CONA Kid Makes it Big

http://wellstone.org/blog/developing-new-media-strategy-campaigns-large-and-small
http://wellstone.org/bios/xavier-lopezayala

While checking my email today, I decided to read Camp Wellstone's email, Notes From the Field. The email centered on Obama's Minnesota New Media Director, Xavier Lopez-Ayala. The name sounded really familiar, I looked to left of the screen, saw the picture, and realized, I know this kid! Lopez-Ayala and I attend the YMCA's Youth Conference on National Affairs (CONA) together in high school. CONA brought high school students interested in politics toghether to discuss national issues. It was a conference of almost 500 students and I remember Xavier as a stand out. I always got a kick out of the speeches he would make. Without a single note, Xavier would pack two minutes with lots of ideas. The thing that made him fun to watch was that he would vary his opinions, sometimes taking the conservative point of view, other times taking the liberal. He was hard to get a read on and that made him interesting.

Now, Xavier is telling us about how to use new media to win campaigns. Take a look at what he says, I am sure that it will help any campaign.