weekly Salsa Highlight," your quick hit on what's new in Salsa to help get the most out of your online program. As always, you can find plenty more news, updates, and conversation throughout the week on SalsaCommons.org.

As you might have already noticed, we've made a few tweaks this week to streamline your Donations page setup process.

  • We've kept all the same fields and setup choices you're used to, but grouped them into compact tabs of related options.
  • We've added more explanatory tooltip text to help you find your way about quickly.
  • And we've rolled in enhancements you've already seen elsewhere, such as the ability to build auto-responses on the fly in the page workflow itself.

I hope these changes will help your team make brilliant donation pages in a flash, and let new Salsa users acclimate in the blink of an eye. Give it a try, and let us know what you think!

P.S. -- If you're in D.C., remember to come by this Thursday, Feb. 4 for our in-person training and happy hour!

 

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11:54 AM Feb 03, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

Salsa Weekly Highlight: Use 'archive' tag to keep unwanted data out of your way

Image: A Salsa list with archived data filtered

(From this week's Weekly Highlight email. Click here to sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday!)

It's the "Weekly Salsa Highlight," your quick hit on what's new in Salsa to help get the most out of your online program. As always, you can find plenty more news, updates, and conversation throughout the week on SalsaCommons.org.

You, our users, have often asked for more options to keep old campaigns, donation pages, events, and other aging Salsa data out from underfoot.

After all, it's a pain to pick through long lists of historical actions just to get the few ongoing ones you need to see. And you don't want to delete them outright and lose the data altogether.

Solution: just archive them.

It couldn't be easier:

  • Any Salsa data can be archived just by tagging the entry archive.
    Image: The 'archive' tag in Salsa

Archived entries disappear from your default Salsa lists of data, but they haven't been erased. Instead, an "Include Archived Entries" link toggles between a view of the filtered list (excluding archived items) and a view of the entire list (including archived items).

Archived data is never filtered out from any queries or reports unless you explicitly incorporate the archive tag.

I started using this brand-new feature myself just the other day and I absolutely love it. Give it a try, and the State of your Salsa will be: tidy!

 

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12:00 AM Jan 27, 2010 - 1 comments permalink

Applying Obama online lessons to local campaigns

There's always an election somewhere in America, and since this is an even-numbered year, there will always be a few hundred thousand of them.

The time is ripe to jump on the advanced organizing platforms available through Wired For Change -- and through package deals, Democratic candidates for Senate, House, and state legislatures can all get set up on Salsa in moments for next to nothing.

But it's time to think strategy, too. 2008 is so 13 months ago! The indefatigable Colin Delany of epolitics.com shares this video of his discussion with one of our former fellow-travelers about the lessons local candidates can and can't draw from the Obama campaign's model.

Topical free ebook downloads from Colin:

 

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02:22 PM Jan 25, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

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