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Where a plug and a solid wifi connection never seem exist in the same space. Nonetheless, the PdF Europe Conference has been a vibrant carnival of discussion, quickly moving to its wrap-up in about an hour in the ground floor theater of the Torre Agbar. From the panels I've attended and the ...
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Cross-posted from Epolitics.com
Here at e.politics, we're happy to read things so you don't have to -- though it this case you should, because David Plouffe's The Audacity to Win is a great read and one hell of a glimpse into the strategy, tactics and execution of a remarkably successful ...
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David Plouffe
If you want to follow along with the Personal Democracy Forum Europe conference live by audio, we're pleased to be partnering with Civico.com, an internet radio station based in Birmingham, England, which will be streaming all the sessions over the next two days at http://www.civico.com/pdfeu . ...
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Cross-posted from Epolitics.com
Just off a conference call to promote Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's new (and so-far excellent) book about the 2008 race , which I'm currently about 3/4 of the way through -- more about that soon. On the call, though, I got to ask a question about the ...
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David Plouffe
Barack Obama
Blogging will be light (if not nonexistent) today as much of the PdF crew is on its way to Barcelona for the first ever Personal Democracy Forum Europe conference, to be held in Torre Agbar -- a.k.a. the rounded tower rising above the city on the right side of the photo above. (We'll also ...
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Ivan Boothe works with nonprofits and social change groups, developing websites and online strategy around advocacy, fundraising and member engagement. Previously, he was a co-founder of the Genocide Intervention Network and served as director of communications and Internet strategy ...
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Barack Obama
Organizing For America
The White House photographer reflects on Obama's Asia trip.
Ding, dong, Twitter's suggested users list is dead .
Data.gov is underperforming .
And data on the IT Spending Dashboard isn't accurate .
While the White House defends Recovery.gov's data .
Net neutrality pro ...
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Sarah Palin
With President Obama in China, the advocacy group Sudan Now is engaging in some clever Facebook ad tactics. The group, reports Mark Leon Goldberg , is running spots targeted towards two Facebook networks: former staffers from Organizing for America and "EOP Staff," a.k.a. the ...
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Barack Obama
It was rather attention grabbing how President Obama pooh-poohed China's so-called Great Firewall, the somewhat holey and ever shifting set of restrictions on what China's people are able to read, hear, watch, and do when the go online. Given the setting -- a townhall in Shanghai organized ...
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Barack Obama
Our friends at SeeClickFix have some cool news to share today: The do-it-yourself civic platform is going multilingual. Citizens will soon be able to report non-emergency issues in their community to those accountable for the public space in 83 languages anywhere in the world using SeeClickFix ...
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More tidbits of new media goodness from Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's book, Going Rogue . Oh wait, that's not right. This one is called Audacity to Win , and in it Plouffe's offers tasty bites from the innerworkings of the innovative campaign. There's a theme: new media decisions ...
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Barack Obama
Joe Biden
David Plouffe
Say you have in interest in having regular folks whip out their video cameras or cell phones and create wonderful video content for your organization, advocacy group, or news enterprise. There's a great deal of appeal (especially given news and non-profit budgets these days). Your most ...
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Youtube
Organizing For America
Obama's audience at an event by that name held at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
GovLoop launches the AwesomeGov Fund .
Law in the age of robots .
Using Wii to track terrorists .
And Apple sees the light on the Bobble Rep app .
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When the White House made its big switch over to Drupal, some asked whether this was simply a move over to a new content management system or if it was instead meant to be a lifestyle choice; in other words, would the White House engage with the collaborative, share-and-share-alike Drupal ...
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Barack Obama
Washington, D.C
James Richardson , former RNC e-campaign staffer, asks the somewhat obvious question in the face of Obama's "admission" -- truthful or otherwise -- that his thumbs are simply too dang large to allow him to type on his Blackberry. Were the Obama campaign ads that mocked John ...
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Barack Obama
John Edwards
Being on the road seems to agree with this White House. During this week and last's Asia trip, the Obama White House has done two things more savvily then they've generally managed to pull off thus far into the Administration. And they both hearken back to what worked for Obama during ...
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Barack Obama
Yesterday, at a townhall meeting with Chinese students in Shaghai, President Obama had much praise for the Internet and its role in democracy, politics and society. Unfortunately, he prefaced his remarks with this statement:
"Let me say that I have never used Twitter. I noticed that young ...
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Barack Obama
Those of us on the West Coast - or who stayed up extra late - were able to catch President Obama's town hall live on TV from China along with the accompanying Twitter chatter. There were some amazing nuggets from the town hall. It provided a genuine dialogue with the president, who opened up on ...
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Barack Obama
"Abdul Qahar, Kunar Provincial Deputy Director of Education, stands watch while members from the Provincial Reconstruction Team Civil Affairs, based at Camp Wright, Afghanistan, deliver a truck load of school supplies." Flickr photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian Boisvert. ...
