What Are The 10 Most Effective Ways to Influence Legislators With Grassroots Advocacy?

Engaging legislators through grassroots advocacy is both an art and a science, requiring a blend of strategic insight and genuine community..
Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is the co-founder and chief strategist for New/Mode — a values-based platform that provides targeted online engagement tools. https://NewMode.net
Steve Anderson
Jan 15, 2024

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is the co-founder and chief strategist for New/Mode — a values-based platform that provides targeted online engagement tools. https://NewMode.net

Make your issues heard before the Quebec election period

There is only about a month left before the Quebec election period starts. Now is the time to make your issues heard to declared candidates. At..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Aug 18, 2022

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

5 Steps to Get out the Vote: Methods to Mobilize your Base

The primaries for the midterm elections are underway and the midterm election is quickly approaching. Many important seats are up for grabs and this..
Abbey Piazza

Abbey Piazza

As a Community Marketing Specialist, Abbey nurtures and engages New/Modes’s dynamic community through organizing top training in the digital organizing field and facilitating mutually beneficial partnerships. She has experience directly coaching New/Mode subscribers on digital advocacy best practices. Before joining New/Mode, Abbey worked as a Provincial Organizer for Dogwood BC, where she played an integral role in engaging and mobilizing volunteers. Previously, Abbey designed and implemented strategy for two successful election campaigns and fundraised for the Wilderness Committee, one of Canada’s most significant environmental charities.
Abbey Piazza
Aug 10, 2022

Abbey Piazza

As a Community Marketing Specialist, Abbey nurtures and engages New/Modes’s dynamic community through organizing top training in the digital organizing field and facilitating mutually beneficial partnerships. She has experience directly coaching New/Mode subscribers on digital advocacy best practices. Before joining New/Mode, Abbey worked as a Provincial Organizer for Dogwood BC, where she played an integral role in engaging and mobilizing volunteers. Previously, Abbey designed and implemented strategy for two successful election campaigns and fundraised for the Wilderness Committee, one of Canada’s most significant environmental charities.

How New/Mode Enabled Swell Inc. to Unlock Change at the Local and Federal Level

Recently I sat down with truth-tellers Clayton Rosa and Sara St. Hilaire, two creatives behind Swell Inc. Swell is a full service marketing agency..
Abbey Piazza

Abbey Piazza

As a Community Marketing Specialist, Abbey nurtures and engages New/Modes’s dynamic community through organizing top training in the digital organizing field and facilitating mutually beneficial partnerships. She has experience directly coaching New/Mode subscribers on digital advocacy best practices. Before joining New/Mode, Abbey worked as a Provincial Organizer for Dogwood BC, where she played an integral role in engaging and mobilizing volunteers. Previously, Abbey designed and implemented strategy for two successful election campaigns and fundraised for the Wilderness Committee, one of Canada’s most significant environmental charities.
Abbey Piazza
Jun 10, 2022

Abbey Piazza

As a Community Marketing Specialist, Abbey nurtures and engages New/Modes’s dynamic community through organizing top training in the digital organizing field and facilitating mutually beneficial partnerships. She has experience directly coaching New/Mode subscribers on digital advocacy best practices. Before joining New/Mode, Abbey worked as a Provincial Organizer for Dogwood BC, where she played an integral role in engaging and mobilizing volunteers. Previously, Abbey designed and implemented strategy for two successful election campaigns and fundraised for the Wilderness Committee, one of Canada’s most significant environmental charities.

Campaign spotlight: No More Dirty Banks

Film and music stars are now backing Gidimt’en Checkpoint & Indigenous Climate Action demand of City National Bank’s Parent Company, RBC, to stop..
Jessica Fuentes

Jessica Fuentes

Marketing Coordinator @New/Mode - Digital Marketing I Brand Builder I Data-driven
Jessica Fuentes
Apr 13, 2022

Jessica Fuentes

Marketing Coordinator @New/Mode - Digital Marketing I Brand Builder I Data-driven

Community Spotlight: The Tangible Wins from Safe Passage

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is the co-founder and chief strategist for New/Mode — a values-based platform that provides targeted online engagement tools. https://NewMode.net
Steve Anderson
Jan 12, 2022

Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is the co-founder and chief strategist for New/Mode — a values-based platform that provides targeted online engagement tools. https://NewMode.net

4 Tips for Digital Advocacy on a Budget 💸 A Free Downloadable Guide

New/Mode was built for campaigners, by campaigners, and we still remember the struggle to make an impact with limited resources.
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Sep 1, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

Recorded Plenary Session 🎥 Movement Building Through Narratives

Our tools are only as good as the stories behind them. The New/Mode team had the pleasure of participating in the highly interactive and experiential
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jul 26, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

Listen and act: A spotlight on Indigenous campaigns in the US & Canada

If we had been listening to Indigenous voices up to now, the crime scenes being unearthed all over Canada would not come as a surprise to us. A..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jul 22, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

User-generated content ⌨️ Inspire trust & engage your community

Another day, another industry buzzword: The concept of user generated content (UGC) has been floating around the public consciousness since before ..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jun 28, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

Designing Conversions: How design leads to effective engagement 🎨

Graphic designers often describe the principles of design as rooted in aesthetic: unity, balance, hierarchy, contrast, scale, repetition, space. That..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jun 18, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

All 👀 on healthcare: Leveraging community power to keep people safe

There’s nothing quite like a global pandemic to get people to care about the state of their healthcare.
Rachel Phan

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.
Rachel Phan
Jun 7, 2021

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2021: Next steps for the long road ahead

New/Mode emphasizes clear values for our team, our work, and our community. We value empathy, celebrating and engaging with diversity, uncovering..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jun 2, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

Ask A Campaigner 🎤 A Twitter Takeover with 350 Canada

On 10 February, 2021 Atiya Jaffar and Chris Gusen from 350 Canada took over New/Mode’s Twitter account for the day. They led us through a day in the..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Apr 7, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

RTA Chicago: Leveraging social media to #InvestInTransit

New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Mar 25, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

Best practices for successful call campaigns 📞

Click-to-call campaigns can be a valuable, personalized way to reach representatives in a way they can’t ignore. Here’s a best practice guide for..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jan 21, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

Campaign spotlight: Protecting 🇺🇸 elections and democracy now

2021 has gotten off to a rough start, but campaigners across the US and Canada are ready. 2020 all but wore us down. Rather, we’re seeing that..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Jan 11, 2021

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

4 groups mobilizing on issues ahead of the U.S. election

Voting in the U.S. election is well underway. While we’re anxious for November 3rd (😬), we’re finding comfort in the actions that community groups,..
Rachel Phan

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.
Rachel Phan
Oct 29, 2020

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.

How groups are campaigning ahead of the B.C. election 🗳️

🗣️ Calling all British Columbians: Now is the time to make your voice heard ahead of the provincial election on Oct. 24.
Rachel Phan

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.
Rachel Phan
Oct 16, 2020

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.

⏩ Act fast: How groups are responding to Justice Ginsburg’s death

On Friday, September 18, we were all stunned by the news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing. Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazer..
Rachel Phan

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.
Rachel Phan
Sep 29, 2020

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.

📢 Action Round-up: Demand Senators Wait to Replace Justice Ginsburg

The loss of trailblazing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a true champion of civil rights and gender equality, is one we’ll be collectively..
New/Mode

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.
New/Mode
Sep 21, 2020

New/Mode

New/Mode’s advocacy & civic engagement platform helps causes, orgs and movements activate grassroots power, reach decision-makers and win campaigns.

3 creative campaign ideas from the labo(u)r movement 💡

Once again, labo(u)r unions are leading the charge – whether it’s fighting for the rights and safety of essential workers, advocating for..
Rachel Phan

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.
Rachel Phan
Sep 9, 2020

Rachel Phan

潘美美, best known by her Anglo name Rachel Phan, is a writer based in Toronto.
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