Topic: Online Advocacy

Presenter: Jeanette Russell, DemocracyInAction

Location: Northwest Health Foundation

221 NW 2nd Ave

Suite 300 (in Bamboo room)

Portland, OR 97209

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Food: Bring your own lunch and we'll bring some goodies!

Email anna@nten.org if you have any questions.

>Topic: Online advocacy is not just about sending mass emails to congress. It’s about growing and strengthening your support base, fundraising and integrating online and offline tactics to influence decision makers. This brown bag offers practical advice to organizations who want to begin, or ramp up, their online presence. We'll provide visual examples of how groups of all sizes are finding success using online communication. We will also touch on how DemocracyInAction's new "Actions 2.0" tool is leading the way in effectively delivering your message to Congress and other decsion makers.

>Presented by: Jeanette Russell has been a leader in the national environmental community for the past 15 years and brings extensive knowledge of online communications, fundraising and grassroots organizing. She currently serves at the Western Field Director for DemocracyInAction, a nonprofit organization based out of Washington DC, that provides online fundraising, advocacy and communication tools to over 450 progressive organizations. Jeanette provides strategic and technical support for clients and organizations from her office in Missoula.