Ben LaBolt talks about working on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and how skills learned in the political realm are transferable to the corporate world.
This week on Coffee Break, PRWeek editorial director Steve Barrett is joined by Ben LaBolt, partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive.
LaBolt was named an advisor to the Biden White House earlier this year to assist in the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and he was press secretary for the Obama re-election campaign. He also worked on the Rahm Emanuel Chicago mayoral election campaign in 2010.
LaBolt used his digital campaigning experience to start The Incite Agency in 2013, which was acquired by Bully Pulpit Interactive in 2016.
Coffee Break topics:
- Working on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination
- How the process has changed over the past 10 years
- Highlights from Jackson’s nomination process
- Elon Musk and Twitter
- How has social media influenced politics?
- Advice for brands when customers and employees want to know their political stance