Yes, it’s possible here
That will be the message when Blue State Digital heads to Spain next month for PDF Europe, which bills itself as "the world’s largest conference on technology and politics."
After the 2008 U.S. presidential election there was much debate - and speculation - about the potential of a similar bottom-up online program working in Europe.
The cultural differences between the U.S. and Europe are real but not absolute. An online program that is geared toward substantive interaction and mobilisation can be successful in Europe.
Yes, it’s possible here.
One of the best examples is BSD client Hope Not Hate, which built a 100 percent opt-in email list that is bigger than each of the top three parties in the UK, with a staff of only a few people.
Starting in late 2008, Blue State Digital expanded into Europe - and has worked with clients in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden.
Blue State Digital founding partner Joe Rospars and BSD London director Matthew McGregor will be among an impressive list of speakers at PDF's first conference outside of the United States.
Tickets are still available here (and if you purchase one today, you'll receive a 50-euro discount.)
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my.barackobama.com
Then-Senator Barack Obama retained BSD to manage the online fundraising, constituency-building, issue advocacy, and peer-to-peer online networking aspects of his 2008 Presidential primary campaign. Critically important to President Obama's victory in November 2008 was his campaign's use of the BSD Online Tools Suite. The campaign utilized BSD's tools to mobilize over 3 million individual donors to contribute over $500 million online, to motivate over 2 million social networking participants, and to create and promote more than 200,000 offline events across the country. Full Case Study »
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