About Political Gastronomica
Political Gastronomica is a discourse on technology and online activism - how the marketplace of governing and ideas is improving with the efficiencies of the Internet.
Author Sanford Dickert, former CTO of John Kerry for President Campaign, works with political campaigns, non-profits and private companies from the Fortune 500 to startups.
Dickert leverages online community engagement techniques and technical vision for brand and message management through effective application of social media and organizational processes.
Category Archives: Campaign 2004
Part 1: Greater Democracy – History of Demtech
In answering Jock’s post on Greater Democracy, a minor history lesson of the Kerry Campaign is included to describe the community tech efforts attempted during the 2004 Presidential Election. Continue reading
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Recognizing the First Team (continued)
Funniest thing about coming into the campaign that day – was noticing how small the space actually was – and how little space we had. Aside from the players already mentioned, I should introduce a couple of other folks who added color to the campaign in my first days. It should be clear that when I came into the campaign, I had absolutely no campaign experience whatsoever, let alone Presidential experience… Continue reading
Recognizing the First Team
You know – so many people will never be recognized for the efforts that were made by the founding members of the Kerry Internet Team – and how the Kerry Campaign built up it’s staff. First off, it was the … Continue reading
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Thinking about Nader
The Guardian profile: Ralph Nader Was reading this profile and remembered that one of the funniest stories I had when I first joined the campaign was what the organization was like back in September 2003. When I walked in, the … Continue reading
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Peter Lost, Frances Coming…
After four weeks of hard campaigning, sleepless nights, hand-shaking seniors in Sunrise Lakes, Century Village and Tamarac – it came down to the debate in Tampa – and the polls that followed. Continue reading
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