Colin SholesI’m Registering Young Voters on Facebook and So Can You.Some of you may have read my other writing about how I’ve been using Facebook for issues-based political advertising. I have good news — it…Jun 6, 2018Jun 6, 2018
Colin SholesFacebook Can Be Used for Social Good — Here’s HowFacebook has had disastrous consequences for our political reality, but it can still be used to make the world a better place.Mar 20, 20181Mar 20, 20181
Colin SholesOrganizing With Facebook PagesThis guide is one of a series I’ve put together for political organizers and activists who want to use Facebook to make change. This piece…Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018
Colin SholesOrganizing With Facebook GroupsFacebook Groups have been in the news lately as powerful tools for political and social organizing. Since they are connected with all of…Mar 15, 20181Mar 15, 20181
Colin SholesHow to Organize on FacebookFacebook set out to create a social network to connect us together. In most of the world, they’ve succeeded. In America, we’re just now…Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018
Colin SholesI Influenced Three Senators for $477.85Facebook has been in the news this week, in no small part because one of its executives took to Twitter to give his opinion about how using…Feb 22, 201828Feb 22, 201828
Colin SholesGetting in Touch With My Past: The Typewriter MuseumTo learn more about my ancestor Christopher Latham-Sholes, I went to a small typewriter museum in Spain. What I saw amazed me.Sep 14, 2017Sep 14, 2017
Colin SholesPart 2: Create and Test a MessageAn old advertising joke puts the Pepsi and Coke brands side by side, meant to demonstrate how Pepsi has tried to remake itself while Coke…Sep 12, 2017Sep 12, 2017
Colin SholesPart 1: All Politics is SocialI read a piece by Graham Vyse yesterday discussing a “core message” for the Democratic Party going into the 2018 midterm elections. He…Jul 29, 2017Jul 29, 2017
Colin SholesThe Message Isn’t Working: Ostrich EditionI was reading through opinion polls on the new Senate version of the AHCA and a few numbers jumped out at me. I’ve written about the No…Jun 28, 2017Jun 28, 2017