Archive for barack obama

How the internet is changing British politics – and what 2010 will bring

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In February 2010 I gave this talk as part of the “Distinguished Practitioners Series” at Nottingham University: The four audiences for online political campaigning The internal audience for online politics Recruiting and motivating supporters Reaching the media via online politics Reaching the public through online political campaigning Different styles of communication Conclusion Good afternoon, and [...]

Why do campaigns raise less online in the UK than in the US?

25 February 2010 ,
The subject of online fundraising came up when I recently took part in a panel discussion at the Search Engine London conference and I was then asked about it further in a short ‘post-match’ interview:

Where did Obama’s online fundraising come from?

16 February 2010 , ,
OK, if you’re going to really insist on thinking that Obama is the Holy Grail of Campaigning To Be Transplanted To The UK Because Our System Is Just Like Theirs, then here’s a useful statistic for you. The Obama for President campaign raised around $500 million online. Two-thirds of it came from people clicking a “donate now” [...]

What will Obama learn from the next British general election?

26 November 2009 , ,
Yesterday I was at the Future e-Democracy 09 conference on a panel talking about “Digital campaigning post-Obama” along with Sam Coates (from MyConservatives.com) and Sue MacMillan (Labour’s Head of New Media) and chaired by the Hansard Society’s Andy Williamson. There were some good questions but the best I thought was one that turned the session [...]

Daily View 2×2: 1 November 2009

1 November 2009 , , , , ,
It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. And we’ve got the definitive musical proof that Australian Premier Kevin Rudd is not US President Barack Obama. But first, the news. 2 Big Stories Government to set up bank chains Done well, this could be rather good news. A bit more competition in the banking sector could improve service, reduce costs and – [...]

The Obama grassroots campaign: glass half empty or glass half full?

14 October 2009 , ,
Time for a bit more probing underneath the figures about how big, amazing, awesome and must be copied the Obama 2008 Presidential campaign was. (See in particular my previous post about his fundraising.) New figures which have seeped out this month from a confidential report by Catalist, one of the big data and technology suppliers to Democrat [...]

Why don't they hand out science Nobel prizes on the same basis as the Peace prize?

10 October 2009 , ,
Barack Obama has been award the Nobel Prize for Peace essentially for effort – he’s trying hard, saying the right things but not yet delivered concrete results. (He’s also got much less closer to nuclear disarmament than Ronald Regan got in the Reykjavik summit with Mikhail Gorbachev.) I’m pretty underwhelmed by the award as I would rather [...]

Yes, council websites can

2 October 2009 , , , , , , ,
The October edition of Total Politics has a piece from me on how local authorities can learn from the Obama campaign’s mastery of the internet to build communities of active and engaged residents: Why does your local council exist? There are many answers to that question, especially from different points on the political spectrum, but [...]

Daily View 2×2: 20 September 2009

20 September 2009 , , , , ,
It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for the Daily View, today with a special Trojan Horse supplement. 2 Big Stories Obama attempts to revive Middle East peace efforts So reports the BBC: Mr Obama will first hold separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the White House says. The three men, who will be [...]

Is Barack Obama already thinking about job hunting?

7 September 2009 ,
I only ask because he’s got a profile on LinkedInk and is keeping it up to date…
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