1. Social Media
For me, this is a no-brainer. I am hopelessly addicted to social media, and have made several friends through it, including having a local politician invite me to apply for an internship in her office as a result of engaging her on Twitter.
2. Grant Research
Being a political science major, and having been a small piece of a political organization, I am used to bureaucracy, and am used to diving headlong in to long, arduous, seemingly boring research.