Leveraging Online Tools for Better Citizen Engagement XI International Seminar on Elections and Political Campaigns
The George Washington University MPA Building, Jack Morton Auditorium Washington, DC March 16, 2010
FDR 1933 Golden Age of Radio, NBC national network: 37 markets Fireside chats
Truman 1949 Inauguration televised Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower 1955 First televised press conference 1955 Robert Montgomery, news extended to 30 mins 1956 Emmy: Governors Award JFK 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates, 70 million viewers
Broadcast TV
Academy Awards (ABC) 23.3 M American Idol (FOX) 13.4 M NCIS (CBS) 11.8 M
Cable TV
Hannah Montana (DISNEY) 3.5 M
BarneyCam
Government in iTunes
FY2009 Budget
Evolving Influence
One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters. Increasingly by the general election very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control. Anita Dunn
Congressional
staffers
The average age of congressional staff is 31. Heres what they do:
More than 90% are active online 90% use blogs to help determine constituent opinion 79% of Chiefs of Staff, 66% of senior policy advisers and 65% of LAs read blogs 72% watch videos online 65% use social networking sites 60% prefer to use online resources when preparing their Member for a vote
Source: Edelman
@SenJohnMcCain
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Mobile
2000
Slow, stationary connections built around my computer 46% adults, 5% broadband, 0% wireless, 10% use cloud, 50% cell phone
2008
Fast, mobile connections built around outside servers /storage 75% adults, 94% teens on Internet, 60% broadband at home, 54% connect wirelessly, 53% use cloud, 85% cell phone
Pew Research, Lee Raine, June 2009
Mobile Growth
Mobile Giving
mobile.whitehouse.gov
Contact Info
David Almacy Senior Vice President Edelman | Digital Public Affairs Washington, DC (202) 326-1706 David.Almacy@edelman.com Twitter @almacy http://CapitalGig.com