L et’s face it, the Obama Presidential campaign was one of the most successful social media marketing efforts in the history of the internet. can count on my fingers the number of major US companies that understand new media the way the Obama campaign did. (Incidentally, Incidentally, how long do you think it will take Firefox to put “Obama” in their spell-check dictionary?) I This is really not that surprising, given the involvement of people like Chris Hughes , one of the founding fathers of Facebook, as Obama’s online organizing coordinator.

five "Presidential Actions" went into force (see White House press statement ), establishing a clear foundation of organizing values and principles for the new Obama Administration. The "Midnight Five," with their links, are: Presidential Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government Presidential Memorandum on Freedom of Information Act Executive Order on Presidential Records Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel Presidential Memorandum Regarding Pay Freeze The capstone action is the one

The Washington Post asks how Obama can transform his net-based electoral strength, into a policy and advocacy tool that will strengthen his presidency? ( But Peter Greenberger, manager of political advertising for Google, said such information could be a boon for Obama in building public support for policy proposals. Obama could use Internet ads to solicit signatures for petitions, or he could place display here are also a number of videos on the topic ) An interesting passage: “In past years, such lists were considered useful tools for political campaigns

Why the Future of Corporate Computing is ‘Informal’ by Joe McKendrick December 1, 2007 at 6:07 pm · Filed under 2.0 Design Thinking , Barriers , Enterprise 2.0 , Enterprise Software , Facebook , IT Department , Information Management , Messy World , Social Computing , Web 2.0 Nick Carr may be down on IT, but he’s hot on social networking software. The author of IT Doesn’t Matter has sparred frequently with Harvard colleague Andrew McAfee on the value of Enterprise 2.0, but makes the following

It is about the civic use of information technology to complement the many efforts focused on access. It can be complemented by Internet-wide outreach efforts through national partners where upon entering geographic information, the public would be offered an array of civic and government online groups, e-mail newsletters, and local links. More Information A proposal from e-democracy advocate Steven Clift. The draft for discussion is available here .

have followed the campaigns of Obama and McCain filtered through the Dutch news. But it's a nice opportunity to find out more about how Obama leveraged the social media- I have heard it was a great campaign and his team made good use of the media in general and social media in particular. I'm a fan of Obama (like 90% of the Dutch I believe!), The netsquared thinktank question is this time: ' What was the best example or lesson learned about leveraging social media from the political campaigns this year?' At first, I didn't feel like responding. I

There has been a lot of talk over the last year of Obama’s election as the first social media election . And it is certainly true that there is much we can all learn from how Obama used social media as a candidate during the election process. It is in social media that the wealth and depth of information is to be found. Image by youngrobv (Rob & Ale) via Flickr But over the last couple of days we’ve seen another use of social media in elections - reporting on the fallout from the election results in Iran.

A great resource for information on not-for-profits and social media is Steve Bridger ’s nfp 2.0 We’re written before about some great examples in this space, from the well-documented role of online communities in the Obama campaign , to Oxfam’s use of social media in the UK. Within the AARP community, over 10,000 members connect to share information, provide and accept support and advice, discuss organisational goals and generally enjoy themselves. A busy week at FreshNetworks has meant that we’re a little later than expected  bringing you the third in our series of Online Community Examples .

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. (This This gets us at Forum One pretty jazzed - we've been evangelizing a long while about using online services to expand public access to information, enable new forms of collaboration, and build online communities.) The A few of the things The transition team says the new administration will seek to expand the transparency of how the government works and give Americans new ways to participate in deliberations and decision-making.

For some personal details about Dean Baker, see the book information at the bottom of this entry. 8220; President Obama could not find any economists who were able to see the housing bubble for his economic team. Suppose that President Obama made $10 billion a year available for state and local governments to support various types of creative and artistic work. Great example of how stimulating/promoting/funding open and participatory processes makes economic and policy sense. I’m only quoting the 3 ‘p2p’ related policy proposals out of a total of seven