Yesterday, Michelle Obama announced the creation of a new White House Office of Social Innovation intended to invest $50 million in innovative nonprofit efforts. This This effort will be spreaheaded by Sonal Shah, the former head of global development at Google, Inc. (FYI: Tags: Social Media Chris Anderson Melody Barnes Michelle Obama Sonal Shah White House Office of Social Innovatio FYI: I do LOVE the fact that this is being driven largely by these amazing [...] ...Tags:

We have all heard how Barack Obama leveraged social media during the campaign ( just Google it… ). More specifically, I’m interested as to how President Obama will continue to leverage social media under White House restrictions. I can guarantee that Barack Obama had a lot to do with this and will surely be contributing in one way or another, even with the weight of the world now on his shoulders. Being a Canadian, I can’t think of ever being so interested in and passionate about U.S politics as in the last 4 years; Clearly I’m not alone.

That is the innovation introduced this week by Google Health and flagged by Dana Blankenhorn at ZDNet Healthcare .  And if you missed receiving what President Obama called the hottest ticket in town , Rebecca Adelman was live-blogging from the White House Forum on Health Reform today. ...Tags: Tags: Health Care Google Health Health Care Reform PHR Sharing your personal health record with anyone you choose just became easier. Rather than paying for the copying of records, picking them up, and delivering them to another member of your health care

M+R Strategic Services just released a report outlining the strategies and best practices from the Obama new media campaign and how those practices should be applied to nonprofits and their online marketing and fundraising efforts. Did you know that the Obama campaign had a 81-person new media team that grew to nearly 170 people by the end of the campaign? It’s a great read. Here’s the lead in paragraph:

Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah, and David Meerman Scott - Oct 19, 2009 11. An inside look at how social media built the Obama brand (Voices That Matter) by Rahaf Harfoush - Jun 1, 2009 13. Ta da .. for your reading pleasure here's a list of titles of social media books scheduled to be release 2009 – 2010.

Merlin Mann has built an online empire around the concept and even did an hour-long workshop for Google staff on it. 8221; You probably read how Thomas Gensemer of the Obama email marketing team proclaimed that nonprofit e-newsletters are a waste of time . I included a shorter version of the following article in my Nonprofit Marketing Tips email newsletter that went out earlier today. The newsletter goes out a few times per month.

Not all high school programs require volunteering, and Google "High School Mandatory Volunteering" and turns out there is quite the debate on the Internet about it. Reach: Look at what Obama's army was able to do for him. Recently, my mother and I spent a morning volunteering a very small local nonprofit. With us that morning, were half a dozen high school girls, fulfilling their mandatory volunteering requirements.

This post is endorsed by 'President Barack Obama,' 'Oprah Winfrey,' 'Hillary Clinton,' 'Coldplay' and other high-ranking search terms in Google. The hope-filled inauguration of President Barack Obama yesterday morning means that 2009 is still dewy enough that we can talk about New Year’s resolutions. Professionally I set a series of goals each year including sales and profitability goals. I’ve ...Tags:

d also love to see more of what Google is doing with open social, making it easy for blogs or even non-blogs to add social networking features. The Obama campaign and administration grok it and are encouraging people to get involved. As December 2005 drew to a close, I asked a few bloggers what their wish list was for the new year .. 2006.

She also has this "little gig" right now as a Senior Advisor for the Obama Campaign! (All All I can say is that I'm glad I didn't google her before the meeting. I had the GREAT privilege of meeting Karen Mulhauser today. This pictures DOES NOT do her justice. Sorry, it was my cell phone's best effort!