This week 60 progressives participated in the New Organizing Institute’s Bootcamp, in Washington, DC. Together we learned how to build a website, update it, create a new media campaign via social networks, and tweet. Trainings prepared participants each night for their campaign activities, which center on a mock election for Mayor of DC. The candidates [...]

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Bill Maher’s recent comment that “Twitter didn’t save Iran. Iran saved Twitter” has sparked some debate about the use of social media and its relevance to important issues and events. Personally, I don’t think Maher’s comment hits the mark. Twitter wasn’t a service that needed saving, nor is it alone responsible for helping promote Iranian [...]

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The Obama campaign sent out an email today from David Plouffe in an effort to bring the movement for change into action: Please take a few minutes and help shape the future of this movement. Share your campaign experience and your thoughts on the best way to keep supporting our agenda for change. The inauguration [...]

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Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations highlights the role that the internet has played in enabling people to self-organize for a purpose. We have seen this in practice during the Obama campaign and most recently Join the Impact, created in response to the passage of California’s Proposition 8. Join the [...]

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I have a new post up on Future Majority reviewing Democracy for America’s Facebook GOTV strategy. Go check it out.

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I just posted on Future Majority with a quick idea about the differences between generations in using the internet for political expression. Please head over there and comment with your thoughts. I’m trying to flesh out the idea with your participation.

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I received this email from MoveOn today asking me to attend a phone bank party for Obama. It’s an interesting way to break through the white noise of email communication. Avast, me hearties! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day to ye. Have ye heard the scum thar bilge rat John McCain’s been slingin’ at me [...]

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Yesterday I wrote a post about getting creative with the use of keywords and landing pages in paid search advertising. Well, today Chris Bowers took the concept a step further with his amazing post on Open Left. His idea essentially takes the concepts of creative keyword advertising but throws in the concept of running your [...]

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Facebook’s new design has been hotly debated, with users either loving or hating it. I personally like it. However, no matter your feelings on the design it is probably here to stay. There is a bright side though. The new Facebook design could actually be better for political campaigns. Facebook Advertising Facebook ads are popular [...]

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It’s that time when local campaigns are starting to get active, organizations are recruiting and carrying out campaign plans, and people are coming up with ways to improve their campaigns. This is a list of 34 resource/tutorial/tips on campaigns I have written in the last year, all in one place. 1. Creating Pre-Populated Twitter Links [...]

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