Archive for the 'Digital Politics' Category

Roots Parties

Friday, April 11th, 2008

RootsCamp DC is this weekend. And while there is a waiting list in effect for anyone who is not currently working on an electoral campaign, there are two great parties to attend this weekend where you can have some fun with Roots Camp attendees and others who work in the digital political strategy field.
RootsCamp PRE-Party
Friday, […]

A Social Networking Thought

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A social network can be about a common identity, a shared idea, a subject of interest, or a desired goal. Perhaps, even, any combination of these, as well. Define your audience and figure out which one(s) work for your network.

Poof! Gone.

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Now you see it, now you don’t.
I tried to show my Internet Advocacy Communication class the new McCain Girls video this evening. We have been following their adventures as we study YouTube’s impact on the election, and POOF!, it was gone.
Seems the MCPS-PRS Alliance Ltd. exercised its rights and had YouTube take […]

Is It Hip? Of Presidential Candidates and Rock’n'Roll

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Weighing in at not quite 2 tons of fun, the McCain Girls are tearing up the YouTube charts and shattering a whole lot of eardrums. Are they hip? Do they make John McCain hip? The jury is still out on that.

POLC Panel Updates: Social Networking/Media and the Presidential Campaigns AND Open Source Advocacy

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

For those of you attending (or thinking of attending) the upcoming Politics Online Conference, consider attending two panels I have assembled: Social Networking/Media Strategy of the Presidential Campaigns and Open Source Advocacy. While it may be too soon to say that this aspect of online campaigns is the “be all, end all” of online strategy, there have been some great innovations in this space this campaign cycle.

Great Conferences Coming Up

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Lots of great conferences coming up. Sadly, I can only make a couple of them. I will be at the Politics Online Conference on March 4-5. I hope to see lots of you there. The weekend before Politics Online, I will be attending the e-Democracy Camp in DC (see below for details). It will be […]

Other Internet Advocacy Roundtable Resources

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

As many of you know, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable has found a new home at the Center for American Progress Action Fund (coincidentally, it showed up here shortly after I started working here…hmmmm… not really a coincidence, I suppose).

But for those of you curious about upcoming Roundtables or interested in materials from past Roundtables, there is plenty of info here.

Free Tech Tools for Non-Profits

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

On October 29, 2007, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable (now a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund) featured a special session on Free Tech Tools for Non-Profits. Following the event, I posted a Google Doc (one of the free tools discussed at the event) with a slew of resources discussed at the event (and others). You can access this document here.

Enjoy and feel free to email me with more suggested resources to add.