About Adriel Hampton

Adriel-mic.pngAdriel Hampton is VP of Community at NationBuilder, a software platform for organizing, and founder of the Gov 2.0 Radio podcast. He is a professional speaker and advises governments, politicians, NGOs and businesses on social media and technology innovation. He is also an organizer for various civic tech events.

Adriel is a passionate advocate for harnessing emerging technologies to make government more effective, collaborative and transparent. The Berkeley-educated communicator is an early Gov 2.0 adopter and serves as a regular host of the popular public interest podcast Gov 2.0 Radio, which has featured O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly, New York Senate CIO Andrew Hoppin, State Department social media expert Lovisa Williams, Craigslist.com founder Craig Newmark, and EPA Web communications director Jeffrey Levy.

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Adriel is a community leader and manager for major social networking groups focused on government innovation, and, in 2009, he generated national attention with a . Adriel began experimenting with new media as a design and editorial manager for the San Francisco Examiner, where he launched the paper’s first blog, a supplement to his political column, The Body Politic. He has also served as an editor and manager for the Bay Area Newspaper Group, the Lodi-News Sentinel, and the San Joaquin Delta College Impact.
Adriel has spoken on Gov 2.0, social media for government, podcasting, the future of governance, innovation, and blogging at Webzine, the National Association of Government Web Managers National Conference, Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, Gov 2.0 Kuala Lumpur, and at pro bono “Citizen 2.0” events. He has used his social media expertise to help preserve parkland in California, and to promote open government principles through prominent Twitter accounts and and a .
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From 2005 to 2011, Adriel worked as an investigator for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. He brought the office into the Web 2.0 world in early 2009, launching the Twitter account and growing it to more than 5,500 followers. Adriel also launched the City Attorney’s official Flickr account. He continues to advise City Attorney Dennis Herrera on social media and technological innovation. 
Adriel is also an advisor for LegiNation, a startup focused on access and interaction with state legislative data. He lives in California and enjoys visiting in-laws in Tokyo and roaming the metropolis with a camera.

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email: adriel (at) adrielhampton.com | Crosses of Lafayette photo by Jeremy Maurer 

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  • commented 2013-01-17 17:08:47 -0500
    Very cool. You’re doing some great work!
  • commented 2011-08-16 23:52:01 -0400
    Love that Crosses of Lafayette photo! Content coming along beautifully on this site Adriel.
  • commented 2011-08-08 01:10:56 -0400
    we are the government and it’s way past time for us to hold our ‘representatives’ accountable. Stay informed, speak out, work hard to accomplish our goals, vote and never accept defeat.
  • commented 2011-08-06 02:08:54 -0400
    Good start Adriel, I´m in from faraway country, but I have relatives in USA. Congressman Vern Buchanan´s (Rep. FL-13) grandfather Eric Tauriainen left Puolanka, Finland 1900. My ancestor is Lars Tauriainen (born 1600) who came round here with 4 adult boy. They were entrepreneurs and pioneers, like many successful business man are – we call it nation!
  • commented 2011-07-31 11:00:46 -0400
    Bon succès Adriel. You rock! You can count on me, but I’m an isolated island of open gov advocacy lost in a Francophone world not at all receptive to this type of stuff. I keep trying to make a difference…
  • commented 2011-07-31 01:39:49 -0400
    Nice start, Adriel. Getting a little more human, more personal, hence, more authentic. All good stuff. bob
  • commented 2011-07-27 17:24:34 -0400
    But what if you’re dinosaur ink?
  • commented 2011-07-18 09:57:53 -0400
    Very cool, Gregory! I was born in Modesto and my aunt and grandmother live there.
  • commented 2011-07-18 09:52:51 -0400
    Hello Adriel, Happy to join your team!
    We have much in common. San Jose State University graduate taught also by several Berkeley professors; Lifetime SF Chronicle reader; currently reside in Modesto, CA 25 minutes from Stockton and 45 minutes from Lodi. Have done much work San Joaquin county.

    Very impressive and interesting profile Adriel.

    Best regards, Greg Jackson
  • commented 2011-07-04 01:02:02 -0400
    Good work, Adriel ; )
  • commented 2011-07-03 07:48:27 -0400
    very powerful image…
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  • commented 2011-04-29 01:16:57 -0400
    Looking around and checking stuff out..
  • tweeted link to this page. 2011-04-29 00:00:08 -0400
    Screw, Colbert and his funny mask. Adriel Nation. https://wiredtoshare.com
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  • retweeted 2011-04-25 11:25:05 -0400
    "The empires of the future will be empires of the mind." ~ Churchill. https://wiredtoshare.com
  • mentioned link to this page. 2011-04-24 21:53:52 -0400
    Fair enough. RT @: So, I figured it Colbert could have one ... http://is.gd/W09Mug
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    RT @: So, I figured it Colbert could have one ... https://wiredtoshare.com/
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  • retweeted 2011-04-24 13:51:03 -0400
    Welcome to Adriel Nation https://wiredtoshare.com/
  • mentioned link to this page. 2011-04-23 22:46:59 -0400
    RT @: Welcome to Adriel Nation https://wiredtoshare.com/
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  • mentioned link to this page. 2011-04-23 21:35:02 -0400
    Nice! RT @ Welcome to Adriel Nation https://wiredtoshare.com/
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  • commented 2011-04-23 20:39:22 -0400
    Adriel Hampton is the MAN! Go Adriel!
  • commented 2011-04-23 20:29:21 -0400
    You sound like a pretty big deal! I would agree.
  • mentioned link to this page. 2011-04-23 20:25:18 -0400
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  • published this page 2011-04-20 01:33:00 -0400
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  • tweeted link to this page. 2010-12-26 11:58:34 -0500
    welcome as a follower, @ - strategist for gov, politics and activism. host of the gov 2.0 https://wiredtoshare.com
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    @ top post at https://wiredtoshare.com
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    RT @: @ Video of @ keynote https://wiredtoshare.com/ He talks about U, ..
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    @ Video of @ keynote https://wiredtoshare.com/ He talks about U, , and (41:20+)
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