As of January, 2009, dotOrganize will no longer be active.
This site will remain live (thank you Radical Designs!), because it's still got some great resources, but the time has come to close our doors.
When dotOrganize was founded in mid-2005, our goal was to infuse the grassroots organizing sector with more information and options to support their online organizing efforts.
We published the ground breaking report, Online Organizing: from Struggle to Strategy, initiated the Organizer's Toolcrib, and facilitated the much anticipated technical integration of Salesforce.com and Democracy in Action.
In the coming years, our hope is that technology capacity building for underfunded nonprofits will continue to grow and thrive. We also hope that organizers will cultivate innovative ways to use technology to strenghten on-the-ground relationships and real communities. As we've always said:
Online organizing creates wide networks.
Offline organizing creates deep relationships.
When integrated successfully, you've got the killer app for social change. Rock on.
A big, hearty thanks to all the wonderful people who supported and collaborated with us during this project! We look forward to more adventures with you!
Peace out,
Leda Dederich & Tate Hausman
January, 2009
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 Online Technology for Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy
After analyzing more than 400 survey and interview responses, the dotOrganize team compiled this report to provide a detailed view of the social change sector’s online technology status. Giving voice to organizers, many of whom are struggling to use online tools effectively, this report offers recommendations for filling gaps in strategy, software development, and tool adoption.
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| DotOrganize Hybernates
Jan 05: We're proud of what this project has accomplished over the past 3 years, and its life cycle has come to a natural close.
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| Integrating Salesforce + Democracy In Action
Jan 21: After years of groundwork, Democracy In Action is integrating with Salesforce.com.
This is great news for social change organizers who need a dream online organizing package.
For DIA users, this integration will open up the world of Salesforce - a robust, flexible CRM that is free for nonprofits. For Salesforce users, this will finally put an affordable, full-fledged advocacy / email blast / online donation toolsuite at your disposal.
The integration will be released in versions, with limited functionality at first, becoming more robust with time. Planned for version 1:
- A contact entered into one tool will flow seamlessly into the other tool
- Editing a contact in one tool will edit that contact in the other tool
- Donations and actions taken in DIA will flow to Salesforce
Here at dotOrganize, we're very excited about this DIA+SF integration. And we're proud to have helped project manage it into existence...
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