Should ActionMap start with visualization? Why or Why not? ActionMap should not start with map visualization as their key feature/differentiator because other platforms are like OurStates.org and WelcomeAmerica.org already doing an effective job of using interactive maps to related issues and related legislation to locations. Or, Flippable.org that uses maps to visualize red or blue states, voter turnout, and the effect of the Affordable Care Act on the number of people insured. While sites like Countable.com and 5Calls.org, take different approaches to helping people identify issues they care and voice their opinions to elected representatives. Countable.com used videos to highlight issues and offers the ability to send a video message to an elected representative. 5Calls.org …show more content…
Location isn’t a key feature on the site instead issues into broken down into categories. If you click on “Influence Your Representative” or “Attend Events and Protests”, they offer links to other sites to take more get more involved. For ActionMap, a more important selling point to the end users (citizens) is helping make their actions more impactful by 1) connecting them with organizations who are effective because of their deep knowledge of local issues 2) helping the organizations explanation the issues through visualization While political cause organizations and non-profits are ActionMap’s primary customer, it needs to be an effective tool for citizens (secondary customer) looking to engage around issues. The message to the customer should focus on the expertise of these organizations will enhance the impact that citizens. To the organizations, use ActionMap to will help them getting more persistent and high quality citizen support for causes by showcasing their experience, expertise and effectiveness on
Change.org is an online petition tool with over 68 million users and counting. Change.org users can either support causes by signing petitions or create petitions and request signatures. The purpose of Change.org’s website is to increase the number of users in its social network in order for more people to create and sign petitions. Change.org generates and retains a large user base by gaining the trust of a worldwide audience, inspiring users to action and retaining users through an effective website design. For profit, Change.org depends on large organizations like Amnesty International and the Humane Society to buy advertising to support their petitions. Thus, its website not only recruits more users but also convinces large organizations to buy additional advertising.
spread its mission statement among new and old members alike. The mission is to help and
Direct Communication: Direct communication methods such as letters and emails were used to converge support against SOPA and PIPA Act.
Voter turnout has significantly dropped from 75 %-85% in during the 19th century to fewer than 55% in modern day elections as written by Pierce Lewis of American Demographics (Page 20). The result of low voter turnout reveals a broad dissatisfaction and unconcerning attitude towards politics from America's citizens. The main cause for this public attitude in current voting is the news media. What better place is there to display all the events of pre-election activities?
...hat the full range of civic components needed to solve complex public problems can be brought to bear in a relatively effective, coherent, and sustainable manner.
Politicians are always looking for ways to connect with the electorate. The rise of the internet not only allows for distribution of campaign ideas but new ways of voter feedback that was previously unavailable including online fund-raising, and voter mobilization. The internet has the ability to shape the political landscape.
Secondly, they are committed to building communities with healthier lifestyles. They invest their resources in the greater causes that are for the benefit of the people and communities.
Citizen involvement: A practical guide for change. Basingstoke, England: Macmillan. Beresford, P., 8! Harding, T. (Eds.). (1993).
I decided to see what the Republicans and Democrats thoughts were at the state level. Both websites were formated the same way, each having information about their part, how to take action, media, and events going on around the communities. Neither had a search bar, which was unfortunate because the websites weren’t set up to show their viewpoints on certain issues.
One way for the groups to support political parties’ goal is the mobilization of people. Interest groups generally gather people with common interest. Through activities such as the grassroots movement, interest groups raise awareness of a specific issue. During the process, interest groups can endorse a candidate from a political party that has the same beliefs as the interest groups do, extending the number of supporters of the political party
To achieve civic engagement is undertaken in many diverse ways. These are determined by several factors, amongst them the purpose of the civic engagement, the people involved in it, the funds to be involved amongst others. The...
It is through the implementation of advocacy strategies through technology integration that have allowed practice to evolve. According to Edwards and Hoefer (2010), communication technology that allows real-time updates and expansive reach include social networking sites, online journals or blogs, and video sharing technology, like YouTube. Social networking sites are online communities that built on social interactions and relationships. In these environments there are opportunities to share ideas that can lead to large scale changes. Similarly, online journals or blogs present idea sharing for those subscribing or interested in the topic selections. Video sharing adds a facet of sharing information that can complement or strengthen a perspective. According to Tetloff, Hitchcock, Battista, and Lowry (2014), videos can encourage partnership, engage a community, and inspire thinking that is not sculpted by a preconceived notion or faculty of negative influence. The use of these technologies provide a social media venue to share messages and connect people to advocate for change and ultimately affect how and what policies are adopted for local and large scale
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An essential part of a public relations campaign is to ensure that the campaign has the overall affect of managing information to the publics (Boundless Business 2016). A Public relations campaign is a way to build and transfer a specific message or image towards the public (Wilcox et al. 2013). The Edge of Nowhere Foundation (EON) campaign can be classified as a Public Relations campaign because its overall goal is to increase awareness across the nation. EON is already a professionally managed organization in WA, but it needs a new campaign to become a national one. The campaign was attempting to address the issue of the extremely poor health conditions faced by Aboriginal children in remote areas. The Edge of Nowhere foundation campaign will aim to deliver its overall goal within the time frame of one year. EON’s
Greenpeace is establishing Local Group networks in all state capitals to support their key campaigns through the coordination of local events, and by applying public pressure through campaign activities such as letter writing. Local volunteers are an important resource for research and public education.