Social Applications of the Web for Activists
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Octopus Books
Mike Gifford will be presenting this fascinating series at Octopus Books. Mike is president of OpenConcept Consulting
and his primary interest lies with building effective online campaigns
for progressive organizations. Working with unions, NGOs, and other
progressive organizations, OpenConcept is in a unique position to build
community and share the accumulated knowledge from a variety of sectors.
Part one of the series is: Online Elections
On
Nov 4th the world will be watching as the U.S. decides whether to
support Obama or McCain. This could be the first North American
election clearly won by a candidate that gets the web and how it can be
used to organize the electorate. Obama's online fund-raising efforts
have provided them with an unprecedented level of grassroots
contributions. Blogs, twitter, youtube, and other Web 2.0 sites have
been heavily used in this campaign. Will it be enough for the Democrats
to win? How are the Republican's with their non-tech savy candidate
responding? And is there information here we can adapt for use here in
Canada's electoral system?
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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