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In Defense of the Twitter Town Hall

by Tim on July 8, 2011

On Wednesday, Umair Haque, well-known columnist and blogger for Harvard Business Review, shared a few thoughts on the then about-to-go-live Twitter town hall with President Barack Obama: AskObama Is a Meaningless Marketing Stunt His piece read roughly like this (selectively paraphrased for illustrative purposes): “… a tiny dose of digital dumbification… grumble grumble… a cynical [...]

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Participation on the New WhiteHouse.gov Website

by Tim on January 20, 2009

Today at noon Eastern Time, WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the President of the United States of America, underwent its long-expected relaunch. Those who have been following candidate and president-elect Barack Obama’s web efforts over the last year will surely recognize it. This announcement sounds exciting: Participation – President Obama started his career as a community organizer [...]

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Change.gov launches online discussion around healthcare

by Tim on December 1, 2008

Last Tuesday on Change.gov (the official website of President-elect Barack Obama), the transition team launched a public online discussion on the topic of healthcare. From the announcement on their blog: Join the Discussion Today we’re trying out a new feature on our website that will allow us get instant feedback from you about our top priorities. We [...]

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