e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics

Resources for Politics Online Session, “Online With a Shoestring Budget”

On March 16th, I moderated a Politics Online panel covering online tactics for campaigns with limited resources. Below are background materials, starting with a drive-by look at the pluses and minuses of some typically low-cost tools, continuing with video clips of two great presentations from last week’s NOI training and ending with links to pertinent articles.

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THIS is the Best Blog Covering National Politics?

Through some bizarre miscarriage of justice, e.politics won a Golden Dot award last night as “Best Blog — National Politics.” I’m as mystified as you, though I ain’t exactly complaining. Seriously, I’m happy as hell — it’s an honor. Thanks to the judges for picking e.politics out of the fray, and thanks to ALL y’all for being along for the ride.

The full list of winners:

• Outstanding National Online Campaign: Grassroots Enterprise — My Party Too
• Outstanding State Online Campaign: Mandate Media — Earl Blumenauer for Oregon
• Best Website/Federal Candidate: Campaign Solutions — Jim Talent
• Best Website/Local Campaign: Campaign Advantage — Pat LaMarche for Governor of Maine
• Best Website/Issue Advocacy Campaign: NGP Software, Inc. — The Great American Condom Campaign
• Best Blog/Local, State, or Federal Candidate: John Hall for Congress
• Best Blog/Local or State Politics: Left in the West
• Best Blog/National Politics: epolitics.com
• Best Blog/Issues and Advocacy: Sourcewatch.org
• Best Mobile/Text Message Campaign: Rights Group — Working Assets
• Best Podcast Series: echoditto — Pearl Harbor Survivors Project
• Best Networked Campaign: Blue State Digital — Democratic National Committee
• Best Vlog: HamNation
• Best Political Web Video: Free Range Studios — Grocery Store Wars
• Best Animation or Mashup: Blackrock Associates — Nick Lampson for Congress
• Best Online Viral Campaign: Blackrock Associates — Macaca/Jim Webb for Senate
• Best Online Community Response Effort: echoditto — Since Sliced Bread
• Best Online Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign: ProgressNowAction

– cpd

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