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Omar Ahmad: Politieke veranderingen met pen en papier

Filmed Feb 2010 • Posted Apr 2010TED2010
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Politici zijn rare vogels, zegt Omar Ahmad. En de beste manier om hen voor je geliefkoosde zaak aan je kant te krijgen is een maandelijks handgeschreven brief. Ahmad toont aan waarom een ouderwets geschreven correspondentie effectiever is dan email, een telefoon gesprek of zelf het uitschrijven van een cheque - en deelt de vier eenvoudige stappen mee, die leiden naar een werkende brief.

An internet infrastructure maven and activist, Omar Ahmad was the mayor of San Carlos, California. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Luc Janssens
Reviewed by Jeroen Bakker
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