It’s back-to-school day for government employees (have fun clearing those inboxes, kids!), and it’s make-sense-of-the-shutdown day for the rest of the political world. (Hint: It’s Obama’s fault! Actually, I’ll go with...
Howdy folks, it’s been months since we’ve run a guest article, and that needs to change. Why you holdin’ out on us, man? I KNOW you have something you’d like to write up and cast before your peers, there to earn you acclaim...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. Of note this week: a couple of the top stories are re-posts of another page’s content, a good example of the...
A fascinating online ad popped up for me* for the first time this weekend: the “Fast Terry” piece to the right. At first I thought it was produced by Republican Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign, since it takes on Democrat Terry McAuliffe...
A little more politics and a little less digital than usual this week, but a ton of good reading nonetheless. Enjoy. Healthcare.Gov’s Flaws Found, Fixes Eyed: Site’s Design Opened Door to Bottleneck That Persists. Architecture problems...
Another useful bit of information from the Salsa Community Conference: according to ActionSprout’s Drew Bernard, groups that are running “Tell Congress to Reopen the Government” actions through his company’s service are...
If your group is thinking about participating in Giving Tuesday, the effort first organized last year to create a national day of philanthropy on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, you really need to know one thing: are these NEW donations or just...
Howdy folks, I’ll be spending most of Wednesday and Thursday this week at Salsa’s 2013 Community Conference, where this afternoon I’m participating in a panel discussion we’re calling: “Getting Them to Come to You:...
Click image for full-sized version. If you went to the front page of the WashingtonPost.com on Tuesday, you might have seen something like the screenshot to the right: note the broad expanses of red, a color that just happens to raise human blood...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. Of note this week: Desmond Tutu, the shutdown blues, Republican “cruelty”, poop on your plate, and the...