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Project Manager, Public Affairs

Patrick is a project manager in our Public Affairs Department where he advises a number of clients on sharpening their online reputation.  His specialty is writing and crafting messages, and this strength as landed him on the NMS Blogger Editorial Board and as Editor of the C-SPAN Convention Hubs. 

Patrick has also written columns for The Politico, National Journal and The Examiner, and has hours of TV experience on C-SPAN and News Channel 8.  He maintains a blog called The Electoral Map, which has been linked to the NYTimes.com, Politico.com, Slate and numerous publications on both sides of the political spectrum, and is a frequent blogger at New Geography. 

Prior to joining NMS, Patrick wrote from the National Journal Group and The Hotline.  Politically, he is a centrist, but he has penned front-page articles for blogs ranging from The Next Right to the Huffington Post. A Virginia native, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.

Recent Blog Posts from Patrick Ottenhoff

If Deeds Loses, It’ll Be Because He Forgot the New Independents

When Karl Rove set out to get George W. Bush reelected in 2004, he targeted the Expedition-driving, megachurch-attending, Panera-eating, McMansion-living voters in places like Loudoun County, Va. Bush won Loudoun with 56 percent on his way to a comfortable victory statewide.

FaviconPatrick Ottenhoff, Project Manager, Public Affairs on November 03, 2009 in New Media Strategies, NMS Public Affairs, Elections

Blogging Your Way to the Bank

Instead of focusing on building up enough traffic to post ads that clutter the page, compromise the site’s aesthetic and bring in enough money to cover Friday night’s bar tab, bloggers should rather use their site as one big advertisement for themselves.

FaviconPatrick Ottenhoff, Project Manager, Public Affairs on April 16, 2009 in NMS Public Affairs, Blogger Outreach, Online Advertising, Online Marketing

Walking Through Congressional Districts… Via Google Maps

Street View is the latest product from Google that both amazes and alarms us. By taking millions of photos from the back of a Chevy Cobalt, Google has brought the images of far-flung neighborhoods to the comforts of our own laptops. It's also caught some pretty funny scenes on film, but perhaps the best use I've gotten out of this new feature is the ability to walk through congressional districts.

FaviconPatrick Ottenhoff, Project Manager, Public Affairs on February 11, 2009 in NMS Public Affairs, Candidates, Elections, Tech Tools

Ovechkin Learns Twitter

Alexander Ovechkin might be the best hockey player in the world, but learning to use Twitter was a challenge for the face of the Washington Capitals. 

FaviconPatrick Ottenhoff, Project Manager, Public Affairs on February 05, 2009 in NMS Public Affairs, Online Marketing, Social Networks, Political Reputation Management, Tech Tools, Twitter

Obama and McCain by BCS Conference

Ever wonder which BCS conference is the “reddest” or “bluest”? I examined the voting patterns of each of the major BCS conferences. It turns out that every winning presidential candidate has won the states in his home “conference,” including Obama, who swept the Big Ten states from Happy Valley to the Hawkeye State. This was also published as an Op-Ed in the DC Examiner.

FaviconPatrick Ottenhoff, Project Manager, Public Affairs on November 24, 2008 in NMS Public Affairs, Candidates, Elections, Trends

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