Empax » obama http://empax.org Moving Big Ideas Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Leading by (Wrong) Example http://empax.org/blog/leading-by-wrong-example http://empax.org/blog/leading-by-wrong-example#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:48:24 +0000 Veronica http://empax.org/?p=1797

The White House recently launched a new initiative called The Social Innovation Fund (SIF). The aim of the Fund is to identify the highest performing, most impactful, nonprofits around the country, and provide the capital needed to facil...

]]> http://empax.org/blog/leading-by-wrong-example/feed 0 Eternal students http://empax.org/blog/eternal-students http://empax.org/blog/eternal-students#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:51:12 +0000 Kathleen http://empax.org/?p=1306 obamacover

When Obama stepped on the scene everyone and their grandmother began analyzing his campaign tactics. His team took this country by storm and changed the way politicians, organizations and companies would foverer use social media. At Emp...

]]> http://empax.org/blog/eternal-students/feed 0 Raw Data Now! http://empax.org/blog/raw-data-now http://empax.org/blog/raw-data-now#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:18:55 +0000 Fred http://empax.org/?p=1176 Raw Data NowAs a follow up to my previous post regarding the necessity of incentives to fuel high standards across all agencies I did some digging around and discovered some very interesting facts about what the U.S. government hopes to achieve via the Open Government Initiative.]]> http://empax.org/blog/raw-data-now/feed 2 How Data.gov can become a good resource http://empax.org/blog/with-data-gov-be-a-good-resource http://empax.org/blog/with-data-gov-be-a-good-resource#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:03:53 +0000 Fred http://empax.org/?p=1148 data.govEven if the public is savvy enough to navigate through bad descriptions and limited formats to identify a mangled up dataset, why should any one agency care if Joe Shmoe can't make an earthquake dashboard wigdet?]]> http://empax.org/blog/with-data-gov-be-a-good-resource/feed 1 Why the president needs to take ownership of traditional American presidential and national iconography. http://empax.org/blog/why-the-president-needs-to-take-ownership-of-traditional-american-presidential-and-national-iconography http://empax.org/blog/why-the-president-needs-to-take-ownership-of-traditional-american-presidential-and-national-iconography#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:57:12 +0000 Martin http://empax.org/?p=1132 Why the president needs to take ownership of traditional American presidential and national iconography.In his press conference yesterday, the president answered a reporter’s question by saying that he understood the 24-hour news cycle but would not be playing into it. He should also not be playing into the contemporary political stricture of ABC – Always Be Campaigning.]]> http://empax.org/blog/why-the-president-needs-to-take-ownership-of-traditional-american-presidential-and-national-iconography/feed 2 Blog the Power http://empax.org/blog/blog-the-power http://empax.org/blog/blog-the-power#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:51:30 +0000 Jessica http://empax.org/?p=434 blog_the_power

Much has already been written about the Obama campaign and its incredibly successful interaction with young voters via its online components, but the following quote, from this New York Yimes article, really struck me:

Chuck D., 48, the r...

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