Jeb Ory

Jeb Ory

Jeb is the founder and CEO of Capitol Canary. Jeb, who has been featured or quoted in The New York Times, Forbes Small Business, the Chicago Tribune, Politico, and Campaigns in Elections, is a thought-leader in the civic technology industry. He’s on the selection board for Stanford University’s Social Impact Grants, an advisory member of Designing Chicago, and an alumnus of IMI Plc’s graduate development program. Jeb’s work has spanned three countries, including Singapore, Shanghai, and the United States, where he led a business unit at DCI Marketing, now a Marmon company and subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.

Ory, who has a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from Stanford University and an MBA from Chicago Booth, has cofounded three technology companies. He lives in D.C. with his wife, Lea and his daughter, Sybil.
Leadership Management
Why GOTV Is Important to Nonprofits
October 7, 2022 at 10:00 am

Nonpartisan get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts are important to thousands of nonprofits around the country — and they should be for your organization, too. Voting is vital to every nonprofit for one simple reason: It offers a chance to help choose the policymakers you work with.

Development, Leadership Management
6 Tips to Improve Your Advocacy Right Now
May 13, 2022 at 12:07 pm

As we all know, advocacy is part of the mission at almost every nonprofit. What is not often discussed is that many government affairs professionals say it’s getting harder to do and they need more effective tactics. Here are six tips, including ways to improve your advocacy program and pitfalls to avoid.

E-Philanthropy
Give Your Advocacy Campaign an Edge: 5 Social Media Tactics
November 15, 2018 at 1:13 pm

Social media has become the global forum of activism, advocacy and social change. Roughly half of Americans have been civically active on social media in the last year, according to a Pew Research Center survey...