Things to learn from Barack Obama Campaign

The campaign that brought Barack Obama to become president of the United States will be remembered as the first in the country that successfully used social networking sites, sending mass e-mail messages and mobile devices to the voting population, known as Web 2.0 tools. But perhaps most significant was that this political contest explored the alternatives offered by information technology and communications to achieve a more direct and transparent with the public when the candidates aspiring to the government and when they assume power.

This was stated Kartik Raghavan, who worked on the team Information Technology and Communications for the candidate's campaign and Barack Obama participated in the Transition Team of the current U.S. president. He is currently advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In his participation as keynote speaker at the Forum on Innovation and Modernization Government 2009, held in Mexico City, Raghavan recalled that the presidential transition process the main objective was to make it more participatory and transparent as possible. "We wanted all Americans knew what was going on in this process and that all agreements and documents generated will be presented to the citizens."