Digital communication management and productivity tools

Communication and productivity 
MailChimp,  Constant Contact and Emma enable you to connect directly with constituents via email.

Paper.Li enables you to aggregate content around particularly topics and distribute it to constituents.

SurveyMonkey enables you to conduct informal surveys.

Slack enables you to do group messaging, across teams and topics.

Google Docs, Campfire, GroupMe and Yammer  enable individuals to work on projects together online.

Doodle enables you to schedule meeting times with several different individuals.

Canva is a fun tool that enables you to integrate text and visuals into your social posts.

Jing lets you create and share short screencasts. Its bigger sister,  Camtasia lets you produce longer videos, including screencasts of Powerpoints, etc. Recordit also works.

Evernote lets you keep track of a variety of media all in one file.

Pocket lets you save links from social media sources to read later. SERIOUSLY, THIS APP WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Invaluable for collecting items to read from Twitter!

Dropbox offers cloud storage that makes your files accessible on any device.

Op-ed writing advice

Have you got 750 words to say about a topic? This piece, by the late New York Times columnist William Safire, offers excellent advice on how to write a solid op-ed piece. It's more than 20 years old, but it still holds up.