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The IIR New Media Event will take place on the 18^th and 19^th of October in Abu Dhabi in 2009, I am really looking forward to the event, not just because I have the honor of being this year’s chairmen but also because I am going to meet some really cool people that are speaking at the event.

One of the speakers is Andrew Bleeker The New Media Director, President Obama Inaugural Committee and Director of Internet Advertising, Obama For America, USA

There is no one with more experience in new media than Andrew Bleeker who most recently served as the New Media Director for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. During the 2008 general election when it comes to politics and social media,

Andrew was the Director of Internet Advertising for Obama for America where he oversaw the largest political online marketing operation in history. In this capacity, he was responsible for all aspects of online marketing for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee, including unprecedented programs for list building, donor acquisition, voter registration, early voting, messaging, and GOTV. Andrew also managed Search Engine optimization for the campaign.

I am really interested to understand exactly how he feels about social media and its impact on liberalization of the media landscape, obviously social media is a tool used by governments everywhere but I am quite interested to see what the position of is regarding legislation for a unified community profile, NSA use of social media tools and networks and how he personally feels about the role of social media to “spin” political sentiment.  The Obama campaign certainly caught my eye, particularly when groups that were objecting to some of the policy shifts were not removed, certainly very savvy to engage in dialogue with these groups rather than try and bump their opinions off the network.  Many less experienced Social Media practitioners may have just been tempted to un-publish the group -  which of course would have been one of the worse things to do.  Anyway certainly one of the many people I am looking forward to meeting at the New Media event in October.

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