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Fast Company
April 2009
Ellen McGirt |
How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.   |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Diane Brady |
Win a Dinner with Obama To balance big-dollar galas, the President's re-election campaign raffles one meal with regular folks. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 12, 2008
John Quelch |
The Marketing of a President Barack Obama's run for the White House was a model of marketing excellence. Here's why it worked so well. |
Search Engine Watch
November 6, 2008
Sage Lewis |
Obama's Link Strategy Fuels Election Victory Internet link love proves more powerful than old-school politics in the 2008 election, thanks in part to a visionary social networking election strategy. What can we learn about online marketing from studying presidential politics? |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
John McCormick |
Obama Fires Up His Campaign Cash Machine Obama's 2012 campaign is asking top bundlers to increase their goals by at least 40 percent, to $350,000 this year. |
This Old House
Deborah Snoonian |
Home Repair Volunteer Programs Hundreds of organizations perform minor home repairs and landscape work for the elderly and disabled. Learn more about starting or joining a volunteer program where you can put your home improvement skills to work, too. |
Fast Company
April 2009 |
Lessons From The Trenches Activating a customer base with digital tools isn't as easy as it looks. As Chris Hughes showed with both Facebook and Obama, detailed execution is at least as important as strategy. |
Energize
December 2011
Susan J. Ellis |
My Personal "State of the World's Volunteering" Report On December 5th, International Volunteer Day, United Nations Volunteers is set to issue its State of the World's Volunteering Report, officially bringing to a close the 2011 International Year of Volunteers + 10. |
AFP eWire
November 10, 2008 |
Where Do Nonprofits Fit in Obama's Plans? Barack Obama put forth a three-step plan to increase public service. His plans for nonprofits include the creation of an agency within the Corporation for National and Community Service called the Social Entrepreneurship Agency for Nonprofits. |
Energize
November 2010
Susan J. Ellis |
When Volunteers Resist Change Always remember that volunteers bring their own perspectives and stereotypes about volunteerism to their service. Here are some ways of thinking that reflect a lack of training or understanding. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Heidi Przybyla |
Social Security Gets a Reprieve--for Now Obama may put off Social Security reform until a hoped-for second term, unless Republicans take the initiative. |
Search Engine Watch
June 13, 2008
Chris Boggs |
SEO Baseline: U.S. Presidential Election 2008 Now that the Democrats have finally picked Barack Obama to run against Republican John McCain in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, it's a good time to examine the two candidates' Web sites from a SEO perspective. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
WhiteHouse.gov Revamp Raises Questions New Obama Web site turns heads, raises questions about new administration's tech-savvy. |
Energize
June 2013
Susan J. Ellis |
Stop Volunteers from Being Their Own Worst Enemies Maybe we need to educate volunteers about who they are and how they fit into our organizations. If we wrongly assume that volunteers "get it," we open ourselves to potential problems of various sorts. |
Energize
October 2007
Susan J. Ellis |
The Moral Obligation of Volunteer Recruitment Promises Recruiting volunteers to contribute their time and effort to your organization puts you in the middle of an implied promise. |
AFP eWire
May 1, 2012 |
Creating Volunteer Opportunities -- The New Role of Fundraisers Think your organization's volunteers and its development office are two separate worlds? Think again, says Emily Davis, author of Fundraising and the Next Generation, new from the AFP Fund Development Series. |
Energize
Susan J. Ellis |
What's Ahead for 2009 in the Volunteerism Community? Here are several ways that the Obama Administration may impact volunteering in the United States, along with some of my own editorial comments. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2010 |
Obama's Open Government Push in the Spotlight Administration marks first year with celebration of IT, open government initiatives. |
InternetNews
April 11, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Obama's Grassroots Sprout at Starbucks What does an online presidential campaign look like when supporters meet offline? |
Energize
Susan J. Ellis |
Volunteers and the Quest for Innovation Are we inventing bigger and better Band-Aids for the symptoms rather than eliminating the root causes of seemingly intractable problems? |
Energize
May 2012 |
Three Things Volunteer Managers Can Learn from the Social Media Revolution Quick Tip: Recruit what Susan Ellis calls `cyber deputies.' These are volunteers who perhaps have more knowledge or comfort with social media than you. |
Energize
May 2013
Susan J. Ellis |
Strategic Volunteer Management: Expanding Your Organization's Brain The problem in volunteer management is not that our organizations are without strategies of various sorts; it's that volunteers are not naturally integrated into those strategies even as an operational tactic. |
InternetNews
April 16, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Pew: 2008 Election Broke Record for Political Web New study quantifies groundswell of online interest in the political process. |
AFP eWire
July 31, 2006 |
Online Volunteering: Factors for Success A new study examines the potential benefits of cultivating online volunteers and the necessary infrastructure and capacity organizations need to effectively employ these volunteers. |
Energize
December 2009
Susan J. Ellis |
When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers Can an organization turn to volunteers to fill gaps when budgets are cut and employees laid off? |
BusinessWeek
February 12, 2007
Eamon Javers |
Campaign 2008: Cranking Up The Money Machine Obama has been lining up Democratic fund-raisers, but Clinton has a lot more cash. |
Energize
October 3, 2011 |
What Leaders of Volunteers Can DO to Gain Executive Attention- Responses A reader from Gainesville, Florida shares his insights about leading by example. |
Reason
November 2008
Mangu-Ward et al. |
Is There Any Hope For This Man? Assessments of Barack Obama from several libertarians. |
AFP eWire
March 1, 2004 |
Many Nonprofits Using Volunteers Ineffectively A joint study by the UPS Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps has revealed that 80 percent of nonprofits rely on volunteers for critical activities, but admit they do not have the resources or knowledge to manage them as they might like. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Alex Wayne |
The GOP Eyes Defunding Health Reform The House Republican plan to deny funds to Obama's health overhaul could be difficult and risky. |
Search Engine Watch
November 17, 2008
Erik Qualman |
President 2.0 Barack Obama was helped into the White House by the increasing popularity of social media. His appeal to younger audiences, and need to get exposure in a primary race against an established opponent led Obama to develop his online strategy. Businesses can learn from his campaign. |
Energize
February 2006
Susan J. Ellis |
The Fair Labor Standards Act and Other Obstacles to Progress As advocates for volunteer engagement, we need to approach specialized counselors as equal team members, remembering that we, too, have expertise to offer. |
Fast Company
April 2008
Ellen McGirt |
The Brand Called Obama Win or lose, Barack Obama's rise changes business as usual for everyone. Here's why. |
