I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, HATE watching TV debates
There’s probably some deep-seated psychological reason for it (“Mommy and Daddy are fighting again!”), but I can’t stand watching televised election debates. I’m on edge the whole time, fidgeting, finding excuses to be elsewhere and just...Orange you glad I didn’t say Conservative?
That there is my first contribution to The Orange Room, the federal New Democratic Party’s remarkable new social media initiative. Go check it out. You’ll find user-contributed and user-rated media as well as a kind of crowd-sourced rapid response network...Regulating online election campaigning
Over on Social Signal, I’ve blogged about the Quebec chief electoral officer’s intention to start applying election spending rules to the web (CBC story here.) Here’s the upshot, but if this kind of thing interests you, I hope you’ll feel free...HLP NIX TXT MSG $ GRAB
The federal NDP has launched an online petition against plans by Telus and Bell Canada to charge users for incoming text messages. I’ve signed; if you agree, why not add your name, too? With everyday Canadians already paying more for wireless phone services than...Make your face part of a protest for freedom and democracy in Zimbabwe
Derek Blackadder from Labourstart.org just sent this along, and I thought I’d spread the word. It’s a cool idea: ask people to send photos of their faces, and then assemble them into a giant mosaic. (There’s an email link below; according to the TUC...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
