For those of you interested in researching online advocacy and lobbying, the webcast described below should be of direct interest. Steven Clift http://www.publicus.net P.S. I am always interested in learning about online advocacy success stories and lessons learned <clift@publicus.net> for my Democracies Online Newswire <http://www.e-democracy.org/do> <- subscribe free here. *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://e-democracy.org/do *** ---- Please Forward ---> Online Advocacy and Lobbying Webcast This event was hosted by E-Democracy <http://e-democracy.org> and the Institute for New Media Studies <http://www.inms.umn.edu> at the University of Minnesota. Have you ever wondered: - What were the top e-mails received by Governor Jesse Ventura? - What people think when an interest group doesn't have a website? - What is an advanced collaborative online advocacy network? - What is online advocacy and lobbying anyway? If so, then listen to the online advocacy webcast from: http://www.e-democracy.org/neoamn Or directly from: http://www.inms.umn.edu/neoamn/onlineadvocacypanel.ram The webcast includes audio with Power Point slides in Real format or audio-only for download in MP3. Short and to the point panelist presentations were followed by audience questions and an engaging discussion and debate. This is one of the best panel sessions ever held on this topic in general, and likely the only one freely available on the Internet. Minnesota is known for its depth of online political activity - lessons learned here are valuable everywhere. The dynamic panelists include: Robbie LaFluer - Director, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Marcia Avner - Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council of Non-Profits - Author, Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Orgs. David Strom - Legislative Director, Taxpayers League of Minnesota Brian Elliott - Political Coordinator, Clean Water Action Alliance - Minnesota Environmental Action Network Christine Nelson - Former Director of Citizen Outreach, Governor Ventura's Office Linda Jean Kensicki - Panel Moderator - Asst. Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Stay tuned next week for the announcement about the Net & Elections panel or get a preview at the same site. Sincerely, Steven Clift Visiting Fellow <http://www.publicus.net/fellow> - February 2003 Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: clift@publicus.net Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: listserv@tc.umn.edu *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: clift@publicus.net ***