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April 9, 2007
Technology and Elections
Here is a list of the key technologies that are predicted to materially influence the current U.S. elections.
* YouTube
* Second Life
* Myspace
* Facebook
* Wikipedia
* Ning
* Twitter
* Mozes
* NowPublic
* MyBlogLog
* hmmmmm - what else?
If you don't know them well and how they are being used in politics, check out these posts here and here. There are a ton of strategies in use for this around fundraising, voter influence, and more. We've already sen the power of YouTube to attract political attention.
So, you want to increase the library's budget? You want to pass a bond issue? You need to raise funds for your foundation? You need to do a 'library card' or "@ Your Library" campaign?
How many of these are you experimenting with? How modern are your strategies? Is there enough bandwidth to try one, experiment, pilot and share?
Stephen
Posted by stephen at April 9, 2007 11:46 PM
Comments
In my article on social networks and the presidential candidates, I like to a site that keeps track of all the web services that each candidate is using.
John Edwards is by far the most involved online...
http://seanmcdonald.ca/2007/04/01/social-web-presidential-campaigns/
Posted by: Sean at April 12, 2007 10:37 AM