- The 30 House Dems at the Top of the GOP’s Target List, plus Redrawing The Lines: Growing National Focus on Redistricting.
- Trendsmap: Twitter Trends + Google Maps = Awesome.
- The Invention of Net Neutrality. How the issue grew online.
- How a Small Nonprofit Used Social Media & Crowd-Sourcing to Win the 2009 Global Giving Challenge.
- MoveOn “Protects” the Insurers via online video.
- YouTube’s Game-Changing New Feature for Nonprofits.
- Republicans and the Social Media Revolution. C.f. Sarah Palin: Who Needs the WSJ When You Have Facebook?
- YouTube, the Right-o-Sphere, and the Anatomy of an ACORN Take Down.
- Can Web Gaming Offset Health Reform Costs?
- Does Millions of Followers Mean You’re Changing the World? Depends on how kickass they are. C.f. The Trouble with (Bad) Metrics.
- Fight The Smears versus The Birthers.
- Congressional Tweeting Data and Practices. C.f. Tweet your issues to Congress.
- Crowdsourcing a Legislative Oops.
- The Obama Roadblock: Why He’s Sagging Online, plus More on Obama’s Roadblock: The White House YouTube Channel.
- The Social Media Marketing Handbook.
- Guerrilla Usability.
- Understanding Users of Social Networks.
- The URL Shorteners that will get you the Most (or Least) ReTweets.
- It’s My Jersey — unusual idea for a campaign site.
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Two Million on the Mall.
- Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck’s life. Nothing to do with online politics, but a hell of a story
- Politics Under 30 — there they are, on my lawn again (note the site’s BarackObama.com-esque layout).
- 10 essential Twitter apps for marketers.
- The irony of Newt Gingrich’s Spanish-language website.
- Twitter “Klout”: A New York City Election Case Study.
- The Extraordinaries: MicroVolunteering At Your Fingertips.
- Revealed: how Congress members sound off about science, based on a Sunlight Foundation search engine.
- ‘You Lie’ Pol Aims for His Own Donation Windfall via Google Ads. Details on Wilson’s online advertising.
- New Book Recalls the Image-Making of Obama’s Campaign. By the head of the campaign’s design team.
- 3121 is Officially Live.
- How to translate social listening into good twitter conversation that supports your objectives.
- Budgeting for Social Media Success.
- The benefits of using Web 2.0 tools: a view from the corporation. C.f. Checklist: Develop a Successful Advocacy Program.
- Elements of a Great Fundraising Offer.
- USAJOBS vs CBO Job Site.
- Is Video the New Advocacy Craze?
- Media Relations Planning — 11 Steps to Success.
- Basic Tips for Evaluating New Technologies for Your Nonprofit.
- Terrorists’ Real Haven is Online.
- Spirit may be stranded, but Opportunity’s studying a half-ton meteorite that’s been sitting on the same spot in the Martian desert for 3.5 billion years.
- DC Government Apps Store. Not to worry you, mom, but note that one of the standout applications helps you figure out whether you’re in an area that’s relatively safe to walk through — or not.
- Deadbeats, Freaks, and Creeps: Your Dating Days Are Numbered. Strap down, this one’s gonna get rough.
– cpd