“Convergence” is another one of those buzz words. But after years of hype, it’s a fact of life. Newspapers have Web sites with video. TV networks distribute shows for mobile devices. Cell phones take photos and play music. News, information and talk is everywhere, and that means advocacy and political campaigns have to be everywhere.
It’s a multi-disciplinary challenge. You could hire a Web site developer, a writer, a mobile application provider, a new media management expert and a political consultant. Or you could hire Evolution Strategies. We have experience in all of the above.
Management
Grant Perry, the founder and president of ES, has more than two decades of experience in media and politics. Grant has worked for a leading Washington voter contact firm and headed new media ventures for a Europe-based multinational. An award-winning journalist, Grant was a New York-based correspondent for CNN and anchor of CNN International’s London-based business program, World Business Today. He also was chief political correspondent for two network affiliates in the Midwest. Grant currently writes for the Huffington Post. As a new media consultant, Grant produced Webcasts, Web video, TV segments and marketing promotions for Yahoo, Salon.com, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Francis Ford Coppola.
Grant is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches “Journalism in the Digital Age” in the Communication in Contemporary Society graduate program. He is also developing a major center for global media entrepreneurship at George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. In additon, Grant runs the “Innovators Forum” speaker series at American University’s School of Communication, where he also has taught a graduate journalism seminar. Grant is an attorney and member of the Washington, DC Bar.
Grant has developed programs and messages for the AARP, Age Concern (England), the Sierra Club, Jon Tester for Senate, the California Teachers Association, Planned Parenthood, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and many other groups and candidates.
Ilene Clar, vice president, is ES’s chief technologist. She keeps track of the latest technologies and standards and oversees the technology partners who build solutions for our clients. Ilene has more than fifteen years of experience in technology, including data integration and conversion, Web and desktop publishing, Internet marketing and project management. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Ilene was a planning analyst and worked in project management support. She has developed numerous Web sites for clients ranging from financial services firms to charitable organizations. Ilene also has extensive experience in finance and accounting and has a degree in international finance from the University of Southern California. She speaks French, Spanish and Italian.
Partners
ES’s partners have to meet a number of requirements: They must be experienced, knowledgeable, responsive, cost-efficient, flexible and creative. So when you need a text messaging system or a special Web site module or a video optimized for podcasts and mobile devices, you can be assured that ES will be working closely with a top-notch partner to meet your imperatives.
Member: The American Association of Political Consultants and the Online News Association
