Morley Winograd
Encyclopedia
Morley Winograd served as the Executive Director of the University of Southern California
's Marshall School of Business
Institute of Communication Technology Management (CTM) from 2001 until his retirement in 2009. He is the co-author of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American Politics (Rutgers University Press: 2008). Currently, he is serving at a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy.
He was appointed as the Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore
Jr. and Director of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/ in December 1997.
Winograd served as Chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party from 1973 to 1980. As Chairman, he served in a leadership position with the Association of State Democratic Chairs and was its President in the final two years of the Carter administration. In 1988, he began working with leaders of the Democratic Leadership Council, among them then-Governor Bill Clinton
and then-Senator Al Gore
, on developing the first successful information age political agenda. That same year, Winograd also chaired Al Gore's presidential primary campaign in Michigan
. As a member of the Democratic Leadership Council, in 1991, Winograd served as Parliamentarian at the National Convention in Cleveland. Winograd is co-founder of the California Democratic Leadership Council
.
In 1996, together with Dudley Buffa, he helped co-found the Institute for the New California (INC), a think tank devoted to aligning that state's governing systems with requirements for the information age. Winograd is co-author with Buffa of Taking Control: Politics in the Information Age (published in 1996). Taking Control analyzes the political ramifications that technology has on the way Americans live, work and govern themselves.
Winograd began his career in 1979 in the telecommunications industry with the Michigan Bell company and quickly rose through the ranks. He was responsible for propelling the success of small business customers in the Western region as the Sales Vice President for AT&T
's Western Region Commercial Markets. Winograd is also responsible for the creation of the AT&T University of Sales Excellence Program. This sales program won national recognition in Peter Block
's book, Stewardship (1993), as well as Stan Davis and Jim Botkin's book, The Monster Under the Bed (1994).
He is a fellow with NDN, a Democratic think tank.
Winograd resides in Southern California
.
with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
's Marshall School of Business
USC Marshall School of Business
The USC Marshall School of Business is a private research and academic institution at the University of Southern California. It is the largest of USC's 17 professional schools. The current Dean is James G. Ellis. In 1997 the school was renamed following a US$35 million donation from alumnus Gordon S...
Institute of Communication Technology Management (CTM) from 2001 until his retirement in 2009. He is the co-author of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American Politics (Rutgers University Press: 2008). Currently, he is serving at a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy.
He was appointed as the Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
Jr. and Director of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
National Partnership for Reinventing Government , originally the National Performance Review, was an interagency task force to reform the way the U.S. federal government works in the Clinton Administration.The NPR was created on March 3, 1993...
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/ in December 1997.
Winograd served as Chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party from 1973 to 1980. As Chairman, he served in a leadership position with the Association of State Democratic Chairs and was its President in the final two years of the Carter administration. In 1988, he began working with leaders of the Democratic Leadership Council, among them then-Governor Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
and then-Senator Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
, on developing the first successful information age political agenda. That same year, Winograd also chaired Al Gore's presidential primary campaign in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. As a member of the Democratic Leadership Council, in 1991, Winograd served as Parliamentarian at the National Convention in Cleveland. Winograd is co-founder of the California Democratic Leadership Council
Democratic Leadership Council
The Democratic Leadership Council was a non-profit 501 corporation that, upon its formation, argued the United States Democratic Party should shift away from the leftward turn it took in the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s...
.
In 1996, together with Dudley Buffa, he helped co-found the Institute for the New California (INC), a think tank devoted to aligning that state's governing systems with requirements for the information age. Winograd is co-author with Buffa of Taking Control: Politics in the Information Age (published in 1996). Taking Control analyzes the political ramifications that technology has on the way Americans live, work and govern themselves.
Winograd began his career in 1979 in the telecommunications industry with the Michigan Bell company and quickly rose through the ranks. He was responsible for propelling the success of small business customers in the Western region as the Sales Vice President for AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
's Western Region Commercial Markets. Winograd is also responsible for the creation of the AT&T University of Sales Excellence Program. This sales program won national recognition in Peter Block
Peter Block
Peter Block is an author, consultant, and speaker in the areas of organization development, community building, and civic engagement for the past 40 years. He was born in 1940 to Jewish parents, Ira and Dorothy Block...
's book, Stewardship (1993), as well as Stan Davis and Jim Botkin's book, The Monster Under the Bed (1994).
He is a fellow with NDN, a Democratic think tank.
Winograd resides in Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
.
Education
Winograd graduated from the University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.