Sam Adams Alliance
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O'Keefe founded the Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) and served as chairman and CEO. According to O'Keefe's website, SAM was intended to be a right wing source of support for freedom of speech and discussion of political issues, training citizens to be activists and bloggers. The organization was active from 2007 to 2011.<ref>Eric O'Keefe, [http://www.eric-okeefe.com About Eric], personal website, accessed Nov. 25, 2013</ref> The development of SAM led to the foundations of the tea party movement, allowing activists like [[Eric Odom]] the opportunity to develop websites and social media as a organizational platform. Odom was SAM's new media director before he branched out on his own.<ref name="Anatomy">Alex Brant-Zawadzki and Dawn Teo, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-brantzawadzki/anatomy-of-the-tea-party_b_380662.html Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: Sam Adams Alliance], ''Huffington Post'', Dec. 11, 2009</ref>
O'Keefe founded the Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) and served as chairman and CEO. According to O'Keefe's website, SAM was intended to be a right wing source of support for freedom of speech and discussion of political issues, training citizens to be activists and bloggers. The organization was active from 2007 to 2011.<ref>Eric O'Keefe, [http://www.eric-okeefe.com About Eric], personal website, accessed Nov. 25, 2013</ref> The development of SAM led to the foundations of the tea party movement, allowing activists like [[Eric Odom]] the opportunity to develop websites and social media as a organizational platform. Odom was SAM's new media director before he branched out on his own.<ref name="Anatomy">Alex Brant-Zawadzki and Dawn Teo, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-brantzawadzki/anatomy-of-the-tea-party_b_380662.html Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: Sam Adams Alliance], ''Huffington Post'', Dec. 11, 2009</ref>
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According to Liberty Guide, a project of the Institute for Humane Studies, "Eric O’Keefe is chairman and CEO of the Sam Adams Alliance. Under his leadership, the Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) has established some of the most active and respected organizations in the freedom movement, including American Majority and the Franklin Center. SAM has also launched Judgepedia, Ballotpedia, and Sunshine Review, Wikipedia-style websites that have had more than 19 million page views for their 128,000 pages of politically important information. He serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Humane Studies, the Center for Competitive Politics, the Citizens in Charge Foundation, and Wisconsin Club for Growth. He authored the book Who Rules America, which won praise from Milton Friedman, and hosts a new podcast series, Engaging Democracy. When not promoting political reform, O’Keefe is a private investor residing in rural Wisconsin with his wife, Leslie Graves."<ref> Liberty Guide, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104035251/http://www.libertyguide.com/resources/9-how-understanding-politics-helps-in-policy How Understanding Politics Helps in Policy], Liberty Guide, web page archived on November 4, 2013.</ref>
According to the State Policy Network's (SPN) website, SAM received funding from SPN and was listed in their network of state think tanks. <ref name=“spn”>State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/directory/sam-adams-alliance Same Adams Alliance], Official website, accessed December 11, 2013.</ref>
According to the State Policy Network's (SPN) website, SAM received funding from SPN and was listed in their network of state think tanks. <ref name=“spn”>State Policy Network, [http://www.spn.org/directory/sam-adams-alliance Same Adams Alliance], Official website, accessed December 11, 2013.</ref>