NGP VAN News

August 2024

Welcome to the August edition of NGP VAN News for NGP customers!

Read on to learn about new features, updates, and trainings.

FEATURED

My List subscribed counts

Users can now see a count of Subscribed Email addresses in the header metrics of My List. Users will be able to quickly gauge the size of their addressable audience for any email communications without needing to go to Targeted Email or the Email Address Status report.

New phone type: Assistant

Starting September 4, the phone type “Assistant” will be available to add to phone numbers on contact records via Bulk Upload, API, and manual entry.

Bulk mark phones as preferred

Starting September 4, users can bulk upload a phone number and mark it as the Preferred number on a contact record.

Bulk delete contact records and contributions

Admin users can now Bulk Delete Contacts, Contributions, and Disbursements, allowing customers to conduct routine data management tasks more efficiently. To monitor and troubleshoot bulk delete activity, users will also have access to three new reports: Deleted Contacts, Deleted Contributions, and Deleted Disbursements.

Read more about bulk deleting contact records: How to: Bulk delete contact records

Read more about bulk deleting contributions and disbursements: How to: Bulk delete contributions and disbursements

TRAININGS

We’re launching a new training program at NGP VAN. Check out our new website ngpvan.com/feature/training for the latest on live webinars, recaps and key resources!

This space is designed to provide you with information on live training webinars, key resources, and updated guides that identify new features (as well as updates to your favorite tools) and how to use them in the ever-changing world of political fundraising, compliance, fieldwork, organizing, digital strategy, and social networking.

Be sure to look out for our tips and tricks, which highlight some lesser-known features, our how-to documents and checklists, as well as best practices we've gathered from working with campaigns over the years.