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Six Ways Evangelists Can Promote Like Sports Illustrated Supermodel Kate Upton

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Recently, I wrote an essay about how the open government movement could do a better job of engaging mainstream media, and more specifically how the simultanous Transparency Camp and White House Correspondents Dinner weekend could make better connections. One criticism of this is that the WHCD is too focused on celebrities, ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cheeky Geeky, Gadgets and Mobile, Government, Leadership, Movies, Photos, Politics, Social Software
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Political Campaign In The Cloud: Three Hot New Social Apps For Election 2012

Stan Freck (Park City, UT) — Everyone knows that the 2008 Obama/Biden campaign for President of the United States made sophisticated use of Twitter, Facebook, and other social media, not to mention creatively tapping into America’s young voters in other innovative ways. But if you thought technology in the 2008 presidential race was a big ... Read more »
Apps, Gadgets and Mobile, Geo, Politics
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CrowdVerb Mobilizes Republican Voters

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Three alums from Microsoft – Cyrus Krohn, Todd Herman and Sally Poliak (the first two veterans of running tech for the Republican National Committee) – recently launched Bellevue, WA-based CrowdVerb, a right-leaning political consulting firm specializing in data analysis and identifying and mobilizing crowds. From their new website, Using Crowdverb’s tools, ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Gadgets and Mobile, Politics, Social Software
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Six Ways Politicians Can Use Pinterest

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — If you were living in a cave during the last quarter of 2011, you may have missed out on hearing about Pinterest – the hottest new social platform to hit the tech scene in some time. Judged by leading tech blog TechCrunch as the best new startup of 2011, Pinterest ... Read more »
Celebrities, Defense, Fashion, Government, Politics, Social Software
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Twitter Streams The Republican Nevada Caucuses

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – In case you’ve missed most of the current election season so far, you may not have noticed that Twitter — which is more mainstream than it has ever been — is working with business partners, political candidates, and news organizations to innovate how the average voter engages during their caucuses, primaries, ... Read more »
Big Data, Politics, Social Software
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GOP Social Media Madness

You’ve heard of March Madness for college basketball. Well, about a hundred Republican members of the House of Representatives have created their own version in which they compete. The only difference is, they are competing to “be the best” at using social media platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook to engage constituents. Many lawmakers of both ... Read more »
Events, Government, Leadership, People, Politics, Social Software, Sports
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Arts + Labs: CREATE

Arts + Labs is a unique alliance of the technology, content, and creative communities that have embraced today’s rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers. This unique partnership between technology companies and creators is dedicated to educating and informing consumers about the vast array of online ... Read more »
Advocacy, Cyber Issues, Events, Media, Patents and Law, Politics
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The Voting Information Project

Kim Nelson (Chevy Chase, MD) – In the run-up to the 2008 elections, approximately 120 million people went online seeking information about the general election, and four out of five Americans visited a government website in search of information or assistance. While it’s no surprise that citizens are seeking information online, the Pew ... Read more »
Apps, Big Data, By the Numbers, Civic Hacking, Cloud Computing, People, Politics, Real Impact
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