By now most of you will have seen the latest nonprofit fundraising effort to catch the moment and ride a wave of attention, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Some recent stories in the mainsteam media have blasted this particular effort, but for those...
In which our late-summer languor smacks right into reality. Social media has given black people in Ferguson what the police cannot. C.f. The Night Social Media Exploded Over Ferguson and Watch: The Night Social Media Lit Up as Violence Flared in...
Here’s a quick tip from a social media discussion I sat in on sometime last spring (my notes have evaporated, alas, or I’d give a shout-out to whoever suggested it). If you’re publishing regularly on Facebook, consider taking a...
Hi folks, just a quick reminder about Thursday’s digital strategy webinar. I hope you can make it. Webinar: Digital Strategy for Practical Advocacy Presenter: Colin Delany, Epolitics.com Thursday, August 14, 2014 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM...
URGENT: Democratic emails a fundraising bonanza. C.f. The scourge of small-money politics: is online fundraising actually a corrosive force? But tell me how could it be worse for our politics than this: GOP Kicks Off New Big Money Effort. Why the...
We looked earlier at C&E Magazine’s coverage of a Facebook API change that gets rid of a popular way to connect Facebook to a voter file, but that wasn’t the only juicy story in this issue’s Technology Bytes column. We also...
Revamping an online advocacy operation can be a major undertaking, but most of us can still benefit from a few minutes spent thinking about the basics. In that vein, below are ten things you can do today that should help you get the most out of...
CIA admits to spying on Senate.Hacked into computers as aides assembled report on “enhanced interrogations.” Kansas Democrats Turn to Data in Governor’s Race and DCCC plans big turnout operation aimed at black voters. But beware...
Quick Hits returns! The best damn reading list for online politics and advocacy on the planet…or any other. This catch-up edition features a few links that have languished in the queue for months, along with plenty of more-recent content. Look...
Hi folks, the CampaignTech West conference arrives in San Francisco in less than two weeks! I have to miss this one, alas, since it follows a little too soon after Netroots Nation. But last year’s edition was a big hit, and the 2014 version...