I am finally getting back to a question that Caryn asked weeks ago. She was looking for some ideas and articles for the chapter on technology and the impact on the workplace. But I just realized that the use of Internet and all types of technology are at this very moment redefining the electoral process let alone the current election. And a political party or a political campaign is by definition an organization. The following two links are just simple but real life demonstrations of how the Obama campaign has really gone into the use of technology to reach out to stakeholders of the electorate rarely reached before.

TTY is a very old technology being used in a new way to contact an electorate that has rarely been taken into consideration. And the second is the use of an ipod function, perhaps the newest political campaign tool, just created a few months ago! And it is being used to target the newest of members of the electorate.

I think that we can not ignore the teaching tool that is right in front of us for this entire semester, especially when the political campaigns’ use of new and old technology and communication is fascinating and likely to influence the business world and the greater organizational world for years to come.

I am finishing by adding a link to a post on cac.ophony.org that talks about the same thing, it sort of inspired me towards this conclusion that organizational communication is right in sink with technology and the big political parties. I’ll keep looking for some articles and electronic happenings in the two campaign camps.