When it comes to Social Media, Obama just gets it. This is how he won his campaign and this is how he will remain intimately connected to the people.
He will be addressing the nation on a weekly basis at http://www.change.gov/ through short videos which will be syndicated elsewhere. Here is the first:
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There was Rock and Roll, Billy Joel, Greatful Dead, Allman Brothers….and then there was Hip Hop. Our generation has grown up with Hip Hop, and along with technology and a few other big cultural game changers, it has defined our time. Our generation.
With the election right around the corner, it seems as if EVERYONE has a say about these candidates and this election. But will the younger voters make it to the voting booths (And I don’t mean the young voters in the video)? My friend is currently exploring this very issue, and it is called Project Youthanized. The issue of apathy within our generation.
It is amazing how many people I know weigh in on the election, yet could not or did not make it out to the primaries. Will they make it out on Nov 4?
Thanks to Jake S for sharing this video.
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When the media covers a presidency, they constantly refer to the phrase “The (insert president’s name here) administration”. A phrase that is reflective of a group of people that form consensus, make decisions, and ultimately run our country. They are America’s Management Team.
When American citizens choose their next President and Vice President, why are they only presented with two teams, of two individuals (although, in reality there are actually more options)? As the world continues down this road of globalization, there are many more factors that come in to play. How can two individuals posses the mental capacity and expertise to address all of the different domestic and global challenges? The short answer is, they cannot, thus appointing others to their cabinet and creating new appointments as needed.
Why can’t the presidential candidate declare the following appointments (or at least a select few..one or two even) pre-election day?
Granted, disclosing all of the appointments may be a bit much. And maybe their can be a different approach that presents more options or more insight. Even so, in today’s world I would be thoroughly interested to see who would take up the following positions pre-election:
After all, aren’t we voting on the people who will run our country for the next four years? America’s Management Team?
Just a thought.
This is the question my friend Mark Korshak is looking to answer in “Project Youthanized.”
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But how do we truly compare generations?
Let’s consider a student in college 30 years ago, to the student today (The generation Y student). How would these students engage activism?
Years Ago: pass out fliers Today: send out emails
Years Ago: organize a rally Today: create a Facebook group
Years Ago: collect donations (change in a cup) Today: collect donations (PayPal)
Years Ago: attend a rally Today: watch a speech on YouTube
Years Ago: start a magazine Today: start a Blog
Technology must be considered in any cross generational comparison.
Although it may seem as if students today are indeed “apathetic”, I can’t help but wonder, is that really the case? If you’ve ever joined a facebook group, if you’ve ever commented on an article, if you’ve ever published ANYTHING to the web, then you have engaged some form of activism. You have made your voice heard. The extent of that activism however, is still unknown.
I wish Mark the best of luck in determining, how, if at all, “uniquely apathetic” our generation is, and how he goes about measuring the extent of this apathy.
The anticipation of who will be the democratic nominee is growing. Fred Wilson posed a great question today in his post titled “And Who Do The Other 17% Think Will Win?”
“My other thought when looking at this chart was “if these were two stocks, what would people be doing with them?”
– Fred Wilson
Behind any investment, their must be substance. Which candidate is proposing ideas that are subtenant, tangible, and practical. We all remember what happened in the dot com bubble when people started pouring money into those revolutionary internet ideas. And who made it out on top?
Substance behind the idea.
