Comments on: I Am: Unsupported Global Dynamic Element http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/i-am-unsupported-global-dynamic-element/ Democracy. Unwashed. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:36:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Frederick Clarkson http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/i-am-unsupported-global-dynamic-element/#comment-55 Frederick Clarkson Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:58:21 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=266#comment-55 Actually, I am not self-referencing. The organizing I have done in recent years, and that of most of the best people I worked with, was all volunteer. Part of the joke of this post is that it is so not about me. But to address the point of on the ground organizing, it is not expensive if it is not managed by out of state interests with short term paid staff and squads of consultants. I would rather see more resources allocated to building permanent organizing capacity in communities than to parachute in out of staters when the battle is already underway or even already lost. Senator Martha Coakley, anyone? Actually, I am not self-referencing. The organizing I have done in recent years, and that of most of the best people I worked with, was all volunteer.

Part of the joke of this post is that it is so not about me.

But to address the point of on the ground organizing, it is not expensive if it is not managed by out of state interests with short term paid staff and squads of consultants. I would rather see more resources allocated to building permanent organizing capacity in communities than to parachute in out of staters when the battle is already underway or even already lost. Senator Martha Coakley, anyone?

]]> By: Jeff Bryant http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/i-am-unsupported-global-dynamic-element/#comment-52 Jeff Bryant Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:44:47 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=266#comment-52 What non profits are up against is that the "old media" which is about "automation in pumping out appeals for this and that" still drives most of the income while the new media, more socially driven and differentiated to individual interests, has yet to contribute substantially enough to funds raised. One reason is that most of the $ contributed to nonprofits comes from people over 60 who are not always tech savvy and "with" the new forms of communication. Furthermore, on the ground organizing is extraordinarily expensive (dude, you're self-referencing). And based on the goals of the campaign, that expense is not worthwhile in context and could lead to an organization's demise due to poor allocation of resources. What non profits are up against is that the “old media” which is about “automation in pumping out appeals for this and that” still drives most of the income while the new media, more socially driven and differentiated to individual interests, has yet to contribute substantially enough to funds raised. One reason is that most of the $ contributed to nonprofits comes from people over 60 who are not always tech savvy and “with” the new forms of communication. Furthermore, on the ground organizing is extraordinarily expensive (dude, you’re self-referencing). And based on the goals of the campaign, that expense is not worthwhile in context and could lead to an organization’s demise due to poor allocation of resources.

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