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Οι Έλληνες στην Εσπερία ψάχνουν αξιοπρέπεια, ευκαιρίες - αλλά και ένα καλό μισθό. Γελάνε και παραπονιούνται, θυμούνται τη χώρα που γεννήθηκαν με πικρία. "Τι θα έκανα τώρα στην Ελλάδα ρε Βασίλη; Άνεργος θα ήμουν" μου λέει ένας φίλος. "Στην Ε…

Ενώ πολλοί πολίτες περιμένουν και κάνουν ουρές να πληρώσουν τον ΕΝΦΙΑ στην Ελλάδα, άλλοι πολίτες, σε άλλες χώρες περιμένουν να πάρουν το νέο iPhone 6 και iPhone 6 plus. Το σκηνικό είναι το ίδιο, ουρές ανθρώπων μπροστά από κτίρια. Οι μεν δεν…

Θες να γίνεις νέος επιχειρηματίας; Συγχαρητήρια! Δεν χρειάζεται να σκεφτείς λύσεις σε προβλήματα και να γράψεις επιχειρηματικά πλάνα και τέτοια, δεν χρειάζεται ούτε στρατηγική να υλοποιήσεις, ούτε κάποιο σχέδιο! Αυτό που χρειάζεται, είναι ν…

Το εσωτερικό της παλαιάς Βουλής Το 2014 θα είναι χρόνος πολιτικών εξελίξεων μιας και έχουμε μπροστά μας τις εκλογές ΟΤΑ, τις Ευρωεκλογές αλλά και την εκλογή του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας στις αρχές του 2015. Η κυβέρνηση μπορεί να λέει πως θα…

Έχω πραγματικά πολύ καιρό να γράψω στο Blog. Επίτηδες, δεν είχα χρόνο. Βρήκα αυτό το βίντεο όμως από την Google και σκέφτηκα ότι πρέπει να το σχολιάσω. Introducing Chromecast. The easiest way to enjoy online video and music on your TV. For …

Ενόψει του δεύτερου γύρου των Κυπριακών εκλογών την ερχόμενη Κυριακή, αποφάσισα να δω λίγο την διαδικτυακή παρουσία και την όλη επικοινωνιακή πολιτική των δύο υποψηφίων. Περιηγήθηκα στις ιστοσελίδες του Νίκου Αναστασιάδη και του Σταύρου Μαλ…

Στο σταθμό του μετρό στην Ομόνοια είδα τους εκπροσώπους της Wind και της Vodafone, μοίραζαν δωρεάν καρτοκινητά νούμερα. Η μία ομάδα ήταν απέναντι από την άλλη (γιατί είναι ανταγωνιστές). Η Wind προσέγγιζε αυτούς που έμπαιναν στο μετρό ενώ η…

John Kerry delivered his first remarks as the new U.S. Secretary of State. In his first speech at the State Department, he noted: "...We get to talk about empowering people through our ideals, and through those ideals hopefully they can cha…

Πριν μερικές μέρες πήγα στο αεροδρόμιο να παραλάβω ένα φίλο. Το πρώτο που παρατήρησα ήταν πως όλοι οι οδηγοί στους δρόμους του αεροδρομίου, ακόμα και οι ταξιτζήδες, οδηγούσαν σαν Ευρωπαίοι. Σταματούσαν στις διαβάσεις για να περάσουν οι αφιχ…

Ο Δήμαρχος της πόλης Νιούαρκ του Νιου Τζέρσεϊ Cory Booker στέλνει ένα tweet στην συνδημότη του Jazzy σχετικά με μια λακκούβα. Ο Cory γράφει για μια λακκούβα που έκανε tweet η Jazzy και της εξηγεί πως έχει διορθωθεί, επίσης την ευχαριστεί γι…

I came across a facebook update from the Greek embassy in Washington DC: "Do you have any questions you wish you could ask our own Amb. Panagopoulos? Here's your chance! Questions regarding Greece, policy, international relations, culture, …

Άλλη μία εφημερίδα κυκλοφορεί στην Ελλάδα! η τέταρτη "καινούργια" εφημερίδα τους τελευταίους μήνες. Για ποια κρίση στον Τύπο μιλάνε μερικοί; 4 νέες εφημερίδες μέσα στην οικονομική κρίση και την εποχή του Ίντερνετ! Αυτό που καταλαβαίνω είναι…

I came across an OSCE update on facebook asking: "Can social media help us prepare for peace?" In the new Report "Preparing for peace Communications in conflict resolution" the OSCE explains the role of Social Media in conflict resolution, …

Η Ελλάδα έχει πετρέλαιο! Η Ελλάδα έχει πετρέλαιο! Η Ελλάδα έχει πετρέλαιο! Πρέπει να το λέμε πολλές φορές έτσι ώστε να το πιστέψουμε! Έχουμε σίγουρα λοιπόν πετρέλαιο, στάνταρντ, και πολύ μάλιστα, για να μην αναφέρουμε και τα άλλα κοιτάσματα…

Έμεινα έκπληκτος με τα επιχειρήματα του υφυπουργού Ανάπτυξης σχετικά με το γιατί έχει αυτήν τη τιμή το iPhone 5 στην Ελλάδα! Ο κ. Σκορδάς πιστεύει οτι το iPhone 5 έχει αυτήν την τιμή... «Διότι ο καταναλωτής έχει αυτή την προτεραιότητα. Όταν…

Αυτό το μήνα ταξίδεψα στη βόρεια Ελλάδα για ένα επαγγελματικό ταξίδι και με την ευκαιρία επισκέφτηκα το παππού και τη γιαγιά στο χωριό, λίγα χιλιόμετρα από τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Ο κήπος του Παππού Η ζωή στο χωριό δεν έχει αλλάξει και πολύ, ο κόσμ…

Οι πολίτες δικαιώθηκαν με τη καταβολή της χρηματικής δόσης και από ότι διαβάζω στα ΜΜΕ, τη δόση μας τη χρωστούσανε οι Ευρωπαίοι γιατί εμείς πήραμε μέτρα και γιατί οι πολιτικοί μας υπέστησαν σοβαρές μείωσεις στα ποσοστά τους στις δημοσκοπήσε…

The 2012 campaigns for President have been very interesting in terms of Internent communications and voter outreach. In this article I have collected all of my comments during the past months and years leading up to election day. These are …

Έφτασε η ώρα της ψήφισης των μέτρων μετά την διαπραγμάτευση (επαναδιαπραγμάτευση - αναδιαπραγμάτευση) της τωρινής κυβέρνησης. Να αναφέρω εδώ πως κόκκινες γραμμές υπάρχουν μόνο στη διαπραγμάτευση, όχι στην επερχόμενη ψηφοφορία, γιατί οι κόκκ…

During the past months both the Democrats and Republicans have send an abundance of emails, driving home their message for the future. At the same time all emails asked for money in the form of donations or contributions. Here are some punc…

During the past few days I enjoyed the videos coming from the Obama campaign on YouTube. I really liked the style of these videos, being a Vlog-like series with Barack Obama taking directly to the camera. It feels very DIY, and definitely w…

Πρέπει να πω πως παραξενεύτηκα με την ατάκα που φέρεται ότι ειπώθηκε από Έλληνα υπουργό ή στέλεχος του υπουργείου εργασίας. Κάποιος κυβερνητικός αξιωματούχος είπε σε συνομιλία του με δημοσιογράφους πως οι "τρόϊκανοι": "ζητάνε την μάνα και τ…

Εδώ και δύο καλοκαίρια, δύο πολύ καλοί μου φίλοι με έχουν φιλοξενήσει στο εξοχικό τους, σε νησί των Κυκλάδων. Την επόμενη φωτογραφία την έβγαλα το 2011, ήταν μερικά σπιτάκια, ισόγεια, τα οποία μου είπαν πως ήταν υπό κατασκευή. Μου άρεσαν αυ…

I must say that I enjoyed watching the first debate between the nominees for President of the United States. It was quite clear from the start that Romney was in charge, and President Obama seemed settled in reciting talking points. Some of…

Having read through a lot of information on how the Obama and Romney campaigns are utilising the Internet and Social Media, I wanted to focus on their political photography campaigns. After looking at their respective flickr accounts (Barac…

I found this update of "Mitt's VP App" on the iPhone. I must say that it made me laugh! A few days before the VP announcement, Mitt Romney gives his VP nominee "Performance Improvements". The Mitt's VP App states: There's no telling when Mi…

Τις περασμένες μέρες είχα την ευκαιρία να ταξιδέψω στα Κυκλαδίτικα νησιά και πραγματικά μου έκαναν εντύπωση μερικές ανακοινώσεις που βρήκα στις βιτρίνες των μαγαζιών. Να αναφέρω εδώ πως και τις 2 φωτογραφίες τις έβγαλα στην πρώτη βόλτα μου …

Credit: OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev I strongly believe that Foreign Affairs Organizations have the opportunity to become pioneers in developing a comprehensive Digital Diplomacy and Social Media Strategy. The Internet as a whole and the differen…

Το επίπεδο των διαφημίσεων στην Ελλάδα το έχω σχολιάσει πολλές φορές, με καυστικά σχόλια σαρκασμού και ειρωνείας, μιας και οι περισσότερες διαφημίσεις είναι template copy-paste ή κλισέ ελληνική βλαχιά (όχι πως δεν υπάρχουν και καλά παραδείγ…

A few years ago Greeks realized that the global financial crisis actually affected them too... You see, people here lived in a virtual reality for decades. The Greek growth model was based on the notion of spending; while the economy was st…

Βλέποντας τα νέα από το χρηματιστήριο σε όλα τα δελτία ειδήσεων στην Ελλάδα καταλαβαίνεις ένα πράγμα, για να γίνεις χρηματιστηριακός ρεπόρτερ πρέπει να ξέρεις ανάγνωση... άντε και γραφή, μιας και θα πρέπει να γράψεις και καμιά σημείωση... Τ…

Οι εκλογές στις 17 Ιουνίου είναι πολύ κοντά, όμως, οι επιλογές των πολιτών δεν είναι για μία ημέρα μόνο. Πιστεύω πως αρκετοί άνθρωποι δεν έχουν καταλάβει το βάρος των επιλογών τους... είτε θα ψηφίσουν υπέρ του μνημονίου και της δανειακής σύ…

Ως ετεροδημότης, πήγα να ψηφίσω στην Πάτρα στις εκλογές της 6ης Μαΐου, όπου και θα ξαναπάω για τις εκλογές της 17ης Ιουνίου. Όταν έφτασα στο τμήμα, και καθώς περίμενα τη σειρά μου για να ψηφίσω, μία γυναίκα περί των 60+ ζήτησε τα περισσευού…

Οι εκλογές που έγιναν έδωσαν ένα ξεκάθαρο μήνυμα, οι πολίτες ψήφισαν. Για όσους δεν μπορούν να καταλάβουν το μήνυμα των εκλογών, μπορούν να διαβάσουν τα αποτελέσματα εδώ. Όλοι οι πολιτικοί αρχηγοί έχουν ακριβώς την ίδια ρητορική: Δεν φταίω …

To my surprise I got this email from Rufus Gifford and the Obama 2012 campaign: Friend -- I am just so happy. If you're proud of our president, this is a great time to make a donation to the campaign: https://donate.barackobama.com/This-Is-…

Στις λίγες ώρες που απομένουν μέχρι να ανοίξουν οι κάλπες δεν υπάρχουν πολλά καινούργια επιχειρήματα που μπορείς να πεις... Τα κόμματα και οι υποψήφιοι βουλευτές έχουν επαναλάβει τις απόψεις τους και περιμένουν να ψηφίσουν οι πολίτες. Εδώ θ…

Δεν ξέρω ακόμα πόσο υπομονή θα έχω για να γράφω για το πολιτικό σύστημα και τις εκλογές, να επαναλάβω όμως αυτό που είχα αναφέρει στο άρθρο μου "Πως να ψηφίσετε στις επόμενες εκλογές" - Επιλέξτε πολίτες οι οποίοι κατεβαίνουν για πρώτη φορά …

Έχω βαρεθεί να ακούω και να διαβάζω μεγαλόπνοα κείμενα ομιλιών και θέσεων με δήθεν τίτλους που δεν λένε τίποτα στην ουσία, αλλά είναι γεμάτα βαριά οράματα, μακρόσυρτες φανφάρες, ενώ είναι διανθισμένα με λέξεις και έννοιες που εμπνέουν! Το π…

Σήμερα στο Σύνταγμα, και με την αναγγελία των εκλογών να έρχεται, αναρωτήθηκα κατά πόσο οι πολιτικοί που έχουμε ή οι φέρελπεις πολιτευτές, μπορούν να επικοινωνήσουν με τους πολίτες μέσα από τα κοινωνικά δίκτυα. Κατά τη δική μου γνώμη έχουν …

Message by Dr. Stefanie Babst (NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy). A new initiative from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, part of a public, or better framed, digital diplomacy. As stated, the WE-NATO platfo…

Πραγματικά με έκανε να γελάσω αυτό το πρωτοσέλιδο, παράλληλα σκέφτηκα πως το επίπεδο του Ελληνικού τύπου συνεχίζει να είναι χαμηλό και να μην υπάρχει πάτος στον λαϊκισμό και τον αυριανισμό. Η εφημερίδα ¨ΤΑ ΝΕΑ" στο φύλλο της 2 Μαρτίου 2012 …

Credit: OSCE/Igor Schimbator In a recent article on NPR by Michele Kelemen, one can read how Social Media have affected Public Diplomacy. The Arab spring has been used as a bedrock for people arguing about the role of the Internet in regime…

Η φωτογραφία είναι από το μετρό στους Αμπελόκηπους. Οι προορισμοί είναι οι περισσότεροι της υποσαχάριας Αφρικής. Με έκανε πραγματικά να γελάσω, μου θύμισε την παλαιά Ελλάδα, μία χώρα που τελειώνει για πολλούς.. Οι προορισμοί μας στην Αφρική…

Η φωτογραφία από το άδειο μαγαζί στους Αμπελόκηπους είναι άκρως σημαντική. Έβγαλα αυτήν την φωτογραφία πριν λίγες μέρες και πρέπει να πω πως αισθάνθηκα λίγο καλύτερα εκείνο το πρωί. Δεν το ήξερα το μαγαζί Sugar & Spice, είχε κλείσει πριν με…

It's me again, blogging from my iPhone. So please excuse any spelling errors and/or abbreviations.. By the by, I will be using the blogger app more! On topic.. I love how the Mitt Romney campaign actually forwarded an email from the Obama C…

Credit: OSCE/Curtis Budden Σε αυτό το σημείο θέλω να αναφερθώ στον τρόπο με τον οποίο πρέπει να ψηφίσουμε στις επόμενες βουλευτικές εκλογές. Δεν ξέρω αν θα είναι στις 19 Φεβρουαρίου, όπως λέγεται, αλλά το μόνο σίγουρο είναι πως η ημερομηνία…

A recent tweet from President Obama... stated: President Obama urges Congress to pass the infrastructure section of the American Jobs Act now. Listen live: http://wh.gov/live I have seen this in many tweets from politicians that have commun…

First of all I want to say that I don't believe in websites that debunk Internet rumor. As I said in a previous post Debunking smears on the Internet: "When you make it an issue, it becomes an issue" AttackWatch.com is a new website that se…

The Mitt Romney campaign has the message "Believe in America" beneath the Romney logo (my opinion on the 2012 Romney logo) but just beneath that, it has a Donate button. In doing so the message becomes: Romney - Believe in America - Donate …

In a recent email to supporters, the UK Conservative Party asks people to become full members of the party in order to help shape party policies, attend party Conferences and select the Party's candidates. Also worth mentioning.. members ge…

David Plouffe, Senior Advisor to the President, in a recent email said: We're about to change the way Americans engage with President Obama and his Administration by launching a new way for you to join with fellow Americans to petition the …

I always try to find new ways to talk and engage with people on twitter. Although I maintain what I consider to be a very modest account; I know I need to put more time and effort in my personal tweeting. At the moment, I mostly tweet throu…

A Great initiative from the World Trade Organization! Maybe not so creative, since the World Economic Forum has been running Video Contests for the last Davos meetings, but still a great move from an organization that is one of the most imp…

I watched a recent interview of Greek Finance Minister Venizelos on Blommberg concerning the developments in the Greek economy. I am not going to comment on the points raised by the Minister; but I do want to comment on the ads that appeare…

It's good to see that the GOP is engaging with the Obama twitter townhall #AskObama. Something that they didn't do during the Obama facebook townhall. In my post "President's facebook townhall & creative online campaign tactics" I wrote: I …

Email newsletters can be considered to be the first direct to citizen tool of online political communications, before social media or other engaging technologies. The Obama 2012 campaign is using a style of email communication that started …

Σήμερα στο Σύνταγμα πήρε φωτιά ένα φορτηγάκι κινητής τηλεφωνίας. Αυτές οι φορητές κυψέλες είναι πραγματικά μία τρομερή τεχνολογία η οποία χρησιμοποιείτε από τα δίκτυα έτσι ώστε να ενισχύσει το σήμα σε περιοχές όπου υπάρχει έλλειψη από το κα…

Καθημερινά σταματώ στο Μετρό του Συντάγματος, έπειτα περνώ από την Αμαλίας, (όπου υπάρχει φανάρι εν λειτουργία για τους πεζούς) και μετά προσπαθώ να περάσω από την διάβαση Βασ. Σοφίας - Πανεπιστημίου. Στη συγκεκριμένη διάβαση υπάρχει φανάρι…

Having watched Anthony Weiner admitting sending out an explicit, private, photo to one of his twitter followers I was really amazed that he didn't conclude with resigning from his seat. But what can we learn from the social media strategy o…

Sarah Palin concludes her latest facebook note with "November 2012 can’t come soon enough.", while Obama promotes a Strategy update video on: "What We're Building This Summer". When you compare these two facebook messages one can understand…

Εχθές έγραψα στο twitter: "Δεν υπάρχουν απλοί πολίτες, υπάρχουν πολίτες." Η έννοια του πολίτη δεν πρέπει να απαξιώνεται. Δεν υπάρχουν απλοί, ή προνομιούχοι, πολίτες. Υπάρχουν πολίτες, σκέτο. Το γράφω αυτό διότι άκουσα από πολλούς πως "απλοί…

Having watched the President's speech on American Diplomacy in the Middle East & North Africa I have to say that I agree with the majority of the arguments raised. Once again, President Obama has mentioned the important role that the Intern…

After some days since my last Blog post, I wanted to write something today since there is yet another media strike in Greece. I remembered writing "A country with no Mass Media Communications (for 4 days)" just over a month ago. Well today …

I really want to commend Benjamin Netanyahu on his initiative to engage with people online. It is truly remarkable that a head of state is coming out openly and accepting questions from a global audience! The office of the Israeli PM states…

According to Bill Maher the logo of the Mitt Romney campaign for 2012 looks like a toothpaste ad; and yes funny enough it does. My assessment on the logo is different. When you look at it, it clearly represents the number 2. Most noticeably…

Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, came out with a video on April 15th in asking people to send YouTube videos and tell the GOP why they "Can't Afford 4 More Years". The winning submission will receive a $100 gif…

So, Tim Pawlenty tweeted before the President's facebook townhall: Have a tough question for @BarackObama's Facebook townhall today, submit questions that are unlikely to be answered here When I saw this I thought that it would link to the …

In the age of 24 hour Blogging and Social Media, debunking a smear can be proven to be a near impossible task. You can address or "put the record strait", however you cannot make the smear disappear.When you make it an issue, it becomes an …

When I updated the Organizing for America app in the iPhone, it transformed to the 2012 election app. It is a pretty straightforward app, with news, multimedia, local events and a donation button (although you have to leave the app to make …

From the 7th to the 10th of April the Greek mainstream Media is on strike. This means that almost all journalists, reporters, technical staff and other people involved in the production and presentation of the news are not at their desks. G…

Shimon Peres & Benjamin Netanyahu, in two different occasions, talked about the role of the Internet in the recent events throughout the Middle East. Peres at a Chatham House Conference: Sixty Years of British-Israeli Diplomatic Relations (…

It has been some time since my last Blog Post, I have many excuses for that, mainly work, work and more work. (No thoughts in trying to write something about that...) I just wanted to belatedly mention a great event at the White House, on t…

Έχω βαρεθεί να ακούω αναφορές σχετικά με τη Moody's, τα Spread, τα CDS, αλλά και πολλά άλλα, άγνωστα σε πάρα πολλούς, ακρώνυμα και ξενικά ονόματα, τα οποία έχουν γίνει πλέον γραφικά. Λες και ξέρουν όλοι τι είναι, και πως αναλύονται χρηματοο…

I thought I received an email from the GOP; but no, it was from Melody Barnes and the White House. Melody Barnes is the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, she works as an advisor in Washington DC. In the email she states: The state of…

First of all, I want you to look at the print-screen below. It's when Gaddafi delivered his first speech after the clashes started in Libya. At the same time, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, made a statement and the BBC carried the two …

I received two different emails last night, one from Mark Langdale from the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and another from Jeremy Bird, Deputy Director Organizing for America. The title on this Blog Post is the combination of the two …

I've been following what is happening in Libya these days, and I am not sure why this uprising has not been hailed as a Social Media or "facebook revolution". Although this sort of tagging is mostly planted by mainstream media, I am sure th…

In my Last Blog post "Papandreou talks about the role of Social Media in Government" I promised to write on how New and Social Media impact public diplomacy. I have been rather busy lately (haven't Blogged as much as I would like), however,…

In a recent speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Athens, the Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou referenced Social and New Media and their role in Government. You can watch what Papandreou sai…

I've been reading on how social media has ignited the social developments in Egypt, and also how this argument is silly, since most people in Egypt do not have access to facebook and twitter so as to organize and utilize these new media. I …

I have been paying close attention to the communications & multimedia campaign from the White House and I really enjoy the West Wing Week, a video diary that is produced by the White House communications staff. The series aims to be "your g…

Joe, (VP Joe Biden) emailed Organising for America supporters yesterday, regarding the "Promises Kept Report". As he states in the email: Friend -- Telling the story of the past two years will be critical to the fights ahead. And it's not j…

Sarah Palin released a video today on Vimeo (First time she utilized this video service) in response to the shootings in Tucson AZ. According to THEBLAZE.com (a site managed by Glenn Beck) Sarah Palin has officially broken her silence and i…

Ok, I know this is silly, but the above photo is a print-screen of the official YouTube account of the President (as of 30/12/2010). Notice that right next to his profile picture there is the series of subscribers, most of them beautiful gi…

I thought to look back and read my last 2009 post. I remembered that I set some goals for 2010. So how did I do so far? Well: I did write more Blog Posts (this is my 50th for 2010, in comparison to 32 for 2009), a trend that I want to conti…

President Obama paid a surprise visit to the troops in Afghanistan. I am intreaged to contrast and compare with President G.W. Bush surprise visit to Al Asad Airbase in Iraq back in September 3rd, 2007. As you can see there are strark deffe…

The US mid-term elections were held about the same time that the Greek Mayoral elections, and unfortunately I was preoccupied in keeping up with the local campaigns. But, I did manage to follow some of the news and catch up on US politics o…

Την προηγούμενη Κυριακή, κάθισα να δω τα αποτελέσματα του δευτέρου γύρου των περιφερειακών και δημοτικών εκλογών 2010. Παράλληλα, ακολουθούσα τα hashtag #ekloges & #eklo10 καθώς και updates από το facebook. Αλλάζοντας κανάλια συνεχώς, έτσι …

Θέλω να αναφερθώ στην αποχή, το λευκό και το άκυρο. Τα στοιχεία που παραθέτω είναι από το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών και είναι όπως έχουν διαμορφωθεί έως τώρα για τις περιφέρειες. Γραμμένοι 9.716.362 Ψήφισαν 5.927.303 Συμμετοχή 61,00 Άκυρα / Λευκ…

I've read that the science of the near future is statistics. The above video is really an insight of where marketing, advertising and micro targeting is going. Interesting to develop different applications for different markets or products.…

Θέλω να παρουσιάσω ένα καταπληκτικό τρόπο πολιτικής επικοινωνίας μέσω του Ίντερνετ, αλλά και να σχολιάσω πόσο μακρυά είναι η Ελληνική πολιτική κουλτούρα, και πρακτική, από υγιές εκφράσεις άμεσης επικοινωνίας και διαδραστικότητα της πληροφορ…

Rogue candidates are gaining publicity for single-issue campaigns. Do take the time to watch these videos, it is impressive, and at the same time very positive, that people are turning towards real and straightforward messages. Rent Is Too …

Εδώ και ένα μήνα έχω μετακομίσει στη Βουλιαγμένη, και είπα να ψάξω τι γίνεται με τις εκστρατείες για το νέο δήμο Βούλας - Βάρης - Βουλιαγμένης. Στη γειτονιά μου, κυριολεκτικά σε ακτίνα 100 μέτρων, υπάρχουν περίπτερα από 3 συνδυασμούς. Κάνον…

I really like the new calling tool by Organising for America. Straightforward tools like this can really help in organising grassroot supporters to take action in a structured and targeted way. This technology serves not only as a phone ban…

As part of my presentation at the 6th International Political Marketing Conference, on Blogger Outreach strategies and New Media Engagement, I commented on how to manage negative blog posts in a political campaign. Blogs are becoming part o…

Last week I took part at the 6th International Political Marketing Conference, you can read the full abstract of my presentation: Blogger Outreach strategies and New Media Engagement. It was great to talk with fellow political marketers, an…

Παραθέτω απλώς το λογότυπο του Die Linke, κόμματος της Γερμανίας, σε σύγκριση με το λογότυπο της Δημοκρατικής Αριστεράς κόμμα που δημιουργήθηκε το 2010 από μέλη της «Ανανεωτικής Πτέρυγας» του Συνασπισμού της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της …

Οι ερχόμενες εκλογές είναι μία ακόμα ευκαιρία για πολλούς συμπολίτες μας να αναδειχθούν σε θέσεις της τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης. Οι αυτοδιοικητικές εκλογές της 7ης Νοεμβρίου 2010 είναι στο κατώφλι της ελληνικής πολιτικής επικαιρότητας, και με α…

The upcoming election campaigns in the States, are probably going into full mode next week, and the Republicans have launched their new campaign bus along with http://www.firenancypelosi.com/ A cool move by the GOP in energizing grassroots …

I found two emails in my inbox asking me to go and buy the new iPhone 4 in Greece (I have already switched to the Blackberry Bold since June, but that's besides the point). As you can see they are from Vodafone and Cosmote. The funny thing …

I know... I have not posted anything for a while know, but here I go again. I was really impressed by this recent interview of Robert Gibbs on Fox News. My comment on the liberal viewer facebook page was: she was actually right... anyway, g…

Barack Obama was the second person to reach 10 million facebook likes, after Lady Gaga. Facebook for sure plays a distinctive role in online communications, and politicians in particular seem to be very fond of how facebook helps them conne…

Ο κ. Χατζηγάκης στο βραδινό δελτίο ειδήσεων του MEGA προσπάθησε να απολογηθεί για τις προσλήψεις που έκανε ως Υπουργός Γεωργίας, σε απάντηση καταγγελιών του κ. Πάγκαλου, που έκανε σε πρωινή εκπομπή του MEGA. Δείτε την απολογία του κ. Χατζηγ…

Bloomberg's Nicole Itano reports from Piraeus Port, near Athens, on Greece's fifth general strike of the year today, halting ferries, public transport and other state services, 29 June 2010. (Source: Bloomberg) So, while the International n…

The idea of this post came to me from a previous one "Dare to compare UK and Greek PM resignation videos" This time around I want to draw your attention on two videos, the first from current Greek PM George Papandreou, in an interview with …

Yesterday I saw these updates on facebook, they were identical, both from Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. They directed to a website, part of the 2010 get out the vote web campaign to "Add your name as a strong supporter of comprehen…

Πόσο μακρυά είμαστε από μια οργανωμένη αγορά ακινήτων; Μιλώντας με αρκετούς μεσίτες, οι περισσότεροι δεν λένε, δεν ξέρουν, η δεν θέλουν να ξέρουν τι συμβαίνει με την αγορά ακινήτων στην Ελλάδα. Έχω καταλήξει πως ο περισσότερος κόσμος δεν έχ…

Browsing facebook, I came across an update from Barack Obama: We have a choice as a nation. We can return to the failed economic policies of the past, or we can keep building a stronger future. We can go backward, or we can keep moving forw…

Today, Thursday the 20th, there is another general strike in Greece. The journalists are not taking part, so that people can stay informed on what is happening on the ground. Last time around on May the 5th, the media broke their strike to …

I do not want to editorialize or comment much on these two video excerpts. Two resignation speeches from outgoing Prime Ministers in the UK and Greece. These leaders were the incumbent politicians; both of them lost their country's general …

There is an imminent social dead end in Greece. 3 people have been killed. Some of the citizens are against the IMF measures due to be implemented to the economy. The Athens city-center is now a war-zone. I believe that these social reactio…

Europe and the IMF agreed to €110 Billion financing plan with Greece. Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the IMF issued the following on Greece: "The Greek government has designed an ambitious policy package to address the eco…

As you might have noticed Greece is in the world news again, with reports concerning the current financial support that the country needs in order stay aflot and restructure the economy. A search on twitter shows just how many people are ta…

6th International Political Marketing Conference Thesalloniki, Greece Title: Blogger Outreach strategies and New Media Engagement Credit: OSCE/Mirvete Mustafa Abstract Building an online presence and actively engaging with Bloggers, and key…

The above two poster campaigns have a common theme, Conservative 1980s, a message that started by the Labour campaign and then utilized (kindly donated by the Labour party) as a smart rebuttal by the Tories; brilliant. The UK general electi…

Διαβάζοντας το troktiko έπεσα πάνω σε ένα τίτλο που μου έκανε πραγματικά εντύπωση. Ευκαιρία να βρίσετε έναν από τους 300. Το πιο δημοφιλές Ελληνικό Blog έδινε link στο κόσμο που το διαβάζει να πάει στο website του κ. Νικολόπουλου. Πήγα και …

Sarah Palin has generated a remarkable political credit. She is endorsing John McCain for the Senate seat in Arizona. She is now playing a major role in Republican and Tea Party politics, and definitely someone to look out for in elections …

Οι περισσότεροι ενεργοί Έλληνες πολιτικοί διατηρούν κάποιου είδους παρουσία στο Internet, με μορφή ιστοσελίδας, όπως και σε δημοφιλή κοινωνικά δίκτυα με στόχο να συνδεθούν με πολίτες και ψηφοφόρους. Πολλοί πολιτικοί, αλλά και κόμματα, εκμετ…

The 2010 US Senate race is heating up. I came across an excellent Internet campaign by Chris Widener (R) against Patty Murray (D) for the Senate seat of Washington State. The campaign is called NotPatty.com a website that lists and asks a s…

The above photo is one from a series of photos posted recently by the official White House twitter account on Twitpic. As you can see, it is a shaky picture, with the finger of the White House new media staffer showing on the left part of t…

The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, has met with US President Barack Obama at the White House, in an effort to communicate the Greek Plan for economic and financial reform. Some political commentators in Greece have dubbed most of …

The UK General election is due to take place on or before the 3rd of June 2010. The above banner is from the Conservative party's online shop, but I believe it makes a valid point. Both David Cameron, and Gordon Brown are embracing and usin…

Continuing my thoughts from a previous article, The Greek Financial Sodoku, concerning the new economic austerity measures about to be announced to the Greek people, I want to include that most of the people don't have an idea of what is en…

The above map indicates over 55,000 projects that have been funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. One year later both the Democrats and the Republicans have come out with multiple messages to reinforce their direct oppo…

So, I've been watching how the Greek government is dealing with the current economic crisis, and the measures that Greece needs to undertake in order to stabilize the economy. Let me say that I am not impressed. Although I believe that my c…

What Glenn Beck has achieved for Fox News and the Conservative movement in the States is truly remarkable. As you can see from the chart above the ratings for his show in relation to CNN and MSNBC have skyrocketed. He has done so because th…

Writing about the Greek News Blogs in my last post, I started thinking about how the blogosphere interacts with the news and the mainstream media. I came across this very interesting clip from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. There are cert…

Tα λεγόμενα Ελληνικά Μπλόκς (Blogs), είναι μία ιδιαίτερη περίπτωση. Μερικοί νομίζουν πως δημιούργησαν μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης και είναι πλέον και αυτοί δημοσιογράφοι, παρουσιαστές, εκδότες ...διαπλεκόμενοι της διαδικτυακής πληροφόρησης. Ενώ…

The Bush Institute, the policy research arm of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, has launched a new website. The Institute transforms ideas into action and produces results that can be tested, proven, and deployed in the real world. A…

In a recent event at the Progressive Book Club, David Plouffe explains that campaigns matter. It is very interesting to hear that "voter anger" is such a powerful thing to tap into when running a political campaign. I beleive that this will…

The Presidential Citizens Medal recognizes Americans who have performed exemplary for their country or their fellow citizens. This year President Obama is inviting citizens to nominate candidates. The White House website asks: who has inspi…

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is a great initiative by the 2 former U.S. Presidents, to come together and help the people of Haiti. Until now the Fund has received more than 90,000 contributions for relief and recovery efforts. There is also …

I always like to point out simple web tools that make the difference in spreading the message and organising a campaign. Repeal It! is a new website from ClubForGrowth that asks people to pledge as lawmakers, candidates and citizens, to rep…

Sarah Palin has come a long way in U.S. politics, from being mayor of a small city in Alaska to becoming Governor and then VP candidate for the Republicans in the 2008 election. Since resigning her post as Governor, Sarah Palin published he…

Just wanted to squeeze another Blog post just before the new year. And yes, I will be more active in my Blogging in 2010, it is one of my many 2010, and new decade, resolutions... Maybe because I use twitter a lot, maybe because I was worki…

I really like this tool from "Organizing for America". It is a great method to lobby the House of Representatives and the Senate while utilizing grassroots support for healthcare reform. What I really appreciate is the openness of the tool,…

Yesterday the townhall: "Ask The Chairman: A Virtual Town Hall" ended. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen received 16 video questions. Have a look at the teaser: And just when the pentagon virtual town-hall ended,…

It was awesome to take part in the DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Mr. Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, talking about the launch of the new defense.gov website and the new social media strate…

From preliminary results 40% to 50% of 15 million registered voters in Afghanistan actually turned up to vote. The total population of Afghanistan is 33.6 million, only 7 million people actually voted, and these people must have been from l…

The U.S. government has embraced social media on a number of new federal website projects. The new DoD website is a great example of utilization of new media, on a rather sensitive issue of Defense and Security. It may come as a surprise th…

I came across Rand Paul's campaign for the US Senate, the son of Congressman Ron Paul after watching him on the Glenn Beck show yesterday. He seems to follow the republican values of his father, while showcasing a clear view of his own beli…

Alexi Giannoulias, currently the Illinois State treasurer, has announced his nomination for the US Senate. Browsing through his campaign website AlexiforIllinois; a strait-forward political site that has all the basic features (Contribute a…

I really like this tool by "Organizing for America" as a user, by entering a zip code, you will be re-directed to Twitter (you need to be logged in) where you will be prompted to tweet your senator with a pre-written text Example: "To Sen. …

Far from formal structured political campaigns in most developed or developing countries, there are other examples of people that start a political campaign from zero, with little or no help (financial or otherwise); more importantly it is …

The Republicans have really started to go after Pres Obama on the jobs front, unemployment in the US is 9.5% now; and there are studies that show that unemployment will approach 10% in 2010, see the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour a…

So, I came across this video by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, where she: "invites our talented and creative citizens to create and share your PSA about flu prevention and good health", and you could win a grand p…

I am going to come back again and write about the outrageous emails send by the DNC. The latest one is signed by VP Joe Biden and informs people that this is a crucial week for Sonia Sotomayor and asks to support Sotomayor and take action; …

I had the opportunity to be in Corfu this weekend at the informal meeting of OSCE foreign ministers. It was a great experience from any perspective, media and otherwise! This was the first informal ministerial meeting of the OSCE. During th…

There has been so much press coverage on the fallout after the Iranian elections, and most of it coming from social media sources, YouTube, twitter, facebook, Blogs etc. What I don't understand is that: Did people in Iran just woke up to th…

So, I came across these 2 videos from the YouTube channel of the GOP. First, Michael Steel, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, congratulates another YouTube user for his innovative video approach to spending cuts under the Obama…

So, my first post this month is from the East Village NYC. Visiting New York for the Internet Week, have been to a number of events throughout the city, from Columbia University to downtown Manhattan. It has been an excellent week so far, I…

Even if facebook was a great campaign tool for the previous US Elections and plays a big part in any western European political communications plan; we can clearly understand the power of facebook in politics by analyzing the recent ban in …

Reading the recent investigations on the UK MPs' expenses, I really had laugh looking at the telegraph MPs' expenses on Google Earth! At the same time I do think that there are excellent examples of UK Members of Parliament using the Intern…

I had a chat with my brother recently and ...like you do, the subject of communication reach in social media came up ;-). When he asked me about twitter, I urged him to open an account and start tweeting! "Yes but, what is twitter?", he ask…

I came across this video from Mike Bloomberg, welcoming the 15,000 supporter to the Mike Bloomberg facebook page. The NYC Mayoral elections are scheduled for the 3rd of November 2009. Mike Bloomberg comes out with an active facebook campaig…

I truly believe that most people want to be involved and vote in the upcoming European elections, although I clearly disagree with the communication policy of the European Parliament on GOTV. The major European Parties (which are a result o…

You might think that a pan-European "Get out the vote" campaign will be an opportunity to embrace and promote the upcoming EU elections. Well, after watching this video clip I must say that I feel disturbed and surely not motivated to go an…

So, I traveled to Thessaloniki for the Greek Easter, and you can imagine my surprise when at the tolls just outside Athens I saw these flags by the Greek Communist Party please note the hammer and sickle symbol at the top of the flags. Now,…

What would you ask José Manuel Durão Barroso, the current President of the European Commission? I came across the site http://www.tellbarroso.eu/ - a great example of EU politics coming up with a website, and an opportunity to put EU Intern…

There has been so much talk and analysis of the first overseas trip by President Obama; I will just comment on the discussion that he had during a student roundtable in Turkey. After a question regarding the European future of Turkey, Obama…

You see it not enough for politicians to be involved with the public through websites and new social media. Young citizens give an excellent example on how they have embarked on an online campaign (www.sendmyfriend.org) trying to bring toge…

What I did about a year ago was to subscribe to all UK MPs that had email updates through their websites. Most of them just email automated bot-like RSS updates. Although I have to say that many have really improved since then, embracing an…

So, Pres. Obama in his push to communicate his proposed economic plan has started campaigning again. I believe that this is a brilliant communication method, given that the White House Website has undergone such a huge redesign and the Pres…

Hey everybody, It has been long since my last Blog post; but I have been keeping active in my social media responsibilities… Hope to tweet even more now that I will have my new blackberry! As you might have noticed, I currently work at the …

Coming up to the February 10th Israeli General Elections and I must say that after a first read concerning Israeli politics I got more confused than ever. Middle-East politics is complicated enough given the recent GAZA operations, and of c…

I haven't stopped watching CNN for the the duration of the inauguration today... while micro blogging and updating facebook through CNN.com/LIVE and Twitter. Congrats to President Barack Obama! Do check out the new whitehouse.gov and the ne…

Keeping with current events, I want to share with you a speech that President-elect Barack Obama gave at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC.

The GOP is trying to rebuilt, so the RNC has launched Rebuilt The Party, Republican For A Reason, there is a RNC facebook group, with a Twitter account, and many more spin offs from the official GOP.com But, why are there two websites with …

I've been rather busy of late, but I did manage to read some articles on how social media have promoted democracy, and how people are more involved with politics, elections, campaigns ... and with one another... due to web 2.0 tools. I also…

I came across this very interesting article in the New York Times I believe that given the "change theme" of the new Presidency, President Barack Obama should keep on emailing directly to the people that sign up for email updates from chang…

Internet communications make a difference in changing government and shaping new policies. You see, President-elect Barack Obama isn't the only one that believes in the power of the people, or how direct communications between citizens and …

hey everybody, So many thing have been written about the President-elect, some argue that expectations are so high that Barack Obama will need to do it's best in the first 100 days in office. I would like to share my experience of http://ww…

Many comments are to be written about the new President to be, most of which far better than my own, IMHO, I believe that U.S.A. has proved that "if you will it, it is no dream". U.S. citizens voted for a man who is progressive in principle…

It is going to be the first YouTube election! An election that user generated content will play a role, not only in communications, but also in generating buzz and making the elections count, not only for the candidates, but for the people.…

Just a quick note on why the U.S. citizens vote on a Tuesday. Curtsey of whytuesday.org In 1845, before Florida, California, and Texas were states or slavery had been abolished, Congress needed to pick a time for Americans to vote. We were …

Browsing through my Mac, I came across a report I had written about the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election. I must say it was a good read. I want to share my 2004 views and some abstracts of this report with you. (7 days to go) Lessons Learned…

I came across one of the new websites from Google labs, "In Quotes". Although the site can become a huge quote bank, it has started by compering quotes from politicians in the U.S. UK, Canada and India. The spin feature (pun intended) selec…

Now Ralph Nader wants to share his mother's Apple Cake recipe... Seriously, he is in need of some sound campaigning advice, and not from his mother... Read the Email... October 20, 2008 www.votenader.org www.officialnaderstore.com It's that…

Great Debate! I really enjoyed John McCain, he was really hitting all the points, his best performance yet. Barack Obama reiterated his talking points (which are really good) and the polls decided that he was the winner. But the best part..…

I haven't commented on the Nader campaign so far, well, I didn't see anything interesting... but wait... Ralf Nader will share his mother Hummus recipe if you contribute any amount of money but it has to have at least one three in it. So wh…

Hey Everybody, Maybe it was the Debates, maybe it was the huge amount of podcasts I had to listen to; or maybe it was me changing jobs that I didn't update my Blog… come to think of it I’m hooked on Bill O’Reilly’s “talking points memo” pod…

The Republicans Abroad in Greece, invited the Democrats Abroad, Hard Rock Cafe provided the venue … and it was ON. The debate was played again and the crowd cheered for the President to be. United States Ambassador to Greece, Daniel V. Spec…

As a citizen and a voter, the sites of most candidates feel the same. Now every politician or public life wannabe, running for office, has a template website, all done by some young aspiring political team and/or campaign media advisor. It …

On the subject of flip flops I came across http://www.obamaflipflops.org/. I would have expected to see merchandising like this from the official McCain campaign; but hey, I'm sure that they will end up as a great memorabilia campaign item …

Just take a look at the last 8 YouTube videos from the 2 campaigns... see anything interesting? McCain's videos (by far) are the most popular... Now, why is that, well first of all the McCain campaign has uploaded videos creating TV buzz (m…

The Republican attack machine at it again. I must say I have really enjoyed the exchanges of negative ads between the two campaigns. One distinct difference though, and one that you wouldn’t expect, the ads from the McCain campaign are bett…

Χάρηκα πολύ να δω την κριτική του βιβλίου μου ¨Το λεξικό του Ρουσφετιού και της Κομπίνας¨ στο newsletter του Κέντρου Μεταφραστικών Σπουδών. Ναι, καλά διαβάσατε! Βρέθηκε ένας άνθρωπος με χιούμορ (προφανώς) και απόλυτη συναίσθηση της ελληνική…

Barack Obama launched www.fightthesmears.com, a new webpage that: Informs the people about the rumors smearing Obama Stating the truth around the issues, with video and links to support the argument Exposing the people that are behind the u…

A really great new segmentation tool by the McCain campaign. http://www.johnmccain.com asks people visiting to distinguish themselves between Supporter - Undecided and Unregistered Voter. After someone makes his or her choice the website ra…

Again, it seems that Hillary and Chelsea Clinton really need the money... on a recent email update they ask people to attend Mother's day celebration in NYC, depending on the amount you pay, a photo op awaits you... Check it out...

It was awesome to be part of this very interesting discussion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister (Ms Dora Bakoyannis) along with a number of Bloggers and people active through social media had an opportunity to exchange views …

A new smart way for people to communicate with their local media and newspapers is now up through the DNC Website. "Inform your community about John McCain" is a new tool from the Democratic National Committee, urging people, according to t…

Barack Obama is the only U.S. Presidential candidate to fundraise through his YouTube channel. Obama’s YouTube channel is the most popular one among the 2008 Presidential candidates. Given that a YouTube user spends 30 seconds to 5 minutes …

The Internet is a vital two way communication tool for sharing information and opinions and for building communities of people with common interests and ideas. According to the Greek observatory for the information society, there was a rise…

Hilary Clinton needs to win the upcoming OHIO & TEXAS primaries to be in the race, she also needs money to do that... I was really surprised of this quote from a recent Hillary Email update: It's just so I Need Money... Then again she says …

The slogans coming from Barack Obama during this Presidential campaign are all about change. We want change Change we can believe in Yes we can "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington ... …

613 ΕΚΑΤ. ΕΥΡΩ πλήρωσαν για ρουσφέτια το 2007 οι Ελληνες Χαμένοι στη ΔΙΑΦΘΟΡΑ Των ΧΡΙΣΤΙΝΑΣ ΠΑΠΑΣΤΑΘΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ - ΜΑΡΙΑΣ ΔΕΔΕ Το λεξικό του Ρουσφετιού και της Κομπίνας ΔΙΑΦΘΟΡΑ: Η λαμογιά, το ρουσφέτι, η ρεμούλα και όλα τ' άλλα, από πολιτικούς …

Ελλάδα, η Δημοκρατία των «κολλητών» Το ρουσφέτι, η κομπίνα, το «λάδωμα» αποτελούν καθημερινές πρακτικές που βιώνουν οι πολίτες σε κάθε τους συναλλαγή Του Τακη Καμπυλη «Ρεκομεντάτος: (ο, η) Προσεγμένος. Η λέξη προέρχεται από πρώην φοιτητές σ…

YouTube videos from the ‘08 presidential candidates can be distinguished in 5 categories: 1. Uploads of TV ads 2. Candidate appearances on TV shows 3. YouTube exclusive messages and videos 4. Viral videos of the candidates and their support…

The Internet engages people to look into how a voting procedure works and change their stance towards active participation. Let’s compare three YouTube videos in order to understand how candidates communicate the need to caucus with the cit…

I want to say a big thank you to everybody that came to my book launch last Thursday. My deepest regards to my close friends who supported me throughout the drafting of my 1st book. The Dictionary of Corruption presents 270 words and expres…

Βασίλειος Γκινόπουλος «Το λεξικό του Ρουσφετιού και της Κομπίνας» Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση Η κοινωνική ανοχή στη διαπλοκή και την διαφθορά, φέρνει στο προσκήνιο λέξεις και φράσεις με νοήματα που είναι είτε λυπηρά, είτε αστεία. Οι χρόνιες παθογένει…

It seems to me that the upcoming 2008 US election has not only started early this time around, but it has been feeding the news with commentary about current issues, whilst criticizing President George W. Bush. Candidates take the role of t…

Following on the footsteps of CNN, the Greek TV channel SKAI is introducing a YouTube Debate for the upcoming Greek Elections (16 Sep 2007). Hopefully this will add to a discussion that is focused around issues, rather than vague election p…

Two weeks ago I asked Margaret Beckett (UK Foreign Secretary) a question: Vaspapeete (2 weeks ago) Marked as spam Dear Margaret Beckett: Do you believe that issues such as trade, economic development of least developed nations, and utilizat…

INTERNET POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS Vasileios Gkinopoulos Refereed paper 4th International Political Marketing Conference Sinaia, Romania 19 April - 21 April 2007 Let me say that I really enjoyed traveling to Romania and being involved with t…

The purpose of the meeting is for the two Leaders to meet in person; President of the U.S. and new UK Prime Minister. The first meeting will be a photo opportunity and a discussion upon a broad agenda of key common interests and values. Acc…

Innovating political communication methods through Internet technology, gives the opportunity to connect people and provoke proactive policy development, by communicating and sharing strategies with key stakeholders. In line with the concep…