Matt Stempeck's blog

One of the many amazing organizations we share coffeepots with is The Management Center. They help already-thriving nonprofit professionals learn how to get things done through other people, or in other words, to manage. More...

Yesterday, NOI Fellow and OpenLeft founder Chris Bowers shared his insights with our staff and 11th floor friends. After six years of daily political blogging, he had a lot of wisdom to share. I tried to type quickly, but these notes should not be considered verbatim quotes. Watch the video for a more colorful version.

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Last night I stopped by Google's #DCtalks event at their New York Ave headquarters for a joint event with Freedom House titled Democracy Online: Can the Internet Bring Change? More...

While you were leading sessions and meeting new friends at RootsCamp, NOI Fellow Jamiah Adams sat down and interviewed as many participants as possible. The result is a compelling series highlighting some of the amazing organizers in attendance. Here are the first four clips. Follow @neworganizing on Twitter for updates as we release a new interview each day.

Andrew Mwavuna, former Obama Campaign field organizer and current activist gives his perspective on the progressive movement and the important role Rootscamp has in it: More...

With the help of our partners, including the Center for Community Change, Democracia USA, 350.org, Energy Action Coalition, Generation Alliance, and Change.org (More...