Everyone wants a bit of Obama at the moment, and the contractors behind his fantastic online campaign network, Blue State Digital, are very much flavour of the IT month. Come and listen to BSD’s Matthew McGreggor on how he/they did it, and what it might mean for unions at an evening event in London this month, and as a bonus you can also catch me, bringing up the foot of the bill.

After Obama’s Internet Campaign: What Now for E-Collectivism?

What are the lessons for UK unions from the Obama campaign? How are unions already using the internet? Are there opportunities for improved recruitment/retention/participation?

Speakers: Matthew McGreggor (Blue State Digital), Eric Lee (Labourstart.org), John Wood (TUC), Simon Parry (Prospect), Anne-Marie Greene (Warwick Business School), Sue Ferns (Prospect) (Chair)

6pm-8pm, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Location: NASUWT Greater London Regional Centre. 65 St John Street, Farringdon, London EC1M 4AN

The event is hosted by Unions21, and you can pop over to their site if you’d like to register to come along, or want to know any more. If you’re on Upcoming, you can show yourself here.

There are actually two Blue State Digital Obama insider events in Central London that evening, so wildly popular are they at the moment, and should you have an aversion to talking to me, you can also catch BSD’s Thomas Gensemer at City University.

UPDATE 19/2/9: Yay! Me TV. Tho you’re probably justifiedly more interested in the Obamamania, which can be found here.