I invite you to read Barack Obama’s remarks about the Social Innovation Fund from earlier today. . In the remarks, Obama references individuals working for great changes, telling of their success. We all like solutions, right? MORE
Change.org made a major announcement Thursday in response to Obama’s call for public service: Jobs for Change. MORE
I am delighted to note that the article, Obama’s Wired Campaign: Lessons for Public Health Communication , I co-authored with my colleague Lorien Abroms at the GWU-SPHHS Program in Public Health Communication & Marketing , is a FREE selection in the current issue of Journal of Health Communication. ABSTRACT: The Obama campaign has relevance for how we conduct and build communities around our public health campaigns. MORE
Nonprofit fundraisers are looking at the Obama campaign's extraordinary, game-changing fundraising for lessons to use in their own work. As Seth Godin might say, Obama handed the megaphones to his greatest fans. Tags: Obama fundraising Intelligent Giving suggests it was the context of his message. That sounds right to me, but it was also and in my judgment more importantly this: theirs was a community organizing strategy, not a sales and marketing campaign. MORE
Nonprofit communications Nonprofit Messaging Storytelling 2012 campaign communications election frame message frame nonprofit obama president romney story“To frame an issue is to reduce it to a story for which there is only one possible outcome.”—Geoff Geoff Nunberg, linguist Something very interesting happened on the way to the polls this election cycle. MORE
Like most Democrats, I was disappointed with President Obama’s performance during the debate last week. Instead of giving us a two-hour plus historical drama to sip on, the trailer serves a pro-Obama shot straight up. . MORE
In a recent MarketingSherpa webinar on email optimization , Director of Digital Analytics Amelia Showalter shared how President Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign generated more than $500 million in online donations. The Obama campaign found that plainer, less stylized emails produced better results.). Unsurprisingly, more people unsubscribed from the Obama campaign as a higher volume of emails went out. MORE
I asked myself that question as I listened to the commentary from mainstream media and the social media pundits as they analyzed President Barack Obama's inaugural address and the inaugural poem written by Elizabeth Alexander. MORE
Obama does not take whitehouse.gov petitions seriously. I’m not saying that Obama hasn’t done anything, obviously getting out of Iraq is happening, and some Guantanamo Bay measures have been taken. MORE
Lorien Abroms and I take a look at the Obama campaign's use of social media in the latest issue of Journal of Health Communications (2009;14:415-423). Tags: Mobile Thoughts Social Media Campaigns Health Communication New Media Obama Public Health Social Marketing Social Media Lessons for public health campaigns include the following: Consider new media--social networking sites, uploaded videos, mobile text messages and blogs—as part of a comprehensive media mix. MORE
The current edition of Newsweek has a very interesting description of what the Obama campaign is cooking up , including these especially noteworthy observations. MORE
Cross-Post Fundraising Nonprofit Social Media Barack Obama Barack Obama presidential campaign 2008 Ben Goldhirsh Chris Hughes Facebook GOOD Jumo Non-profit organizationJumo, the social medium that started with a bang nine months ago, ended with a whimper in August by being absorbed into GOOD , a content-rich site catering to activists across a broad spectrum of causes. MORE
I invite you to read Barack Obama’s remarks about the Social Innovation Fund from earlier today. . In the remarks, Obama references individuals working for great changes, telling of their success. We all like solutions, right? MORE
It's almost a year since President Obama's election, but there is still a LOT of interest in the staggering success of Obama for America (OFA). Tags: social networking email marketing online marketing online fundraising Obama for America market research M+R Strategic Services MORE
With the holidays quickly behind us, many are looking forward to the next one: The Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama on Jan. Changeblogging: NP, activism, social change + Jan 20 2009 historical news Barack Obama witness history Inauguration road trip social event chance of a lifetime President event opportunity current events 20, 2009. Indeed, many companies [at least in the DC area] are giving an added holiday to their employees in recognition of the day! MORE
As the Democratic ‘nominee’ Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech last night in Charlotte, NC, a record number of tweets on politics were sent out ? MORE
At Fundraising Day in NY (FRDNY), we welcomed back Stephen Geer, the architect of the groundbreaking 2008 online campaign to elect Barack Obama. At the 2009 FRDNY, Steve spoke about some of the cutting-edge online strategies that the Obama campaign used to leverage social media and more “traditional” email. is engaged by a super-PAC to help Democrats, including President Obama, prevail in the upcoming November elections. MORE
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It highlighted insights from the digital team who sent out fundraising emails for the Obama campaign. For more findings, check out the full post, “ Surprises from Obama’s New Media Staff.” M+R had a fascinating post* last week about political fundraising. While political fundraising is its own animal, I do think many of these insights apply to all forms of fundraising. MORE
Researcher Aaron Rich reports that most of Obama's campaign troops plan to remain engaged with the incoming Obama Administration and mobilize others in support of his agenda. Rich also reports out that: 62% of Obama voters expect to be involved in moving the administration's agenda forward by asking others to support its policies. Things are clearly different now, with Obama's base (and McCain's too, to a lesser extent) unwilling to shrink into the background. MORE
Would you like to continue to volunteer in your community as part of an Obama organization?: Yes. Tags: Obama Social Media Transition The pundits ponder this question. The campaign does the right thing - ask them. Some of the questions from the transition team. The following relate to the future of this movement for change. We would like your input on what we should do next and how you would like to be involved. MORE
Here is my first column in Fundraising Success magazine. Check it out! Jocelyn. MORE
Everybody has their wish list for President Barack Obama. Speaking as a cause marketer, here’s my wish list for President Obama, expressed in an open letter. . Tags: Barack Obama Andrew Jackson Anup Malani Cartier M.Todd Henderson Salvation Army MORE
Image by m-c via FlickrI've learned that our new President is really digging in his heels on giving up his Blackberry or giving up on Tweeting, despite the concerns of both the Secret Service and the White House Counsel (lawyers). Can't blame him - as I've discovered in the past few months, Twitter is both fun and useful.If you've been holding off on using Twitter or other social media for your. MORE
Whether you are an Obama supporter or not, we all have to admit that his campaign really "gets it" on how to get to and mobilize Gen Yers. Whether they know it or not Obama is a high-end brand to this target audience." (the the Obama "brand" logo). MORE
In this new world of sharing, the Obama Administration is trying to encourage private companies and internet-browser developers to draw up their own guidelines. Perhaps the most famous statement of internet privacy from 'The New Yorker' (1993). MORE
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. Obama. MORE
Do you advocate for people to give to causes, but never give to causes yourself? Why is that? MORE
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Corporations, who hire attractive spokespeople like Barack Obama, control the uses of science, technology, education and mass communication. So this holiday season, I, like millions of people around the world, traveled to visit family. MORE
How did Barack Obama do it? President-Elect Obama stated last night in his victory speech [video and transcript] : This victory alone is not the change we seek. Tags: Campaigns and Programs Enagagement New Media Obama Realtionhip-Building MORE
As arguments over what to do with and about the US economy and the federal deficit continue to shed more heat than light, President Obama sought to take the fight back to the Republicans with the ‘American Jobs Act’ announced last week. President Obama needs the support of many nonprofits and charities as they tend to support government’s efforts in healthcare, the environment, and education. MORE
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? If you look at where the staff for the Obama campaign came from – it was largely corporate online marketing experience. MORE
President Obama spoke, yesterday, to the press, at the White House, about the nonprofit sector, federal funding, and what the private sector can do to assist the nonprofit sector, today. To read more, click on [link] For more about the Obama administration's work for the nonprofit sector see [link] and listen to the podcast discussion. Tags: tax form IRS form 990 Obama administration news Non Profits 990 MORE
It’s also worth noting that while Obama solicits a responsive design approach and Romney a separate mobile site, both also have their own apps as well. Image Courtesy of Smashing Magazine. MORE
As I’ve said in this space before, there are two secrets to campaigning like Obama—a one-two punch of audience connection and infrastructure to serve the audience. According to Case, one lucky citizen (and guest) will be randomly selected to attend the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and related Inaugural festivities here in DC. So now you can campaign like Obama - and enter a lottery to see him sworn in. MORE
The Chronicle of Philanthropy , on November 6, 2008; posted Peter Panepento's great article, "Charities Can Expect New Regulations And Increased Giving In An Obama Administration" and it does a good job of describing how President Elect Obama's administration could benefit American nonprofits, especially given the current economic downturn. Tags: Obama The Chronicle of Philanthropy fundraising MORE
Barack Obama. But if you could, according to a recent New York Times story, it would cost you something like $50 million ( For BlackBerry, Obama's Devotion Is Priceless ). "I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry. They're going to pry it out of my hands.". MORE
Most politicos concede that the 2008 Obama presidential campaign re-defined online political fundraising and mobilization. Video-Commerce.org recently ran this article, What You Can Learn from Obama’s Video Email Marketing Mistakes. So, do you think the Obama online campaign messed up? Could it be that the “B Team” is running his online campaigning in 2012? MORE
Cellular customers can donate via text the text message GIVE to 62262 (which just happens to spell “Obama”) The donations will be billed to monthly cellular bills, and one can give $10 a time and up to $50 per billing cycle. MORE
or go with Gotham , which was the Obama campaign’s font. I was working on my bookcover last week with my favorite graphic designer, Danielle Bardgette , and she helped me find fonts that would fit the feeling I wanted to convey with my book. MORE
What do we want? Equality! When do we want it? YESTERDAY! I want you to pay attention to the vocabulary in this speech. MORE
In Viral Loop by Adam Penenberg (you can read an earlier interview with him), they talk about a technique employed during Obama’s presidential campaign showing a new kind of value in asking for small gifts. “If If Obama had asked for $100 million in the weeks leading up to the election, he probably wouldn’t have gotten it. Related posts: Obama Crowned Direct Mail King Organizing Your Donors All Donors as Major Donors More on All Donors as Major Donors Major Gifts or Middle Giving. MORE
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Cause Related Marketing
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Everybody has their wish list for President Barack Obama. Speaking as a cause marketer, here’s my wish list for President Obama, expressed in an open letter. . Tags: Barack Obama Andrew Jackson Anup Malani Cartier M.Todd Henderson Salvation Army
GenerationYGive
AUGUST 12, 2008
Whether you are an Obama supporter or not, we all have to admit that his campaign really "gets it" on how to get to and mobilize Gen Yers. Whether they know it or not Obama is a high-end brand to this target audience." (the the Obama "brand" logo).
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 9, 2012
The current edition of Newsweek has a very interesting description of what the Obama campaign is cooking up , including these especially noteworthy observations.
A Small Change
JULY 28, 2010
In Viral Loop by Adam Penenberg (you can read an earlier interview with him), they talk about a technique employed during Obama’s presidential campaign showing a new kind of value in asking for small gifts. “If If Obama had asked for $100 million in the weeks leading up to the election, he probably wouldn’t have gotten it. Related posts: Obama Crowned Direct Mail King Organizing Your Donors All Donors as Major Donors More on All Donors as Major Donors Major Gifts or Middle Giving.
Mission Minded
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Nonprofit communications Nonprofit Messaging Storytelling 2012 campaign communications election frame message frame nonprofit obama president romney story“To frame an issue is to reduce it to a story for which there is only one possible outcome.”—Geoff Geoff Nunberg, linguist Something very interesting happened on the way to the polls this election cycle.
Selfish Giving
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Like most Democrats, I was disappointed with President Obama’s performance during the debate last week. Instead of giving us a two-hour plus historical drama to sip on, the trailer serves a pro-Obama shot straight up. .
Fundraising Breakthroughs
NOVEMBER 10, 2008
Nonprofit fundraisers are looking at the Obama campaign's extraordinary, game-changing fundraising for lessons to use in their own work. As Seth Godin might say, Obama handed the megaphones to his greatest fans. Tags: Obama fundraising Intelligent Giving suggests it was the context of his message. That sounds right to me, but it was also and in my judgment more importantly this: theirs was a community organizing strategy, not a sales and marketing campaign.
Social Marketing and Social Change
NOVEMBER 5, 2008
How did Barack Obama do it? President-Elect Obama stated last night in his victory speech [video and transcript] : This victory alone is not the change we seek. Tags: Campaigns and Programs Enagagement New Media Obama Realtionhip-Building
Seeking Grant Money Today
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
The Chronicle of Philanthropy , on November 6, 2008; posted Peter Panepento's great article, "Charities Can Expect New Regulations And Increased Giving In An Obama Administration" and it does a good job of describing how President Elect Obama's administration could benefit American nonprofits, especially given the current economic downturn. Tags: Obama The Chronicle of Philanthropy fundraising
The Agitator
JUNE 12, 2012
Most politicos concede that the 2008 Obama presidential campaign re-defined online political fundraising and mobilization. Video-Commerce.org recently ran this article, What You Can Learn from Obama’s Video Email Marketing Mistakes. So, do you think the Obama online campaign messed up? Could it be that the “B Team” is running his online campaigning in 2012?
Search Marketing for Nonprofits
AUGUST 12, 2009
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? If you look at where the staff for the Obama campaign came from – it was largely corporate online marketing experience.
JCA Insights
JUNE 18, 2012
At Fundraising Day in NY (FRDNY), we welcomed back Stephen Geer, the architect of the groundbreaking 2008 online campaign to elect Barack Obama. At the 2009 FRDNY, Steve spoke about some of the cutting-edge online strategies that the Obama campaign used to leverage social media and more “traditional” email. is engaged by a super-PAC to help Democrats, including President Obama, prevail in the upcoming November elections.
Social Marketing and Social Change
AUGUST 6, 2009
Lorien Abroms and I take a look at the Obama campaign's use of social media in the latest issue of Journal of Health Communications (2009;14:415-423). Tags: Mobile Thoughts Social Media Campaigns Health Communication New Media Obama Public Health Social Marketing Social Media Lessons for public health campaigns include the following: Consider new media--social networking sites, uploaded videos, mobile text messages and blogs—as part of a comprehensive media mix.
Social Marketing and Social Change
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
I am delighted to note that the article, Obama’s Wired Campaign: Lessons for Public Health Communication , I co-authored with my colleague Lorien Abroms at the GWU-SPHHS Program in Public Health Communication & Marketing , is a FREE selection in the current issue of Journal of Health Communication. ABSTRACT: The Obama campaign has relevance for how we conduct and build communities around our public health campaigns.
Social Marketing and Social Change
NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Would you like to continue to volunteer in your community as part of an Obama organization?: Yes. Tags: Obama Social Media Transition The pundits ponder this question. The campaign does the right thing - ask them. Some of the questions from the transition team. The following relate to the future of this movement for change. We would like your input on what we should do next and how you would like to be involved.
Seeking Grant Money Today
JULY 1, 2009
President Obama spoke, yesterday, to the press, at the White House, about the nonprofit sector, federal funding, and what the private sector can do to assist the nonprofit sector, today. To read more, click on [link] For more about the Obama administration's work for the nonprofit sector see [link] and listen to the podcast discussion. Tags: tax form IRS form 990 Obama administration news Non Profits 990
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
JULY 19, 2013
In a recent MarketingSherpa webinar on email optimization , Director of Digital Analytics Amelia Showalter shared how President Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign generated more than $500 million in online donations. The Obama campaign found that plainer, less stylized emails produced better results.). Unsurprisingly, more people unsubscribed from the Obama campaign as a higher volume of emails went out.
Diva Marketing Blog
JANUARY 20, 2009
I asked myself that question as I listened to the commentary from mainstream media and the social media pundits as they analyzed President Barack Obama's inaugural address and the inaugural poem written by Elizabeth Alexander.
Marketing for Nonprofits
AUGUST 14, 2009
It's almost a year since President Obama's election, but there is still a LOT of interest in the staggering success of Obama for America (OFA). Tags: social networking email marketing online marketing online fundraising Obama for America market research M+R Strategic Services
Getting Attention
JANUARY 7, 2009
Researcher Aaron Rich reports that most of Obama's campaign troops plan to remain engaged with the incoming Obama Administration and mobilize others in support of his agenda. Rich also reports out that: 62% of Obama voters expect to be involved in moving the administration's agenda forward by asking others to support its policies. Things are clearly different now, with Obama's base (and McCain's too, to a lesser extent) unwilling to shrink into the background.
Non Profit Marketing 360
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
As the Democratic ‘nominee’ Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech last night in Charlotte, NC, a record number of tweets on politics were sent out ?
Non Profit Marketing 360
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Cross-Post Fundraising Nonprofit Social Media Barack Obama Barack Obama presidential campaign 2008 Ben Goldhirsh Chris Hughes Facebook GOOD Jumo Non-profit organizationJumo, the social medium that started with a bang nine months ago, ended with a whimper in August by being absorbed into GOOD , a content-rich site catering to activists across a broad spectrum of causes.
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Obama does not take whitehouse.gov petitions seriously. I’m not saying that Obama hasn’t done anything, obviously getting out of Iraq is happening, and some Guantanamo Bay measures have been taken.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
It highlighted insights from the digital team who sent out fundraising emails for the Obama campaign. For more findings, check out the full post, “ Surprises from Obama’s New Media Staff.” M+R had a fascinating post* last week about political fundraising. While political fundraising is its own animal, I do think many of these insights apply to all forms of fundraising.
Marketing for Nonprofits
JANUARY 12, 2009
Here is my first column in Fundraising Success magazine. Check it out! Jocelyn.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
DECEMBER 31, 2008
As I’ve said in this space before, there are two secrets to campaigning like Obama—a one-two punch of audience connection and infrastructure to serve the audience. According to Case, one lucky citizen (and guest) will be randomly selected to attend the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and related Inaugural festivities here in DC. So now you can campaign like Obama - and enter a lottery to see him sworn in.
Donor Power Blog
JANUARY 20, 2009
Barack Obama. But if you could, according to a recent New York Times story, it would cost you something like $50 million ( For BlackBerry, Obama's Devotion Is Priceless ). "I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry. They're going to pry it out of my hands.".
Non Profit Marketing 360
AUGUST 30, 2012
Cellular customers can donate via text the text message GIVE to 62262 (which just happens to spell “Obama”) The donations will be billed to monthly cellular bills, and one can give $10 a time and up to $50 per billing cycle.
Wild Woman Fundraising
DECEMBER 28, 2010
Corporations, who hire attractive spokespeople like Barack Obama, control the uses of science, technology, education and mass communication. So this holiday season, I, like millions of people around the world, traveled to visit family.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JANUARY 10, 2012
Nonprofit Barack Obama Business communication Marketing and Advertising New York Times Non-profit organization Online Communities Politics Rate of return Republicans Return On Investment ROI Social network Twitter United States White HouseClick to enlarge.
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
JANUARY 20, 2009
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. Obama.
Non Profit Marketing 360
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
In this new world of sharing, the Obama Administration is trying to encourage private companies and internet-browser developers to draw up their own guidelines. Perhaps the most famous statement of internet privacy from 'The New Yorker' (1993).
Cause Related Marketing
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Tags: Barack Obama
SocialButterfly
JUNE 30, 2009
I invite you to read Barack Obama’s remarks about the Social Innovation Fund from earlier today. . In the remarks, Obama references individuals working for great changes, telling of their success. We all like solutions, right?
Non Profit Marketing 360
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
As arguments over what to do with and about the US economy and the federal deficit continue to shed more heat than light, President Obama sought to take the fight back to the Republicans with the ‘American Jobs Act’ announced last week. President Obama needs the support of many nonprofits and charities as they tend to support government’s efforts in healthcare, the environment, and education.
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 27, 2010
Do you advocate for people to give to causes, but never give to causes yourself? Why is that?
SocialButterfly
JUNE 30, 2009
I invite you to read Barack Obama’s remarks about the Social Innovation Fund from earlier today. . In the remarks, Obama references individuals working for great changes, telling of their success. We all like solutions, right?
SocialButterfly
MAY 14, 2009
Change.org made a major announcement Thursday in response to Obama’s call for public service: Jobs for Change.
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
or go with Gotham , which was the Obama campaign’s font. I was working on my bookcover last week with my favorite graphic designer, Danielle Bardgette , and she helped me find fonts that would fit the feeling I wanted to convey with my book.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
What do we want? Equality! When do we want it? YESTERDAY! I want you to pay attention to the vocabulary in this speech.
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