Power in your pocket: campaigning with mobile phones
April 21, 10:00 a.m., Hemisphere B
Description: Although the mobile phone is rapidly growing in popularity as a channel
for political communications, mobile campaigning is still a very new frontier. Our panel
of experts will analyze successful campaigns, as well as ones that didn't perform as
anticipated. Expect to hear a variety of interesting case studies in mobile voter mobilization,
volunteer management, advocacy, and other applications, and get a preview of up-and-coming efforts.
* Nancy Scola (Associate Editor at techPresident)
* Jed Alpert (Founder and CEO of Mobile Commons)
* Scott Goodstein (Revolution Messaging, LLC.)
* Sujatha Jahagirdar (Student PIRGs’ Political Director)