Wordcloud: Tim Pawlenty’s 2010 State Of The State Address

This is a wordcloud of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s 2010 State of the State speech, via Bloiswire:

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's 2010 State of the State Speech Wordcloud

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Minnesota Politics & Social Media

Blois Olson introduces the social media & politics panel

[/caption] I can credit the start of my career in online strategy in large part to my fascination with online political communication. In 1994, I read about the first online gubernatorial debate held by E-Democracy (of which I am now a board member); but [...]

Chart Wars: Data Visualization As A Messaging Vehicle

Alex Lundy explains the power of data visualization in public discourse. Found at Blip.tv via Holy Kaw!

The One Big Thing: Real-Time Social Search

The One Big Thing you need to know about this week is real-time social search. The two big news stories this week were Google’s roll-out of real-time search and Facebook’s new privacy features. While Google’s real-time search indexes new and freshly updated Web pages, blogs, and Tweets, reports have it that Facebook and MySpace updates [...]

Mistrust: National Leadership Index 2009

Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Director David Gergen and Visiting Professor Rod Kramer answer questions about this year’s National Leadership Index. Found at YouTube from HarvardCPL.

Facebook And/Or LinkedIn For B2B Marketing?

This is a clip from a Minnesota PRSA core training event we hosted a while ago at Tunheim Partners about social media for B2B marketing. Mark Palony (who blogs at Wondering Out Loud) and I were the speakers; this particular clip, courtesy of Kasey Skala, features our reaction to a question about whether to use [...]

Book Review: Click, By Bill Tancer

I have–of necessity but also  because the subject fascinates me–been a student of online behavior from the beginning of my career. I have been studying how people behave online since 1995, when I became a freelance Web site designer. This fascination has, I believe, given me a competitive edge from the outset. Insight into our online [...]

Wiring A Web For Global Good – UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown

We’re at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today’s interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic — and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy. Found at TED.com.

Steve Rubel Interviews Mike Slaby, Former CTO Of The Obama Campaign

July 20, 2009 · Categories: Interviews, Podcasts, Political Marketing, Video · View Comments 
Those of you who have been following this blog since at least the beginning of the last presidential campaign know how much I admire the work of then-candidate Barack Obama’s online marketing team. This is a fantastic interview Steve Rubel recently conducted with Mike Slaby, the Obama campaign’s CTO; some great insights:

Blois Olson On PR 2.0 – PR Rockstar Interview With Airk Hanson

Arik Hanson does a fantastic job with the PR Rockstar series on his Communications Conversations blog, which I highly recommend. (Check out Arik’s YouTube channel for previous interviews.) The series not only provides his readers with insight from the smart people he interviews, but it is a very smart blog marketing tactic for Arik himself. People [...]

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