Monthly Archives: October, 2006
IndyMedia Who?
One of the most important things to do when setting up a website for a campaign, etc. is to make sure you buy at least the .com, .net, and .org versions of your URL. Take for example Indy Media. Here is a fantastic resource for getting news that is not filtered through the corporate media. …
Fox in the Henhouse
I was reading Sacha Baron Cohen Gleefully Pushes All the Wrong Buttons in ‘Borat’ in the New York Times and came across this this tidbit, “‘Borat’ was to some extent made outside the Hollywood system. Fox kept the film off its production list and created a separate company, One America, to be the nominal producer.” …
Care2 Launches New Women’s Channel
Moving Ideas’ parent, Care2.com has just launched a new women’s channel called Women Connect. To launch the new channel, Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, is today’s guest blogger and is discussing women’s rights globally. Join the discussion here.
Strategic Online Communities
As many of you may know, I have long argued that there are three escalating uses for the Internet in advocacy and political campaigns: 1) information dissemination, 2) action facilitation, and 3) strategic community building. I have internalized these three increasingly sophisticated uses of the Internet into the name of my firm, the Internet Advocacy …
A Plug for ePolitics.com
If you don’t already read it, Colin Delany’s ePolitics.com is a great resource for people trying to leverage the internet for advocacy and political campaigns.
NetSquared Showcases’ Green Media Toolshed’s Media Volunteer Project
This past Tuesday, the monthly NetSquared meeting featured Marty Kearns of Green Media Toolshed. Marty, one of the most insightful internet advocacy strategists in the business, talked about GMT’s new Media Volunteer project.
More New Tools
Collactive Want an alternative to filling your activists’ email inboxes with alerts? Try Collactive. Collactive is system that delivers alerts to your activists using a desktop instant messenger-type interface. Activists subscribe to your channel and then your alerts pop up on their desktop for 16 seconds in an instant message. All messages received can be …
Fun Stuff
CongressIn30Seconds.com CongressIn30Seconds.com is a fun way to express your views about Congress. The website provides you the tools to make your own commercial about Congress, complete with audio, video, and text overlays. Check it out. DeadElephants.org Visit DeadElephants.org to print up some fun bumper stickers featuring a GOP elephant, dead on its back.
