New Research Assistant: Mr. John Shepard May 12, 2014 We are pleased to announce one of two new Research Assistants here at Tele-Town Hall, LLC.: Mr. John Shepard. John is a native of Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from Washington and Lee University where he studied English and Business. Prior to joining Tele-Town Hall, John interned [...]

May 12, 2014 This might have slipped under the radars’ of most people around the country, but being so close to Maryland, does have its perks. Gov. O’Malley’s attempted Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) forum, went as about as well as you’d expect for a politician answering questions on the so called “front page of the internet” [...]

New Research Assistant: Mr. David Clarke April 28, 2014 We are pleased to announce one of two new Research Assistants here at Tele-Town Hall,LLC.: Mr. David Clarke. Dave is a native to the Washington, DC metro area. He graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South with a B.A. in History. Dave comes to us [...]

Following Through April 21, 2014 The amount of quality discourse during an average Tele-Town Hall event can be some of the most valuable outreach materials. This genuine back-and-forth from an audience of thousands within an hour, provides the most organic feedback an organization is likely to receive all year. So why limit your outreach to [...]

Town Hall Anger: Not Worth It April 14, 2014 One thing is for certain, when civil discourse fails, there is a reason people look to us for their communication needs. If there was any doubt as to why elected officials choose to utilize Tele-Town Hall technology to reach out their constituency, one only has to [...]

Speaking our Language April 7, 2014 The landscape of our national dialogue is rapidly changing, quite literally. According to a 2011 American Community Survey by the Pew Research Center^1, there is 37.6 million Spanish speakers in the US and this is growing swiftly. While most of these Spanish speakers have some proficiency in English, any [...]

Bargaining and Reporting: Union Communication in 2014 April 1, 2014 It takes a simple check of your favored search engine to find across this country, the state of negotiations between labor unions and their membership’s management over wages, benefits, and working conditions, to name a few items. This process isn’t particularly new or thought provoking, [...]

The CFO in Ipanema March 17, 2014 Greetings from Brazil! While our blog is titled “Dispatches,” this might be the first real dispatch from outside of DC. I have been down in the Amazon, exploring some of the towns and cities along this powerful river. One theme that keeps coming up is how removed these [...]

Chat with the Experts: Q &A with Clark Menge of SpaceCraft March 4, 2014 Chat with the Experts: Q&A with Clark Menge of SpaceCraft I could prattle on and on about how successful our services are, but why not hear the reviews from a former consultant and strategist about our technology? Meet Clark Menge, former [...]

Campaign Phone Strategy in 2014: Still Relevant February 24, 2014 With the 2014 Election cycle already two months gone, I am always drawn to a particular industry magazine piece in 2012, featuring various consultants of the political consulting world, expounding upon the relevance of phones in future elections. Marty Stone, a partner at Stone’s Phones, shared [...]