I am Alex White, a progressive campaign strategist, social marketer and policy activist.
The other day, I had one of those Twitter discussions with Scott Steel (AKA Possum Pollytics) and Shaun Ratcliff about poverty and capitalism. It started from a tweet by Steel: Was asking about 3D printing as part of wondering whether it will redefine poverty. When shit becomes so cheap to be absolutely ubiquitous I replied: [...]
For the past two years, I’ve written a short post on how I’ve gone in blogging and tweeting for the past twelve months (read 2010 and 2011). The past twelve months have seen a continued steady increase in my blog readership, although the middle of the year, as with the past two years seem to [...]
I love this social media infographic. An important take away is that social media is not just used by “young people” anymore — in fact, older demographics are the fastest growing users of networks like Facebook. Use of social media is now the biggest way that we spend time online, beating email, online gaming and [...]
Social media is a fast-expanding landscape. New sites and tools are popping up each week, and more and more people are using social network sites than ever. Social networking is now the most popular online activity and is growing in every country on earth. Over 1.2 billion people can now access social networks — that’s [...]
Your union’s website should be at the centre of your digital strategy. A good website will help bring together the many disparate elements of your online campaigning and provides the bridge between the various social media networks your union may be active on. There’s no doubt unions should be active on social media. Over eighty [...]