The Third Act of Chris Hughes [exclusive]

Chris Hughes has helped to create two of the most successful start-ups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign. Now, the online organizing guru is jumping back into entrepreneurial life, but keeping progress close to his heart.READ»

• How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.READ»

• The Community That Hughes Built
• Lessons From The Trenches

Lessons From The Trenches

Activating a customer base with digital tools isn't as easy as it looks. As Chris Hughes showed with both Facebook and Obama, detailed execution is at least as important as strategy. Some examples:READ»

• Boy Wonder
• The Community That Hughes Built

The Community That Hughes Built

Volunteers flooded My.BarackObama.com -- MyBO, to insiders -- from the day it launched, nearly crashing the site. Under Hughes, it became a virtual system for helping real people do what they wanted to do in real life: elect Barack Obama president.READ»

• Boy Wonder
• Lessons From The Trenches

Canada: Conflicted On Volunteering?

Having won the Oval Office, the Obama volunteer revolution is just picking up speed. Due to financial constraints, Corporate America intends to grow their volunteer efforts by a whopping 45%. From Washington DC to Mumbai; London to Dubai, volunteer activity is on the rise. Communities endorse it. Companies infuse it. Governments champion it....Except Canada. With no national policy or formalized system, Canuks are living in the stone age of civic duty. Why? Good question.READ»

We Media Conference

Don’t hate the player, hate the game. And if you hate the game, change it--with some help from this three-day conference that promises to help. “Game changers” like David Plouffe, the man behind President Obama’s Web ...READ»

Obama's High-Tech Presidency Tackles Low-Tech White House

President Obama may have promised a new central role for science and technology during his inauguration, and his election campaign was the highest-tech yet seen...but on day one, the new administration's staff crashed headlong into a ...READ»

Obama's High-Tech Defenses: Bullet-Resistant Suit, Tank-Like Limo, and One Huge Gun

What kind of high-tech precautions were taken on inauguration day? Advanced ballistics fabrics, a truck-limo hybrid with bunker-like doors, and a trailing machine gun vehicle were among the latest defenses issued the President, in the ...READ»

Starbucks and M.C. Yogi Offer You a Free Cuppa Joe -- If You Volunteer

Backed with the catchy music of M.C. Yogi, Starbucks today kicks off its latest campaign honoring the Obama administration's call to national service -- and offers a free cup of coffee to anybody willing to pledge five hours of ...READ»

Obama Promises Science-Centric, Eco-Friendly Presidency

President Obama's Inaugural speech included a clutch of promises and observations that will have scientists, medical researchers and environmentalists in the US and around the world breathing a sigh of relief. "We will restore ...READ»