Mike Connell

Posted by admin 20 December, 2008 As Campaign Budgets, E-Voter Research, The Power of Social Networks

Michael Connell, top Republican IT consultant, killed when Piper Supercub he was piloting crashed three miles short of an Akron Airport.

Michael Connell, top Republican IT consultant, killed when Piper Supercub he was piloting crashed 3 miles short of an Akron Airport.

While we celebrate the success of the Internet by the Obama campaign, the news of Michael Connell’s untimely death was a shock.

Mike was a prominent GOP Internet consultant when he perished in a fiery plane crash yesterday.  http://www.ohio.com/news/36486224.html

A flood of memories came back to me from the earliest days of the E-Voter Institute when Mike stood out as someone who really understood how political campaigns were changing and how powerful the Internet could be.

I saw this news first on my facebook page in a post from a friend minutes after it happened.  Somehow that seems fitting.

Mike’s wife Heather and the family have asked that all donations be directed to the Mike Connell Scholarship Fund for the benefit of his four beautiful children.  http://www.eDonations.com/MikeConnell is where you can give online or find an address to send a check or notes.

We have lost a leader, independent thinker, and kind human being.  Mike will be missed and not forgotten.
Condolences to all of his colleagues, friends and family.
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Comments
Posted by Paul Wilson December 22, 2008

Well, Mike was a pioneer and a terrific “new idea” kinda guy. What a sad sad thing to happen. I worked with Mike on numerous projects. What I loved was how he embraced other people’s ideas with zest. A prince of a fellow.

Paul Wilson

Posted by Kathryn Coombs March 6, 2009

When I owned and ran Washington WebWorks back in 1997-2004, I often worked with Mike and appeared on numerous internet politics panels with him. He was a wonderful guy and made a huge contribution to the development of online political strategy and this is a very sad loss. My deepest sympathies to his family.

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