Craig Elder, Online Communities Editor, The Conservative Party
Over the past two-and-a-half years Craig has worked on a range of diverse online projects including Webcameron, the Stand Up Speak Up interactive manifesto site, the first ever policy launch webcast in UK politics and the 2008 relaunch of the Party's online campaigning platform, Conservatives.com.
More recently, along with continuing to develop the Party's social media presence, he has worked on the "live rebuttal" of the 2009 Budget using Google Adwords and the publication of the Shadow Cabinet's expenses in an open, re-usable format.
Craig's presentation will focus on how the internet fits into the overall strategy of a modern political party, and the new opportunities (and challenges) that it presents.
Craig blogs regularly at http://www.craigelder.co.uk and can be found @craigelder on Twitter
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"The digital world has undergone a revolution in recent years and continues to develop at a tremendous pace, and we have tried to include lots of exciting and innovative functions on the new website" Gordon Brown, Prime Minister - number10.gov.uk
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