K Street Cafe

What Impact Has Social Media Had On DC Advocacy?
(National Journal)
Discover what some DC insiders and social media experts have to say about the impact of social media on DC advocacy.

Citizens United Part 2 – Lobbyist Disclosure (Sunlight Foundation)
Sunlight Foundation’s Lisa Rosenberg gives her take on the importance of real time, online, substantive lobbyist disclosure.

Hard to Reach Younger Voters: Can Weighting ‘Fix’ the Problem? (Pollster)
Are a majority of true “likely voters” under the age of 35 out of reach of landline telephone samples?

White House Isn’t Done With Lobbyists (National Journal)
Will new disclosure laws have the desired effect?

How Can We Cope With Information Overload? (CNN Tech)
Does trying to keep up to speed with the sheer volume of online content leave you feeling overwhelmed? You’re not alone.

New Facebook Redesign 2010: Pictures of the New Layout
(Huffington Post)
Facebook gets a facelift!

The Social Media Tug of War: SOTU Style (Erica America)
In the world of Twitter, conversation around the hash tag #SOTU soared, but  was anyone really listening to the President?

Happy 6th Birthday, Facebook (Mashable)
The largest social network to date turns six today.

I’m Maddie Grant, an association/nonprofit industry blogger on social media and online community building. I’m very happy to have been invited to be a regular poster on K Street Cafe.

This is my first post here, so I’m still getting the lay of the land as to what kinds of topics will interest K Street readers. I am an avid blog reader and definitely consider myself a “content curator”; Here’s the kind of stuff I read and write about on my blog.

So I thought I’d do two things. First, I want point you to a few PR/Public Affairs/Advocacy related blog posts I’ve found very interesting recently – and ask you to tell me if these float your boat or not. Check ‘em out.

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Pelosi, Boehner Demand Additional Web Safeguards After Thursday’s Cyber Attack (The Hill)
Additional steps to safeguard Member’s web sites are being called for after the cyber attacks that hit 49 lawmaker’s sites last week.

Scott Brown’s Online Fundraising Machine: Inside the Numbers (Engage)
A look at the numbers behind the Senator’s online fundraising, along with an examination of three occasions where external events caused a three-and four-fold increase in donations.