Welcome to the non-partisan Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda. Since 2007, this show has highlighted impact of new technologies on the campaign landscape, how expectations of voters are changing, role of online fundraising, digital and traditional means of persuasion and getting out the vote. In this time of the COVID-19 Pandemic, changes in the behavior of voters, restrictions on candidates and the new normal for retail politics are all under the microscope.
Popular topics on the show include best practices for political and advocacy campaigns, ground game strategies, cross-media advertising, social media trends and impact of mobile on engaging supporters.
This weekly podcast includes interviews with political consultants, media strategists, journalists, advocates, candidates, elected officials, campaign managers, and solution providers.
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Feb 10, 2021
Martin Cooper is an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, futurist and author of Cutting the Cord: The Cell Phone Has Transformed Humanity. He is known as the father of the cell phone as he led the creation of the world's first handheld mobile phone at Motorola based on his work on pagers, two-way radio dispatch systems,...
Mar 25, 2020
Thomas Peters, Founder and CEO, rumbleup and uCampaign reports on the use of peer-to-peer texting in 2020 campaigns and the additional value of humans texting out relevant information and engaging in 2 way conversations with constituents in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. With new limitations on the ability of...
Apr 24, 2019
Thomas Peters, Founder and CEO, RumbleUp and uCampaign provides an update on the use of peer-to-peer texting by political campaigns and advocacy groups. He emphasizes the need to work with vendors who are following legal and regulatory requirements to insure that recipients can opt-out and text messages get delivered...
Dec 6, 2018
Sean Duggan, VP Advertising, Pandora reflects on the trends that influence the increasing use of mobile audio ads by candidates and advocates to target desirable voters. Once seen as part of the digital media buy, traditional media buyers are starting to include Pandora ads in addition to television and radio ads to...
Nov 27, 2018
Thomas Peters, Founder and CEO, uCampaign talks about their RumbleUp offering which is a peer-to-peer texting environment that proved very successful in 2018 campaigns for engaging voters and driving turnout. The solution was even used in parts of Florida hard hit by the hurricane to make sure people knew where to...