{"id":28,"date":"2017-05-29T16:24:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T06:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2017-08-12T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T22:13:24","slug":"software-and-apps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Software and apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These pages contain brief profiles of software and apps for digital campaigning. They have been selected based on suitability for the course.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/campaigning-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campaigning platforms<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These platforms provide a complete package solution for online advocacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/content-creation\/\">Content curation<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apps to help curate information from other online sources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/enewsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">eNewsletters<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, apps to manage signup, production and distribution of electronic newsletters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Events<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are many tools for managing events &#8211; advertsiing, signup, etc. These are just a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundraising<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These sites support receipting of donations from your web presence. It saves you having to setup merchant payment services of your own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/infographics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Infographics<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is both a skill to develop and a tool. The course itself introduces data visualization and infographics and these tools help you create the output for you web presence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/microblogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Microblogging<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>E.g. Twitter &#8211; you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/petitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">P<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/petitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">etitions<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Various opinions as to effectiveness with those in positions of power or influence but they also have value in building up a constituency to whom you can appeal for other purposes, such as events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/polling-and-survey-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polling and survey tools<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Can be useful to test aspects of your campaign, build an evidence base. Be wary of limitations (validity, integrity) in the online space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/public-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Public relations<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To get your message out there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/social-media-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social media monitoring<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apps to track who&#8217;s talking about you, your issues, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/website-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website analytics<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stats on visits to your site and some analysis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/policyandadvocacy\/advocacy-resources\/software-and-apps\/website-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website tools,<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Platforms providing hosting and templates, e.g. WordPress, WIX, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These pages contain brief profiles of software and apps for digital campaigning. 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