Digital-political superstars honored for their legacies of innovation in technology

Ten digital-political practitioners and strategists at the top of their fields are being honored as the inaugural class of Campaigns & Elections’ CampaignTech Innovators presented by New Media Strategies.

Nominated by their peers, Innovators work in the fields of technology, campaigns, advocacy and government and have developed a legacy of innovation and collaboration using technology to inform, enable and engage voters and constituents on behalf of a political or issue advocacy campaign or legislative office. Winners of the award all demonstrate a visionary approach to the future of digital politics and advocacy.

The following recipients will be awarded in the following five categories on November 10 at the CampaignTech conference in Washington, DC:

· Campaign Innovator – Individuals with a legacy of innovative outreach on the digital campaign trail

· Advocacy Innovator – Individuals who apply their strategic technological minds to issue advocacy

· Capitol Hill Innovator – Individuals in Congressional offices who use technology to communicate with constituents and craft public policy

· Candidate Innovator – Individuals whose vision while running for office led their campaigns to use technology in an open, interactive way to inform and engage voters

· Nonpartisan/International Innovator – Individuals who have made an impact digitally in the nonpartisan world or internationally

ElectWomen Magazine contributor and Pepper Pike City Councilwoman, Jill Miller Zimon is among those being honored.

Candidate Innovator
Jill Miller Zimon: City Council Member, Pepper Pike, Ohio
Democrat
Zimon is the first nationally recognized female blogger to be elected to a city council in the country and the first candidate for her city council to utilize a website or social networking tools during a campaign. Zimon, who blogs at writeslikeshetalks.com, is also the project director for the Civic Commons EfficientGovNetwork Project which aims to make local governments in Northeast Ohio more efficient through collaboration.