Groundwire Blog
Welcome to the Groundwire Blog! Online engagement tips, tools and news.
Hey! Welcome to the Groundwire Blog. Join the conversation as we talk online organizing and civic engagement, content strategy, give insider tips on technology, and share success stories from the environmental groups we work with.
How Foundations Can Engage Online
At Groundwire, we invest most of our skills and resources in strategy and technology projects for environmental advocacy organizations. This is where we think what we’ve got to offer has the most bang for the buck. But there are other projects that we take on, projects that we think have real impact, and occasionally one of these projects is for an environmental funder, or funders, as the case may be.
What Is Your Engagement Superpower?
What is your superpower? This is a favorite question of my colleague, Jon Stahl, and when he asks it, what he’s really talking about is value proposition. And not just some vague value proposition, like, “we protect the environment,” but more along the lines of what can you do for me today? Wonder Woman, for example, fights crime, but her superpowers? Invisible plane, “lasso of truth” and, hello, magic bracelets. I’m on board with the fighting crime part, but more likely to pay attention if I can get a ride in the invisible plane. When we talk about value proposition at Groundwire, what we are really asking is, What is your superpower?

