[Chirb] Next Chicago Chapter of the ACM Meeting: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

[Jonathan Tonkin]

Hi, All -- 

I wasn't able to make it to the Ruby meeting tonight.  Here are the details about the upcoming Chicago Chapter ACM meeting, for those who are interested.

Details here: 

http://www.chicagoacm.org/

or below.  


-- Jon 

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Obama for America: Rapid Response Team

presented by:
Walker Hamilton, Site Architect for Obama for America

5:30 PM Buffet and Social Hour
6:30 PM Presentation

Hosted by: Roosevelt University, downtown Chicago
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Congress Lounge on the 2nd Floor

(nearest intersection: Congress and Michigan)

Cost (Includes Dinner & Program): Members: $10, Non-members: $12, Students with ID: $5 

“The ability to connect via the Internet to groups, segments, and individuals changes everything.” – Joe Trippi (Howard Dean campaign, 2004)

What
happens when technology, the internet and campaigning meet to change
our elections and government? Barack Obama's campaign redefined the
election process and changed the way fundraising and grassroots
organizing works by reaching voters, donors and the media through
BarackObama.com, email and social networks like Facebook, YouTube and
Twitter. 

Strategy aside; how did the Obama for America team
manage BarackObama.com with its 2 million registered users? How did the
team develop a site effective as Amazon.com to amass databases of 13
million supporters and  4 million donors; all within a two year
campaign?

Walker Hamilton will present his first-hand experience
as Site Architect for Obama for America to give us an insider's view of
the technology aspects of a political campaign; how the structure of a
campaign vastly differs from the hierarchy of the business world; how
political philosophy affects the use of technology; and how you can be
part of  a politician's support system in future campaigns.


About the Speaker 

Walker Hamilton,
Site Architect for Obama for America, was involved in the design,
construction and maintenance of campaign web applications and the
BarackObama.com website.

Prior to the campaign Walker was a
partner at visicswire, a web development and consulting firm based in
Chicago, IL; and as technical director for Digital Web Magazine
(digital-web.com) where he designed the content management system for
their leading online publication for professional web designers,
developers and information architects. 

Walker recently became
Lead Information Architect at Paradowski Creative in St. Louis and is a
co-owner of Black Point Editions, a fine-arts print shop.


Reservations:
To
			make a reservation, use this
			form:
Click here to Reserve for March 11 now
or
			send an e-mail to greg at neumarke.net
			or call Greg at 773-907-3308 (work)















      
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