One of the lovely quirks of our political finance system is the role of “dark money” spent by organizations that DON’T have to disclose their donors. Where does it go? Thanks to a MapLight analysis of Federal Elections Commission...
What are the big developments to watch in online advocacy? That question is very much on my mind: Monday I’ll have the privilege of leading a digital strategy training for public affairs professionals, and I’ve been pulling slides...
The November/December issue of Campaigns & Elections is now fully online, including a new edition of Technology Bytes! The big story this time around: an inside look at the role of Big Data in the 2013 Virginia election, including the all...
This from an email that dropped in this morning: This is Tkeyah Lake, I’m a senior at the University of Baltimore, graduating this May with my Bachelor’s of Science in Corporate Communication. I read your book, How To Use the Internet To...
Procrastinators (like me), get off your butts: Netroots Nation panel proposals are due Wednesday, February 19th. Submit your ideas here, and note that the conference organizers will be holding “office hours” via a Google Hangout tomorrow...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: lots of new folks on the list. If you’re reading this article via email...
Hi folks, just a quick update on everybody’s favorite ebook, “How to Use the Internet to Win in 2014”. The short version? Sales continue apace! In fact, depending on how many books have leapt off the shelves in the past day or so...
My friend Lucian Despoiu is a very smart guy: he’s an entrepreneur and a digital political consultant, and he’s worked on campaigns in more countries than I’ve even visited. He gave the presentation below at a recent TEDx event in...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: Upworthy hits the Number One spot with a very un-Upworthy post. If you’re...
Update: see this Washington Post article for more analysis and a response from Facebook. Also, see this critique of the critique, via Shaun Dakin. Hi folks, sorry for the relative paucity of posts this week — your Loyal Editor is a bit under...