Undergrad Class Election Videos Once Again Get Creative

It's student election season at UPenn and my facebook feed is loaded with lots of "Vote [insert name] for [insert position]!" tweets.

As I mentioned in my posts from last year, some of the more proactive candidates are really getting creative with how they are promoting themselves.  It is no longer enough to just canvas the campus and the kiosks with flyers.

It's now all about facebook election posts, groups and videos!

Check out 2 informative, creative and humorous campaign videos I've seen so far from Matt Amalfitano (C'11) for College Rep and Mo Shahin (C'11) for Treasurer.

More info and "more standard" videos from all the candidates on the DP site HERE

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Will One Female President Vote For Another?

Today President Amy Gutmann cast her ballot on campus in the Pennsylvania primary.

My favorite part of the video is that when President Gutmann walks up to the student at the registration table, she identifies herself as "Amy Gutmann". I guess she needs to say this, but I would hope that everyone on campus knows who she is!

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Undergrad Election Videos Go Viral ...Again!

We've been hearing promises of commitment, creativity and change come recently from Hillary and Obama... and now from the Class of 2011!

In Fall 2007, the 2011 candidates were using web videos to promote themselves for Class Offices and the Undergrad Assembly.

It seems like everyone's back now from Spring Break and they're campaigning hard ...especially via facebook! I just spotted the first campaign video for Spring 2008 elections ...this one from Adam Behrens for Class of 2011 President and Matt Amaltifano for Undergraduate Assembly.

Watch their video here!

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I will also promote those candidates who get creative by taking a picture with Ben on the Bench for our March contest here!

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Class of 2011 Candidates use the web to promote themselves

10 years ago student elections meant canvasing the walk and the kiosks with flyers. To be honest, I voted but didn't always really know whom I was voting for.

Times have changed.

Today, I'm seeing most of the 64 freshmen candidates create Facebook groups and flyers for their campaigns...loaded with photos, qualification and promises. Promises ranging from "stronger water pressure for the shower heads in the quad" to bringing "quality toilet paper to a bathroom near you" to "massueses and free snacks in Houston Hall"! In the microcosm of Penn, these are some of the issues that I'm guessing may resonate with freshmen.. Regardless they all have one thing in common... spirit!

Some marketing tactics I've been noticing for the big 9/24 campus wide vote include "a fact a day" email from one candidate to this forward thinking way of reaching out to students from Jeff Kaplan (C'11).
Click here to watch Jeff Kaplan's campaign video.

Something tells me that there may be more videos to come...

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Jeff isn't the only one in student government using video to reach out to the student masses. It seems like videos are also being used by UA chair Jason Karsh (C'08).

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