A Conservative (?) view on the next age of government

February 28, 2010

Watch the video on TED.com

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Video: Applying Obama Online Lessons to Local Campaigns

January 22, 2010
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Tackling the Greens

January 20, 2010

This photo was taken today, at a political strategists meeting in Europe for center right parties around the world. How about focusing on actual green policy instead of how to out-maneuver the Greens?

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Testing your Design

January 3, 2010

Before reading this post, you can try the fivesecondtest here. Whether designing a website for political means or for a social cause, design will determine what part of your website (and thus of your message) people pay attention to. On average, 60 to 70% of people who stumble upon your website immediately click away. Which [...]

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Best Practice: inspiring video

November 25, 2009

Over the years, I’ve collected a number of creative videos which you can watch here. They’re inspirational illustrators of the power of video and I hope they can entice you to use video in your campaign in a novel and compelling way. the Barack Obama campaign

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My 10 favorite iPhone apps.

November 24, 2009

1. Shazam I’m sure you’ve heard about this one. With Shazam, you just hold your iPhone near a speaker/radio, and it shows you which artist/song is playing. Doesn’t work every time though, but I got the free version so I’m not complaining. 2. Huffington Post My number one news resource about American (mostly left-wing) politics. [...]

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Quick Links

November 18, 2009

A selection of some interesting stories and articles I stumbled upon recently. Top 5 branding mistakes Kara Visits Facebook’s Washington, D.C., Office and Talks Policy (video) Getting the Message Right for the New Consumer/Donor (keynote) 10 WordPress Plugins to Help Build Community The White House’s Asia Adventure YouTube to Help Sites Gather News Clips

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A Gender Balanced EU Commision

November 17, 2009

Yesterday, a new online campaign launched, urging national governments to consider women when choosing new EU Commisionners. (You can check out the current Commission here) Emilie Turunen, a Danish left-wing MEP and a member of the Green group in the Parliament, said that there had been much progress in improving gender balance and the rights [...]

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Best Practice: Eric Pickles’ War Room Briefing

November 17, 2009

When it comes to motivating party supporters, the UK Conservatives are really tapping into the power of social media. They have a well-followed Twitter account, their own version of MyBO (myconservatives.com) and nicely edited YouTube strategy updates by their Party Chairman, Erik Pickles. This featured video gives an excellent overview of battleground seats in the [...]

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Behind the scenes video

November 16, 2009

This latest video in a series of behind the scenes White House videos shows Jon Favreau, President Obama’s speechwriter, in Tokio. Favreau makes some interesting remarks about how writing Obama’s Tokio speech was a team effort. I think it’s an excellent example of how the Obama administration is trying to use social media and video, [...]

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