Team Building Videos: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

When I was in traditional PR one of the activities I always thought was a waste of time and money was the creation of internal, morale boosting videos.  Basically, the idea is to make this “cool” video to get everyone fired up at some big event, nevermind the other 364 days in the year. ...

Capitol Hill’s Constituent E-mail Culture and Future

I was on Capitol Hill Monday morning attending the "Ready-Made Constituent Relationships: A Look at How Technology Empowers and Enables Effective Constituent Relationship Management" presentation hosted by George Washington University's Institute for Politics & The Internet (IPDI).

While the presentation covered a broad range of constituent services, the main focus was e-mail,...

Bobby Jindal for Governor Goes Live

Working with our partners at iWeb Strategies and episode49, we launched a new website for Bobby Jindal (R-LA) for Governor yesterday (blog here). Along with the website, the Jindal campaign also launched profiles on MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. Brian Lyle has the details over on the iWeb Strategies blog....

2008 Presidential Campaign Event Tracker

I noticed a nifty new feature on The Washington Post's website this afternoon.  Campaign Tracker uses information from a variety of sources, including campaigns and media to compile a database that stores information about events where the 2008 presidential candidates will be making appearances.

This feature uses a variety of techniques to keep things organized. ...

Fark Launches Redesign, Farkers Hate It

Along with Slashdot, Fark is sort of the granddaddy of social news sites like Digg, del.icio.us and Newsvine. Launched in 1999, Fark lets users submit story links which are then reviewed by editors. The best submissions make the Fark homepage. Digg is essentially Fark (or Slashdot) with user voting in place of the editors....