EchoDitto is proud to announce that one of our recent projects, DoSomething.org, has been picked as the winner of a People's Voice Webby for the best Youth Website of the year. It was a privilege to collaborate with both the Biro Creative and Do Something teams on this effort. more
Ditto Partner Michael Silberman was the guest speaker on a Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) conference call entitled "One Planet, Online: How to Orchestrate a Global Day of Action." He joined up with Phil Aroneau of 350.org
to discuss how a deft mixture of organizing, online and traditional media, and good old-fashioned storytelling can turn a day of action into a global movement. more
PR interviews EchoDitto's Nicco Mele on Sarah Palin's befuddling social media choices surrounding the publishing of her new book. more
EchoDitto Partner Michael Silberman spoke at the Charles and Helen White Symposium, held by the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering.
The topic of this year's symposium was "Connected 24/7: How Today's Electronics Influence the Way We Live" and Michael's discussion focused on how today's electronics are changing political campaigning. more
Garrett Graff, co-founder of Echoditto, has been named the new editor of Washingtonian magazine.
He will be only the 3rd editor in the magazine's 44-year history.
Garrett was one of the original Dittos, helping to start our company following Howard Dean's 2004 Presidential campaign.
We're all extremely excited for Garrett and incredibly proud of this new opportunity for him. So make sure to pick up a copy of Washingtonian and support all of the great work we know he'll do. more
EchoDitto clients 1Sky, Global Zero, and Brighter Planet are featured in a short list of outstanding advocacy sites:
"A couple of weeks ago I asked a group of online advocacy professionals to suggest a few good issue-based campaign websites, and the results provide an excellent snapshot of the current standards in the field. Particularly since an e.politics article from 2006 listing some then-outstanding advocacy sites still generates a healthy amount of Google traffic, it’s clearly a topic that could use some updating." more
"The [KPFA] Morning Show looks at Obama as he taps his on-line base to ask for a pledge of support"
The Morning Show - March 23, 2009 at 7:00am more
Mother Jones publishes an article by EchoDitto's Michael Silberman outlining the real secret of Obama's tech team—and what's next for online organizers:
"The game-changer in the Obama campaign, as I found in talking to key staff—and through volunteering in southern Ohio myself—was that technology was not an add-on: It represented a carefully considered element of almost every critical campaign function. Most remarkably, technology played a critical role in the one area least understood by the "digerati" and most online campaigners: moving online supporters toward real-world action." more
"Ms. Hawley hired EchoDitto, an Internet consulting firm, to help the museum recruit members and communicate with them online. Attendance is growing — it was up almost 14 percent last month from the previous February — but the museum needs more repeat visitors." more
In this interview, Will Brown talks to Chris Jones and Michael Silberman about their company EchoDitto, a local DC tech shop that uses emerging technologies like Drupal to build vibrant online communities. EchoDitto is a silver sponsor of DrupalCon and their team members have also played a part in organizing the conference locally. more
Cynicism is for cowards. Someone I don’t even know very well recently challenged me to name three leaders who were true to “public service”, suggesting there weren’t any and that “those who might have the ability and resources to "change our world" put their professional and personal agendas before the need of those they might help, and therefore the world is screwed and there is no reason for anyone to think they can make a difference.”
