Posted in Advertising, Advocacy, Branded Entertainment, Branding, Design, Politics, Social Media, tagged Advocacy, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, President Obama, Social Media, SS+K on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yet another of President Barack Obama’s young, tech-savvy campaign aides has landed a plum gig at a trendy communications firm.
Mike Moffo, Obama’s former national director of special projects, has joined the Manhattan firm SS&K as a vice president after what he called “a reflection period of campaign withdrawal.”
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Posted in Advertising, Art, Branding, Design, Digital, Inspiration, Marketing, Politics, Social Media, Technology, tagged Advertising, Barack Obama, Marketing, Politics, Social Media on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Shepardson, one of the founders of SS+K, and ask him a handful of questions about the firm’s involvement with Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign. SS+K was honored to work for Barack Obama as part of the national media team. As the youth agency, we helped mobilize and [...]
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Posted in Education, Financial, Job Hunting, New Economy, Politics, tagged Bailout, Barack Obama, Comedy, Economics, Fred Thompson, Humor, Recession, Satire on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you haven’t seen this satirical video by Fred Thomspon, you need to watch it now. It’s one of the best commentaries on the economy I’ve seen yet.
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“How Obama Got Elected”, which includes this video as well as a Web site, showcases twelve Obama voters who were interviewed right after they voted to learn how the news media impacted their knowledge of what occurred during the campaign. These voters were chosen for their apparent intelligence and willingness to express [...]
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As if the Twitter feeds, Facebook applications, e-mail updates and mobile alerts weren’t enough to demonstrate that President-elect Barack Obama and his team of experts are acutely aware of how to communicate with and move the youth of America, they’ve upped the ante by launching change.gov
This site ensures that Americans will be kept abreast of the [...]
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The Third Place wishes Barack Obama, our 44th President of the United States of America, a warm heartfelt congratulations. We certainly have come along way and I’m personally happy to be alive to witness such a wonderful and historic event in this country. I’ve included a simple illustration of the 44 Presidents, as well as [...]
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When I first started this blog, I said The Third Place wouldn’t be a place for politics. Meaning, the commentary here wouldn’t be slanted or biased in any direction during this campaign. But I didn’t say I wouldn’t show you news, information and original content that bubbles up during the campaign season.
With this in mind, [...]
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of words lately. Not just any words — words used to effect change in people’s behavior.
Take politics for example. One only has to look as far as Barack Obama’s campaign to see how effective certain words can be when trying to move people from apathy to action. [...]
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