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Author Archives: David Wescott
Social EQ in Practice
The insights revealed by APCO’s Social EQ model have been enormously gratifying in that they have validated our thinking on social media engagement. In our experience, the strategies that work best are the ones designed to build relationships with people who are influential both online and off – not the ones that focus on “gaining Twitter followers” or “making something go viral.”
Posted on November 22, 2010
Categories Online Tagged APCO Worldwide, blogher, friendfeed, social eq, Twitter Leave a comment
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The Boston “Ted” Sox
Posted by David WescottOur friend and colleague Ambassador Marc Ginsberg shared some important insights and fond memories of Senator Kennedy on The Huffington Post today. Marc began his impressive career interning in the Senator’s office in 1969, and served as a foreign policy and national security aide to the Senator. He went on to be the [...]
Posted on August 26, 2009
Categories Uncategorized Tagged U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals Leave a comment
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Remembering Senator Kennedy
Posted by David WescottThose of us who worked for Senator Kennedy are reaching out to current and former colleagues, thinking of our proudest or funniest moments with him. We were privileged to see how hard Senator Kennedy worked, how much he truly cared about important issues, and how he could be larger than life and profoundly [...]
Posted on August 26, 2009
Categories Health Care Health Policy Tagged U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals Leave a comment
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Best of the Live-Bloggers…
The team at Virtual Vantage Points may be rookies at live-blogging but we have some great examples to follow. While most students of the blogosphere may consider Daily Kos or Instapundit as the "top" political blogs on the left and right, respectively, two of the best live-bloggers tonight can be found at Americablog and Red [...]
Posted on February 5, 2008
Categories Aviation Corporate Responsibility Global Development Global Health Health Policy Personal Finance Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Doctors, Educators, Environmentalists, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals, UK Conservatives, UK Greens, UK Labour, UK Liberal Democrats Leave a comment
Categories Aviation Corporate Responsibility Global Development Global Health Health Policy Personal Finance Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Doctors, Educators, Environmentalists, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals, UK Conservatives, UK Greens, UK Labour, UK Liberal Democrats Leave a comment
It’s Cloudy in California
Earlier tonight we posted "community clouds" for the top 10 political blogs on the left and right, as well as an assortment of "political mom" blogs. You can see the clouds we generate for several communities by clicking on one of the "Communities" in the sidebar.As the polls close, here's what the conservative bloggers in [...]
Posted on February 5, 2008
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: The Future of Media Convergence
Categories Online Social Media Best Practices | Tagged creativity, innovation, media convergence, social media | Leave a comment