Gene Koo is a Senior Client Manager at Blue State Digital’s Washington, D.C., office. Coming to us via Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gene was formerly a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He has had a long career spanning law, academia, organizing, and... video game criticism. We sat down with the multifaceted Koo for our ongoing segment: Meet BSD.
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What happens when mothers, comedians, rabbis, authors, and organizers go head-to-head for $25,000 in funding for their charitable endeavors? BSD found out recently when the first-ever Jewish Community Heroes campaign came to a close.
Raising Malawi co-founder Madonna made a simple declaration: For every dollar donated to the organization, she would match it. Two days later, Raising Malawi's supporters had shown Madonna just how much they care. It took less than 48 hours for her $100,000 goal to be surpassed.
Working with a coalition of like-minded organizations, America's Voice helped create Drop Dobbs, an innovative campaign to pressure CNN to drop "Lou Dobbs Tonight" from its lineup.
It worked: Last Tuesday, Lou Dobbs announced he was resigning from CNN, effective immediately.
Diane Kaplan is a Quality Assurance Manager at Blue State Digital and has nine years of experience testing software. In her previous roles, Diane was responsible for building new QA teams both domestically and abroad. We sat down with Diane for an interview as part of an ongoing segment known as Meet BSD.
Shortly after Tony Blair stepped down as British Prime Minister, he created the Tony Blair Faith Foundation to emphasize the positive role that faith can play in a globalised world. To continue this important work, the Foundation asked Blue State Digital to help it build an online movement.
Got a big idea how the U.S. can improve health all over the globe? If you do, you might win $1,000 and even get your idea published — but you’ll want to hurry. All entries have to be in by November 20.
For the Communications Workers of America (CWA), BSD developed and implemented "Speed Matters", a comprehensive constituency-building media campaign around the issue of telecommunications equity. In a matter of months, BSD's program generated an email list of almost 100,000, and built CWA into a thought leader on this issue, enhancing the organization's credibility with legislators, opinion leaders, and the press. Full Case Study »
“We had a website, but no real organizing tools. I called Blue State Digital and within days, hundreds of screening parties were being created.”