Like a grenade tossed into quiet waters, last week’s Twitter article definitely fired up a couple of folks up over on techPresident, Jon Pincus in particular. Check out the full thread at tPrez (thanks to Micah for jumping in while I was...
Cross-posted on techPresident Remember the “Twitter Revolution” in Moldova? Even as it was unfolding, the Twitter angle was being downgraded in the face of evidence that the Moldvovan protesters seemed to be using just about EVERY online...
Today’s POLC panel about Online Politics at the State Level aimed to be practical and specific, which is why we packed it with people who’ve actually run for office. One takeaway: targeting Facebook users via advertising is easier than I...
One highlight from Politics Online today: in a discussion with former Obama New Media Director Joe Rospars, McCain’s 2008 eCampaign Director Michael Palmer was listing various items in the online campaigner’s online toolkit, including...
Today I’m giving a webinar for a corporate client on using social media for public relations and advocacy, with a focus on practical applications day-to-day. You can check out a PDF of the presentation PDF here; related articles are below.
With all the Twitter-versy going on these days it’s hard to know which 140-character summary to read, but two pieces currently on Slate are a great place to start. First, try Farhad Manjoo’s very measured take on why you should not feel...
SOMETHING’S being organizing in the small Eastern European country of Moldova, but there seems to be some disagreement over the “how” part. Some press coverage (particularly this Evgeny Morozov piece on ForeignPolicy.com, which the...
Well, look what happens when e.politics goes off the grid for a couple of days: the kids get all crazy over their Twitter. Jon Pincus started the conversation yesterday with a reply to the Twitter-is-not-a-strategy e.politics piece from last week:...
Cross-posted on techPresident A classic observation from the early days of online marketing: a website is NOT a strategy. I.e., when you ask the client what they’re trying to do online, and they reply that they have a website — which is...
One quick observation from the Fem2.0 conference — during the current plenary session, a six-person panel discussion, the organizers are displaying the event’s Twitter feed (#fem2) on a screen behind the panelists. The benefit is that it...