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OBAMA ONLINE -- Using Technology, It's the Electorate That Has Changed, Too

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Twitter, One Year Later, Barack Obama Online, Obama Online, Facebook, Online Organizing, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Text Messaging, Jav on Tech, Technology News
Jose Antonio Vargas

For as much as Barack Obama has brought change to Washington, it's also us, the people participating and engaging with politics using technology , that have changed, too.

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New Twitter Lists, Social Influence & Torture

Ari Melber | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, Social Media, The Nation, Online Organizing, Social Networking, Bob Fertik, Twitter Lists, Media News
Ari Melber

Previously, Twitter essentially held the market on recommending users, through its official list of suggested users. But it just launched a tool enabling users to create their own lists on the site.

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350 Global Day of Action: A New Bright Line for Digital Organizing

Michael Silberman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: 350.Org Day of Action, Climate Change, 350.Org, Community Organizing, Online Organizing, 350 Campaign, International, Green News
Michael Silberman

Good organizers embody the idea that nothing can be achieved alone -- so they naturally inspire others to join the effort and even encourage others to take ownership of various components.

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Organizing for America's "Time to Deliver" Is Now

Micah Sifry | Posted 10.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Barack Obama, Jeremy Bird, Organizing for America, Online-Organizing, Technology News
Micah Sifry

Today, Obama is doing something no sitting U.S. President has done before. He is using his massive network of grass-roots supporters to generate pressure from below on them to pass health care reform.

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ActOnPrinciples.org: The Follow-Up to the Big Gay Weekend

Lane Hudson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, The Dallas Principles, Online Organizing, Act on Principles, Grassroots, Gay Issues, Politics News
Lane Hudson

The big question for gay rights following this weekend's march is whether the momentum will continue. Act On Principles is a call for full civil equality with "no delay and no excuses."

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Manage Your Online Time Wisely

WSJ | Posted 09.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Manage Time, Online Organizing, Time Management, Online, Technology News

New tools are available online to help people stay on track when they're working on the computer -- and many of them are free....

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Unmasking Your Power

Stephen Funk | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Media News, Youth, New Media, Online Organizing, Media News
Stephen Funk

60 young organizers chosen for a crash course in utilizing new media for progressive campaigning will be tested today in an interactive online mock campaign.

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Progressives Just Get It: The New Organizing Institute's Mock Campaign Election Supersizes DC Politics

Katie Naranjo | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, Youth, Online Organizing, Media News
Katie Naranjo

Young progressive organizers from across the United States join the New Organizing Institute's BootCamp to learn and engage their peers in the newest wave of campaigning -- new media.

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Is Gov't 2.0 Having A Tea-Bagging, Twittered Moment?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Populism, Twitter, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, New Media, Glenn Beck, Facebook, Tea Party, Online Organizing, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Adriel Hampton joins our hosts Ted Johnson and Maegan Carberry to talk twitter and populism.

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Fast-Rising Protest Group Challenges Power of the Bankers

Kristina Rizga | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Monopoly, A New Way Forward, Youth, Simon Johnson, Bank Bailout, Online Organizing, Tiffiniy Cheng, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Kristina Rizga

In the first three weeks, 8,000 people of all ages signed up to participate in protests planned in over 55 cities. WireTap talked to Tiffiniy Cheng to find out why A New Way Forward thinks a different bailout plan is urgent.

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Liberals Try to Counter Conservatives on Twitter

Stefan Deeran | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, Conservatives, Online Organizing, Progressives, The Exception Magazine, The Internet, Internet, Twittering, Online, Computers, Web, Twitter Debate, Technology, Tweets, Media News
Stefan Deeran

Conservatives are currently better connected than progressives on Twitter through their use of hashtags, a code users paste inside each tweet which tags posts that are relevant to specific audiences.

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Rebutting the Skeptics: Digital Media Is America's Ally

Jared Cohen | Posted 01.24.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Policy Digital Media, Civil Liberties, Al-Qaeda, Bloggers, Activists Digital Media, Facebook, Online Organizing, Foreign Policy, Extremists Digital Media, Digital Media, Digital Media Empowerment, Fouad Al-Farhan, Bloggers Arrested, Mumbai Attacks Digital Media, Technology, Blogging, Dorm Room Diplomacy, World News
Jared Cohen

Over the past year we have seen digital media empower populations around the world in unprecedented ways, but there are skeptics who don't buy into this trend as a force for social good.

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More Evidence of a Sustained Progressive Revival

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Conservative Ascendancy, Netroots Nation, Barack Obama Online Organizing, Progressive Infrastructure, Online Organizing, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign, Barack Obama Netroots, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

This decade is one of extraordinary progressive revival. Dozens of new organizations have been started. Hundreds of new candidates have been elected to office. Millions of Americans awakened politically.

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Online and Off, Millennials Redefine Civil Rights Activism

Tanene Allison | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rally, Millenials Voting, Millenials, Online Organizing, Lawrence King, Politics News
Tanene Allison

Many believe that if Millenials are online activists and information seekers, we are not also at rallies or organizing at our schools. This is just patently untrue.

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Union Organizer Finds Facebook A Problematic Advocacy Platform

Allison Fine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Organizing on Facebook, Social Networking Sites Community Organizing, Online Organizing, Facebook, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Social Networking, Offthebus, Home News
Allison Fine

As various advocacy groups head to Facebook to organize and recruit members, the platform's deficiencies are being exposed. Is it prepared to facilitate these sorts of connections?

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Politweets - All the News That's Fit to "Tweet"

Kristin Gorski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Expression, Social Media, Twitter, Politweets, Cnn, Alisa Schadt, Gabe Hanford, Youtube, Doug March, Min Kim, Dan Croak, Jason Garber, character140, DNC Twitter, Mobile Devices Politics, Buzz Democrats, Online Organizing, Community Politics Internet, Twitter Politicals, Action Alerts Politics, Mitt Romney Twitter, Blogs Politics Internet, Microblogging, John McCain Twitter, Hillary Clinton Twitter, Barack Obama Twitter, Buzz Political Candidates, Republicans Twitter, Mobile Devices Strategy Politics, Political Campaigns Internet, Twitter Polling, Political Candidates Twitter, Digital Expression, Cell Phones Politics, Democrats Twitter, Internet Politics, Digital Politics, Mike Huckabee Twitter, Buzz Republicans, John Edwards Twitter, RNC Twitter, Polling Politics, Home News
Kristin Gorski

While traditional media outlets excel in wordiness during election season, one social media outlet proudly flaunts its brevity. Twitter is a free "mic...

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