Data Tools (admin)
To take advantage of Broadstripes’ flexibility, it helps to understand the different custom data tools the system contains, and best practices for using them.
Organizing tools overview
Overview Broadstripes was built primarily to help labor organizers find and use information effectively during campaigns. One of its strengths is the built-in tools within Broadstripes that collect and organize information specific to labor organizing: Assessment...
Assessment codes
Overview An essential piece of any organizing campaign is figuring out where the workers stand in relation to the campaign’s goals. This is usually done using a numeric assessment scale, with 1 indicating strong support, and the highest number in the scale...
Leadership roles
Overview An important part of many kinds of organizing is the identification of leaders within the bargaining unit or worker group. Leadership is usually defined by roles. Labor organizing (internal or external) often uses “Committee” and “Key...
Built-in data
Intro Broadstripes comes with a number of built-in information fields already included. This means that you can set up your project and add information to it easily and quickly. This is a complete guide to all of Broadstripes’ built-in fields and their intended...
Custom fields
Overview Data that is permanently relevant about the worker (such as “Shift” and “Issues of Concern”) – but can’t logically be mapped to one of Broadstripes’ built-in fields – is best captured in a custom field. How is a custom field different...
Events
Overview Events are one type of custom field in Broadstripes. Each event can be created to contain one or more “steps” (checkboxes) to capture particular actions in the workflow of a given campaign activity. Some examples of when you might use events include recording...
External systems
Overview Importing or updating from another database? Do you plan to re-import from that same database again in the future? An external system can be a big help. If your worker list is from another database and contains a unique ID for each worker (for example, an...
Tag lists
Tag people to create manual lists Lists give you an easy way to manually tag individuals whom you want to track as a group for any reason. For instance: people who go on break or hang out together people that are your first-choice key targets people who helped hand...