Hi everyone -
I'm one of those who is just starting to understand the kinds of opportunities that emerging internet and organizing technologies offer non-profits and progressive politics and am thrilled to get to spend a couple of days with other folks who are thinking about and doing so many cool things. I run a great little regional conservation group and am coming partly because I think the things we'll explore at the conference can help my group and our colleagues do a better job of saving critters and special places. I'm intrigued, incidentally, by how few conservation groups are attending, and excited by how markedly diverse the attendee list is. I'm also coming to the conference because I think tech-enabled social change work has a lot to offer progressive electoral politics as well. I started dabbling in electoral politics last year and now serve as a city councilor in my community, and as an elected and a social change advocate I'm really interested in how these technologies carry over from the advocacy side of the fence to the political representation side. Plus, with kudos to the conference organizers, this just feels like the sort of gathering where important things are going to happen.
Jacob SmithCenter for Native Ecosystems
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We hope things are going to happen
One of the things we're setting up at the conference is a Net2 Next Actions board. We're going to be passing out index cards and asking people to share the to-dos that come out of the conference.
Erin beat me to pointing you to the activism session. You might also be interested in the grassroot marketing session. Check it out and, if you want to add a comment or question, please do.
Marnie Webb
Net2 team
Hi Jacob,If you're coming on
Hi Jacob,
If you're coming on Monday, and you're interested, you should join us for dinner to discuss Online Activism.
More info here: http://www.netsquared.org/blog/agenthandy/erin-denny-intro-monday-night-dinner-host-subject-online-activism
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Erin Denny aka "Handy"
erin@techsoup.org