Organize campaigns
Tools and suites to help organize campaigns. Includes canvassing, texting, email, and other campaign tools.
For specific campaigns, see our Campaigns category. For groups that regularly launch campaigns, see our Campaign Organizations category.
Suggested reading:
- A review of campaign tech by CallHub
- Activism in the Social Media Age: On the fifth anniversary of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, Pew Research Center how Americans view social media’s impact on political and civic engagement (2018).
- What is a digital department? (And why 350.org doesn’t have one). Hanna Thomas writes a piece that epitomizes a trend towards dismantling the digital department in the hopes of diffusing digital skills and systems throughout the entire campaign organization. (2019)
- In When It Comes To Fixing Politics, Tech Needs A Reality-check, Cheryl Contee, Josh Hendler, and Julie Menter unpack why Silicon Valley has failed to grok the political tech market. (2017)
Civil Society Accelerator
A free of charge Consultation Service for Civil Society Organisations and Civic Movements
The Digital Co-Op
150+ members pooling email audience information to drive list growth, donor growth, reactivation, and advocacy
MissionWired
US-based campaign vendor that does SMS, email fundraising, paid media, direct mail, and more
Trapped in a Web: The Exploitation of Personal Data in Hungary’s 2022 Elections
The [Human Rights Watch] report finds that data collected by the state for administering public services, such as registering for the Covid vaccine, administering tax benefits, and mandatory membershi...
Daisychain
Daisychain helps progressive organizations engage their audiences through powerful workflows and authentic conversations.
E-Campaigning Forum (ECF) Community
The discussion list has over 3,800 members from all over the world, from a wide range of disciplines including: campaigners, designers, content creators, fundraisers, academics, agencies, vendors and...
Digital Innovation Fund
In 2020, CIL launched the Digital Innovation Fund (DIF) to support experimental and innovative digital organizing tactics for state-based organizing groups and sharpen organizer skills in digital stra...
Activate HQ
Activate HQ is the online platform custom-built for social media influencer campaigns.
California Campaign Center
With unparalleled voter data, a powerful canvassing app, and easy-to-use contact tools, this all-in-one campaign solution packs a punch. Designed to scale with you from city council to Congress and be...
Measuring People Power
How do you measure gifts of time, expertise and leadership? What indicators can you use to assess grassroots power building, organising and volunteer initiatives?
Political Data Intelligence (PDI)
PDI has partnered with progressive campaigns, labor unions, and advocacy groups for more than 30 years to help them win on Election Day.
Vocal Media
We bring together influential creators and high-impact causes.
Effective Activist: An Evidence-based Guide To Progressive Social Change
Did you know hundreds of scientists have researched what makes activism effective?
Action Network
Mobilize communities, raise money, and engage supporters with tools built for teams just like yours.
Action Builder
A tool designed for organizers on the go, giving them needed information at their fingertips to grow power and win real change.
ProgressiveActs
ProgressiveActs is a start-up that supports grassroots civic and political mobilization through a package of services and advanced technological tools.
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Resource Library
Database of hundreds of resources about nonviolent civil resistance
PowerLabs
PowerLabs helps organizers design and run people-powered campaigns. We provide training, coaching and strategic planning support to build the capacity of organizations, leaders and networks.
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PartyParty
PartyParty is a source for in-depth reporting on political changemakers, political parties and political trends across Europe.
Datadat
We equip progressive leaders and movements with innovative digital solutions to make social change possible
WinWith.Me
WinWith.Me is the Messenger for Politicians - a Facebook Messenger bot-building platform integrated with NationBuilder for campaigns, NGOs and advocacy.
2022 Political Tech Landscape Report
Every year, we track innovations and changes across the political tech space, recognizing the need to capture the developments in this fast-changing industry. This report focuses on the historic 2022...
Cooperative Impact Lab
Founded in 2018, Cooperative Impact Lab is a space to experiment with approaches and strategies to build progressive power.
Task Force: Digital Organizing at HIIG
The task force Digital Organizing is a group of researchers who study the implications of digital practices for the processes of organizing.
Civic Shout
It’s a more-effective twist on list growth that consists of two parts: our activist network and custom petition platform that helps you reach them.
Democracy Labs
DemLabs works with campaigns to understand their needs, finds the best free/affordable apps that meet it and then freely shares how others can use the solution as well.
Vote Force
Relational organizing app to build support for your campaign through friends and family
How to tell your PERSONAL STORY for community organizers
You'll learn how to structure and tell your own personal story in a way that's compelling and engaging, allowing you to be an effective organizer.
Progressive International
We unite, organise, and mobilise progressive forces around the world. Get Involved We are turning Black Friday into Make Amazon Pay Day
EthicalEmail.org
The fundraising spam is out of control. Here's how that happened — and how we take back our inboxes.
Qomon
Qomon is the most innovative and user-friendly Mobilization platform & mobile app that powers non-profit organizations, campaigns, movements & advocacy groups worldwide to mobilize bigger using data &...
How To Find And Mobilize Voters With Geo-Fenced Mobile Ads
A guide
DemCast
The Digital Hub for Pro-Democracy Advocates
Geotarget campaigns by zip code
A short case study using ESRI to focus your campaign on the areas with the most potential supporters.
ArcGIS Field Maps
ArcGIS Field Maps is an all-in-one app that uses data-driven maps to help mobile workers perform data collection and editing, find assets and information, and report their real-time locations.
Infographics case studies
Short case studies on how to use free or low-cost tools to produce campaign infographics
Video creation case studies
Short case studies and guides to using free tools to create campaign videos
Arena Toolbox
Discover toolkits, tutorials, and templates for building winning campaigns.
InfoActivismo
A collection of tactics, cases, and guides to using information for activism
stac labs
Stac labs accelerates party, state and local campaigns' analytical and technological capabilities.
The Advocacy Hub
The Advocacy Hub is a community of consultant campaigners, evaluators, facilitators and strategists who support and advise civil society organisations to become more effective and have greater impact.
Meme Factory
Experiments in audience-centered advocacy media
VolunteerMeet
Streamline your volunteer application process. In closed beta as of March 2023.
Grassroots Analytics Venture Fund
Grassroots Analytics Venture Fund is on the lookout for ideas that monetize or add value to GA's industry-leading progressive consumer database. This is a $500,000 fund for internal or external ventur...
Wappid
A referral marketing tool for political campaigns that works atop Whatsapp
The Influence Industry Project
Learn about, discover resources, and explore research on the industry using our personal data to influence citizens in political campaigns.
Campaign Workers Guild
We are campaign workers from across the United States who are committed to improving our work conditions, empowering organizers, and promoting healthy career longevity.
Trestle Collaborative
Trestle is a non-profit team of expert engineers, designers, and product managers who partner with leading movement groups and campaigns doing critical organizing work nationwide.
Empower Project
Through training, research and digital tools, our expertise in relational organizing makes an impact at hundreds of progressive organizations, including Sunrise Movement, AFL-CIO, and Rock the Vote.
Wings
A website platform for progressive campaigns.