A hint about good presentations, Politics as an example of transparency? and OMMA Social
The best speakers bring authenticity through personal stories.
It was easy to focus on Rich Ullman’s lunchtime talk during OMMA Social today as he creatively wove in stories and slides from his experience over the last 48 hours. (Sorry about that olive, Rich.)
He made a point about transparency making newly appointed U.S. Senator Gillibrand an example. With the news around her appointment, he’d just learned that as a congresswoman, her Sunlight Report broke ground making her the first to list her official schedule daily (who she is meeting with) and among the first to disclose all her earmark requests and post her financial disclosure reports.
Cool!
Take it one step further:
I’d love it if every member of congress had a Twitter feed updated as they went through their daily meetings and proposed, amended, or voted on budgets or legislation. Following those I vote for would be manageable and give me a much deeper awareness and sense of engagement.
[Rich was kind enough to upload his slides to Slideshare within an hour of my request. Thanks!]
[You might also be interested in live blog posts about each presentation at OMMA Social by @dberkowitz]
Obama’s Blackberry: “They’re going to have to pry it out of my hands”
The NYT explains about Obama’s Blackberry: “Attached to his belt for years, he has vigorously argued, [it is] an essential link to keeping him apprised of events outside his ever-tightening cocoon.”
Obama on why he’s being asked to give it up: “This is a concern, I should add, not just of Secret Service, but also lawyers.”
I still propose that Obama should not give up his Blackberry, but keep it and put it to even better use. Don’t secure it, free it!
(UPDATE 1/12/09: a couple of interesting posts on the BarackBerry over at CrunchGear geek out on the issues today.)
Mr. Obama, don’t give up your Blackberry! Use it differently.
We have never had an emailing President.
The New York Times reports today that Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry, but will be forced to give it up as President. It has served as
…a singular conduit to the outside world as the bubble around him grew tighter and tighter throughout his campaign.
“How about that?” Mr. Obama replied to a friend’s congratulatory e-mail message on the night of his victory.
But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful.
I say, don’t give it up. Use it differently.
Be not only the first emailing president, be the first to make all of your email instantly public.
Post the output of your Blackberry to a web page.
Obviously, this will change what you can use email for and how you can use it, but imagine the power inherent in making your electronic communication something you share with the world. The leverage of having each word spread so much further than the individuals on the To: line.
Be the most transparent and authentic leader the world has ever seen.
VP announcement via Txt: Do we care?
Filed under: SMS, Twitter, mobile marketing examples, political
This afternoon I received a text message from the Obama campaign (I’d opted-in to text messaging programs for all candidates from both parties early in the year):
Barack will announce his VP candidate choice through txt msg between now & the Conv. Tell everyone to text VP to 62262 to be the first to know! Please forward.
I imagine this is intended mostly to try to get some extra publicity out of the announcement, to position Obama as being in touch with how Americans communicate, and to expand their list of txt opt-ins so they can ask for support and money throughout the rest of the campaign. Mostly yawn.
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Yeah, I was also the guy at the front of the iPhone line; all three times. iPad, too.
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