Slatecard co-founder Sendhil Panchadsaram and operations manager Joe Mansour and I are at the RightOnline Conference in Austin, Texas.
Slatecard's presence at the Conference was covered today by both the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
From the WaPo:
On Friday, a Who's Who of online conservatives will gather at the
Renaissance Hotel in the picturesque Texas Hill Country here for an
inaugural two-day conference called RightOnline.
At the same time, less than 12 miles south in the city's downtown
sprawl, the heart of the online liberal community is on its second of
four days at the Austin Convention Center for Netroots Nation.
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The speakers include David All, co-founder of SlateCard, the
conservative answer to ActBlue, the Dems' online PAC; Robert Bluey, the
Heritage Foundation staffer who hosts a weekly meeting of conservative bloggers; and David Almacy, the Bush White House's former Internet director (yes, there is such a job).
And the WSJ:
Some Republican candidates are also benefiting more
from grassroots online giving, thanks to new tools developed by
conservatives. Since October, more than $428,000 has been raised online
for candidates at Slatecard.com, a site launched by Republican Internet
strategist David All last October. The site has set a goal of raising
$1 million online this year.
It was designed to be the conservative answer to
ActBlue.com, a Democratic site that makes it easy to raise money online
by streamlining the process of complying with federal campaign-finance
rules. Liberal activists have raised more than $57 million for
Democratic candidates on the site since it was launched four years ago.
UPDATE TO ADD NYT (July 21, 2:07 PM): The New York Times also picked up on it:
Also appearing is Michael Steele, former lieutenant governor of
Maryland and now chairman of GOPAC. The main featured blogger-speaker
is Michelle Malkin, the popular writer at HotAir.com. Other prominent bloggers nationally are Erick Erickson of RedState.com, Matt Sheffield of Dialog New Media and of NewsBusters, Rob Bluey of the Heritage Foundation and David All of TechRepublican and SlateCard.
Sendhil and I helped train a group of conservative activists on how the Internet could be used by organizations. Texaspatriot has some great notes on the presentation. Here's our presentation: