Anyone who’s been paying attention to this space knows that among my other obsessions, local government / politics and how technology has an impact have been an ongoing theme here. In addition to being a candidate myself, I’m Webmaster of the Pound Ridge Democratic Committee, and I put together social media strategies for another Town Board race. I’ve also worked on Take19 – a group blog which helped elect our very own John Hall to Congress in 2006.
On Sunday, at SXSW, I’ll be joining Advomatic’s Julie Blitzer in a conversation about Web2.0, technology and local campaigns. We are calling the session “Not Just for Obama” because we both believe from our own experiences that the aggressive use of cutting edge social media tools has a place in the most local of political races and movements.
I’m going to talk about how campaigns have changed from the good old days of smoke filled party clubhouses to today’s iPhone empowered field teams. I’m also going to highlight a few great examples from my own experience here in New York State – movements and organizations using the Web to create change in their own backyards. Julie will talk about the technologies themselves and how they are being used.
I hope you can join us on Sunday in Austin. It promises to be an interesting and educational conversation.
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From the chatter on it’s obvious that SXSW is here again. This year I’ll be dropping in on Saturday night and staying through Monday evening. I did the ’staying all the way through’ thing two years ago and I’m still recovering.
On Sunday I’ll be participating in a session on how the Internet and Web2.0 is impacting local political races and issues. My partner in this endeavor is Julie Blitzer from Advomatic. I’ll have more to say about our presentation in a post soon, so stay tuned.
In general, SXSW can be a giant messy mass of bloggers and this year it looks like it’s going to be bigger than ever. I’m planning to try and see as many old friends as I can and you’ll be able to follow my adventures on Foursquare or Twitter.
I’m also planning on doing as many video interviews as I can, so if you have something interesting to say (or if you are in PR and your client has something interesting to say), please let me know and I’ll try and connect with you in Austin.
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I’m a bit late to all the SXSW panel picker self promotion this year, but that doesn’t mean I’m trying for my third trip back to Austin. This year I have two panels up for your kind consideration. Both are a bit of a change for me.
Jocks Online: the Future of Sports Fandom came about from my work with NBC Sports and the USOC on the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. We’ll be covering everything from how bloggers are making the back pages irrelevant to how minor league and amateur athletes are leveling the playing field (pun intended) with big league athletes.
Not Just For Obama: New Media Gets Local was inspired by my involvement in local politics here in Pound Ridge, both as a candidate and as an activist. Noel Hidalgo put me in touch with Julie Blitzer of Advomatic and this panel was born. We’ll be covering how social media tools are being used at the local level.
If any of this interests you at all, or if you just want to give me an excuse to go to Austin next March, please vote!
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Just wondering, at what point did the London dining experience surpass New York and even (gasp) Paris.
London pics are here.
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