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HOW TO: Launch a grassroots political campaign using social media, Part III

June 3, 2009

A Step-by-Step Guide for Success On Monday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here and part II is here. Here are the final steps for a successful campaign! 5. Play the victim. If your antagonist is evil (and by default, he is), you [...]

HOW TO: Launch a grassroots political campaign using social media, Part II

June 2, 2009

A Step-by-Step Guide for Success Yesterday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here. Here are the next two steps in the process, which will help lay the foundation for successful campaigns. 3. Build your social networking presence. a. Start with a website. Do [...]

HOW TO: Launch a grassroots political campaign using social media, Part I

June 1, 2009

A Step-by-Step Guide for Success With campaign finance reform, never-ending political corruption and the emergence of the increased power of the citizenry using online technology, this means politics is due for a grassroots-based upheaval. If not, it should be. With that in mind, this step-by-step guide to launching a grass roots political campaign is a [...]

Weekend Updates

May 16, 2009

Here are some updates and final thoughts about some items from the recent past.   Blogger harassment series update There was much discussion on the last series of posts about fired soccer coach Terri Patraw and her harassment of Reno blogger Ryan Jerz. First there were a number of comments in response to the final [...]

The Bystander Effect, Part II

May 9, 2009

Why Reno’s Free Speech Champions Don’t Have Your Back Read Part I here.   What happens when a victim/villain case isn’t black and white? What happens when the purported ‘victim’ is in fact the villain cloaked in victim’s clothing? These are questions Reno blogger Ryan Jerz* has had to consider. When the aggressor isn’t the [...]