Archive for October, 2006

IndyMedia Who?

Monday, October 30th, 2006

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

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

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.”
Fox […]

Care2 Launches New Women’s Channel

Friday, October 27th, 2006

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

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

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 […]

A Plug for ePolitics.com

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

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

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

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

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

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 […]

Fun Stuff

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

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.