About Dr. DigiPol

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Alan Rosenblatt is the Associate Director for Online Advocacy at the Center for American Progress and The Center for American Progress Action Fund (his comments on this site are his won and not representative of CAP or CAPAF). He is a frequent speaker and author on digital media, advocacy, and politics, including social networking, blogging, grassroots, and mobile advocacy strategies. He is the founder of the Internet Advocacy Center and the Internet Advocacy Roundtable; is an adjunct professor at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and American Universities, where he teaches Media and Politics in the Digital Age, Internet Politics, Digital Political Strategies, and Internet Advocacy Communications; he also blogs at the Huffington Post, TechPresident.com and KStreetCafe.com, and is a former fellow at George Washington University’s Institute for Politics, Democracy, & the Internet.

Alan is also a founding team member of Media Bureau Networks (MBN), a pioneer in streaming media services; a contributing editor to PoliticsOnline.com; serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals dedicated to the study of the Internet, politics, and government; and is a member of the Board of Directors for E-Democracy.org. He taught Political Science at George Mason University for nine years, where, in 1995, he launched the first-ever internet politics course. With MBN, he webcasted live coverage of the 2000 presidential conventions and helped the Daily Show win its first Emmy. In 2001, he served as Vice President for the Online Advocacy Services division at Stateside Associates. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Director of Training Programs at e-advocates.

Alan has a Ph.D. in Political Science from American University, an M.A. in Political Science from Boston College, and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Tufts University. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Articles by Alan Rosenblatt

• Rules of Social Media Engagement, October 20, 2010
• Measuring the Impact of Your Social Media Program, October 19, 2010
• Progressives Gather Forces on Twitter, August 28, 2009
• A Simple Idea to Help Open the Government, August 3, 2009
• Twitter Tips for Advocacy, July 29, 2009
• The Dimensions of a Digitally Networked Campaign, February 24, 2009 (Introduction; Campaign Dimensions: 1-D Strategies; Campaign Dimensions: 2-D Strategies; Campaign Dimensions: 3-D Strategies)

As you might imagine, he likes the topic.