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Working with Samaritan’s Purse, John Coale and Greta Van Susteren have helped to build a 3+ mile canal and irrigation system in three villages in Cambodia.
Because of this project, the residents, and mostly importantly, the children of these villages won’t starve and are less vulnerable to human traffickers.
Thank you John and Greta for caring and doing.
At the last White House Correspondents Brunch, Taya Kyle, widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle, spoke with Rachel Greenberg for an episode of Volta Insider. Taya spoke about the importance of hope and healing for military families.
via VoltaInsider.com:
“Taya’s story is so inspirational. In the time since her husband was killed in 2013, she has made it her mission to let military families know it’s OK to share their suffering. She feels that anyone who is suffering from loss can draw a lot of strength and confidence from sharing with others so they know they aren’t alone.
“Her book, American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal, is just one of the many ways that she hopes to reach others with this message, along with the work she does through the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.”
The Grand Forks Herald recently featured a story about Ellie Schafer, director of the White House Visitors Office under President Barack Obama and daughter of former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer.
“Her journey with the Illinois senator who would become president started in 2006 when she worked on his book tour promoting “The Audacity of Hope”….Schafer, daughter of former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer, was quickly drawn to Obama, his message, his policy positions, his skills as a leader.”
Schafer’s job is one of the more powerful behind-the-scenes positions at the White House. “A total of 4.8 million people have visited the White House during her tenure, and 3.5 million of those guests were there for a function the visitors office oversaw, said Schafer, who acknowledges her job is taxing.”
As the daughter of a former governor, she “grew up around politics, and even as a kid she’d voice her opinions on the issues.”
“Ed Schafer said he and his daughter agree on the direction they want the country to head, but they differ on how to get there. Because of their close bond, he said, they can have a debate and afterward say, “I still love you.”
“It’s the way you wish politics would work,” he said.”
Read the article on grandforksherald.com: From governor’s daughter to White House official: Ellie Schafer cuts her own political path
Mark Blumenthal will leave his post as senior editor at The Huffington Post to join SurveyMonkey as its first head of election polling.
via politico.com:
“The move is a sign that, amid a period of intense change in the way pollsters collect data, SurveyMonkey — which began as a simple online survey tool — is beefing up its political polling.
“SurveyMonkey has spent the past few years trying to leverage the millions of people who participate in surveys on its website — with clients from Little League coaches to large corporations — into the political space. At the same time, as traditional telephone polling has faltered following the growth of cellphones and Americans’ increasing unwillingness to participate in polls, online surveys are more accepted now than they have been in past election cycles.”
“I’ve known Mark for a long time, and the opportunity came up to have him spearhead our efforts,” said Jon Cohen, vice president of survey research at SurveyMonkey. “Mark has been the foremost chronicler over the past decade of the changes in our industry.”
“We’re investing in elections by leveraging the unique data sources that we have, and how we can parlay that into changing survey research more broadly,” Cohen said.
Read more via politico.com: SurveyMonkey swipes HuffPost’s Blumenthal to expand election polling
In a recent interview for the Volta Insider podcast hosted by Rachel Greenberg, young French designer, Millinsky, discussed what he thinks about Donald Trump’s campaign hat. “I think it’s funny that he’s doing a hat. It’s not really cool that he’s selling it. But yeah, I think he’s kind of copying what Ronald Reagan said in his campaign, like, ‘bring America back.’ It’s kind of the same vibe. I mean, if you copy someone, that’s not really creative, so I do not support that a lot. But as long as he’s doing it, if he likes it, whatever, I mean, go for it, Donald.”
He went on to explain that he doesn’t really follow American politics, but “the only thing I really follow is Ronald Reagan…To me he was like a living rock star, literally. He invited Michael Jackson to the White House. He was chill.”
When asked how he came up with the name NASASEASONS for his fashion line, Millinksy said that he wanted “a cool name. Something people knew about, but not related to the original thing.” He thought relating NASA and rockets to a clothing brand would catch attention, but was told he couldn’t use the name NASA on its own, so he came up with NASASEASONS instead.
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Zignal Labs, the world’s leading realtime cross media analytics company, today announced the completion of a $15 million round of funding. The round was led by existing investors Andy Ballard of Figtree Partners; Mitch Cohen of Ross Investment Associates; and Jim Hornthal, co-founder and Chairman of Zignal Labs. The company will use the funds to continue to expand their sales, product and engineering operations.
Since 2011, Zignal Labs has continued to outpace the competition through rapid growth and product innovation. The company recently announced the launch of a new product, Zignal Command Center, a multi-screen display of the company’s realtime, cross media intelligence platform. Zignal Labs enables customers to see relevant stories and insights unfold with visually stunning analytics, spot trends and immediately take action with unprecedented accuracy.
“With this latest round of funding, we’ll be expanding our team and scaling our best-in-class technology that allows a wide range of industries such as global consumer brands, financial institutions, PR agencies, media outlets and political organizations to gain actionable insights across the media spectrum,” said Josh Ginsberg, CEO of Zignal Labs. “Through our breakthrough technology, the only realtime cross media analytics platform, our customers can confidently make data-driven decisions like never before.”
The latest episode of VOLTA INSIDER podcast features an interview with Millinsky of NASASEASONS.
Millinsky is a young influential who transcends stigma and stereotype, redefining what it means to be creative. His artistic vision resides in the meeting place of streetwear and couture, and has captured the hearts of those who follow his work.
This interview was an insightful look into the world of today’s young innovators.
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Washington Women Technology Network hosted a special lunch featuring an off-the-record conversation with Shailagh Murray, a senior adviser to President Obama. Co-host Karen Appleton, SVP of Box, welcomed the crowd which included women CEO’s and executives in Washington for Fortune’s Most Powerful Women conference which ended earlier in the day.
Shailagh Murray, a former Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporter is a veteran of Vice President Biden’s office before she moved to the West Wing earlier this year. Washington Women Technology Network was founded by Connie Milstein, Tammy Haddad and Hilary Rosen to bring together women leaders in technology, politics and media.
Previous guests included Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar, Kara Swisher, April Ryan, and Megan Smith.
Tech guests included Google’s Niki Christoff and Twitter’s Jenna Golden. Traditional media guests included Betsy Fischer Martin, Trail Talk, Lisa Sherman, CEO of Ad Council, Carol Melton, Time Warner, Shelley Brindle, HBO, Robin Sproul, ABC News, and Nick Massella, NewsHour.
Other special guests were Kara Goldin, Hint Water, Kelley McCormick, SKDK, Wendy Clark, Coke’s Sparkling Brands President, and Juleanna Glover, who needs no title.
Analytics platform, Zignal Labs, provided analysis of last night’s Democratic presidential debate hosted by CNN.
Tracking more than 2.2 million mentions during the two-hour event, following is Zignal’s breakdown of mentions by candidate.
The following chart reveals some of the highlights from the evening.
Republican candidates couldn’t resist adding their commentary to the online debate. Donald Trump earned the most attention of the GOP hopefuls with his live tweeting:
While #BlackLivesMatter was the most tweeted about issue of the night:
The following graph shows the most frequently mentioned foreign policy issues across social and traditional media among those writing about the debate through the first segment.
And the following map shows how Twitter exploded with Bernie Sanders mentions after he addressed the question of whether or not he was a socialist.
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James Carville threw his support behind Hillary Clinton with a fundraising email sent to supporters in advance of tonight’s CNN debate featuring Democratic presidential candidates.
The number one thing us Hillary supporters need to do to get ready for the first debate is let her know we’re with her.
Donate $1 or whatever you can to become a Debate Donor and join the group of folks who pledge to stand with Hillary during this important moment in the campaign. No flash cards or policy prep-work required.
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