Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists.

• apps
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Win the White House teaches students in grades 4-12 about the challenges of running for office by empowering them to create and manage their own presidential campaigns.

• The Tech
• Media
• Organize campaigns

Aristotle is the leading pioneer in political technology, servicing many of the largest grassroots organizations, PACs and political campaigns in the U.S. and abroad.

• Organize campaigns

Campaign platform for nonprofits, brands, advocacy groups

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

SpeakEasy democratizes the political process by making it cheaper and easier for campaigns to use targeted direct mail to communicate with voters

• Organize campaigns

Harness the power of your social data.

• Organize campaigns
• Media and social media analysis

We’re launching nationwide, volunteer-led canvasses to organize our communities against Trump.

• Civic data
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

For too long, advocacy tools have been fragmented and siloed.

• Organize campaigns
• Manifestos

This book explains the transition by tracing the brief and colorful history of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who sought to lead nonprofits across the digital divide

• Organize campaigns
• Predecessors & Pioneers

Rocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source. Replace email, HipChat & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Canvassing & voter management software

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Simple. Secure. Reliable messaging.

• commercial
• WhatsApp

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination
• Group communication tools

Software for Political Campaigns, Nonprofit Donor Management, and PACs

• apps

• Organize campaigns
• Fundraising tools

Defend Our Movements is a web based clearinghouse of the most up-to-date and useful information about protecting your devices and data—whether on the Internet, through cell phone communications, or in your home or office.

• guides

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Organize campaigns

Livestream discussion on March 15th hosted by Movement School and Courage to Change

• Organize campaigns
• COVID
• COVID Organizing Projects

Slack gives your team the power and alignment you need to do your best work.

• commercial

• Organize campaigns
• Internal communication and coordination

Software and data to help you fundraise, communicate, organize and optimize your campaign.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Over 1 million workers are using Organise to win better pay and conditions at work. Complete your confidential profile page to get started!

• employee organizing
• labor

• Organize campaigns
• Online forums

OpenPetition is an online petition platform with the goal of protecting the freedom to petition as well as expanding digital participation opportunities across the European Union and beyond.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Somos o Meu Rio, uma rede de ação por um Rio de Janeiro mais democrático, inclusivo e sustentável.Junte-se às mais de 300 mil pessoas que recebem nossos alertas e participam das decisões políticasque definem o futuro da cidade.

• Organize campaigns

Enterprise Mobile Messaging that Drives Results

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

By leveraging the collective bargaining power of our members, The Movement Cooperative provides best-in-class data and technology resources that match the needs of progressive organizations at the cheapest possible price point.

• coop
• partisan

• Civic data
• The People
• Advocacy tech

BERN was mostly used for “relational organizing”, which is a tactic of asking supporters to reach out to their friends to persuade them to vote and volunteer.

• apps

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

New York City partnered with behavioral economics firm ideas42 and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to test simple “nudges” to get people to court; text reminders improved appearance rates, resulting in thousands fewer arrest warrants

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Organize campaigns

Catalist compiles, enhances, stores, and dynamically updates data on over 256 million unique voting-age individuals across all 50 states and the District of Columbia

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

The Open Source Peer to Peer SMS Tool

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• SMS tools

The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Wise Entertainment have assembled a powerful coalition of experts in media, communications, data, technology and journalism to ensure everyone knows how much census participation benefits their community.

• census

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

CiviCRM is an open source CRM built by a community of contributors and supporters, and coordinated by the Core Team

• Organize campaigns
• General purpose open source tools
• Predecessors & Pioneers

The research conducted by Tactical Tech and our partners over the last 18 months has confirmed that WhatsApp is now a primary means of delivery for political messaging in many countries in the Global South, with particularly strong penetration in rural communities where internet is accessed mostly via smartphones.

• reports
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Organize campaigns

Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7, confidential text message service for people in crisis. Text HOME to 741741 in the United States.

• mental health
• youth
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Reach the right people at the right time with our Political Phone Banking, Robocalls, Peer to peer texting, and Text Broadcasting Software. CallHub is available in 200+ countries.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Most of these trainings include slides, an outline, and the appropriate worksheets, so you can either adapt the trainings for your own audience, or go through the training yourselves.

• trainings

• The Tech
• Organize campaigns

An assault team that establishes moral beauty, political poetry and human greatness while aiming to preserve humanitarianism.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

Deep canvassing

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Swayable lets political campaigns and brands measure how content changes people’s minds. Campaigns using Swayable increase their impact on opinions by measuring persuasion, breaking down exactly which kinds of people respond to which content.

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

For more than a decade, Netroots Nation has hosted the largest annual conference for progressives, drawing 3,000+ attendees from around the country and beyond.

• partisan

• The People
• Meet the others
• Organize campaigns

Tech for Campaigns (TFC) is a community where world class tech talent meets progressive and centrist political campaigns in need of skilled volunteer talent. The promise is not only different political outcomes but the sustained engagement of people concerned with the direction America is going.

• partisan

• The People
• Organize campaigns
• Pro bono and volunteer

Learn to design creative, people-powered advocacy campaigns that transform systems

• trainings
• coaching

• Organize campaigns

Install the Progressive Shopper Chrome extension and quickly understand if you are supporting a brand that is aligned with your values.

• extensions
• partisan

• Organize campaigns
• Boycott or buycott

DISTRIBUTED DIALING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO REACH BEYOND THEIR BASE

• Organize campaigns
• Phone banking tools

New/Mode is putting the powerful tools used by the world’s leading campaigns into more political campaigners’ pockets.

• Organize campaigns
• Bots
• Petitions