Calls & Events
Planned Parenthood and the Web
March 29, 2012
Heather Holdridge
In the last few years, Planned Parenthood, a 70 year old organization that provides health services to millions of women and families, has moved proactively to embrace the web and social media, with striking results. Its YouTube channel has ... Learn More
After SOPA/PIPA: Where the Left/Right Online Alliance Goes Next
March 15, 2012
David Segal and Patrick Ruffini
On January 18, a cross-partisan coalition of net activists helped galvanize a massive outpouring of online opposition to the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). At the center of those efforts were David Segal and ... Learn More
How The Web is Changing TV News
March 8, 2012
Christina Bellantoni
The traditional world of TV news is being transformed by two-way social media, real-time interaction and bottom-up reporting. With Christina Bellantoni, the politics editor for PBS NewsHour, we'll discuss how newsrooms are experimenting ... Learn More
How Grassroots Conservatives Tap the Power of Open Networks
February 23, 2012
Martin Avila
Every day, some 150,000 grassroots conservatives go online to connect with each other locally and around common concerns through Freedom Connector, a social network hosted by Freedom Works. On this call, we'll talk with Martin Avila, the ... Learn More
Building the Digitally Networked Civic Arena, a Progress Report
February 10, 2012
Rachel Haot
Continuing our ongoing conversation about how cities using open data and embracing open collaboration are fueling the rise of we-government, on this call we checked in with Rachel Sterne, New York City's first-ever chief digital officer, ... Learn More
How the Internet is Transforming Politics at the Organizational Level
February 2, 2012
David Karpf
As traditional bricks-and-mortar advocacy groups face the challenge of declining membership levels and reduced receipts from direct mail, a new breed of lightweight, nimble, net-driven groups are rising to the fore. Dave Karpf has seen the ... Learn More
How to Use Twitter for Political Advocacy
January 19, 2012
Adam Sharp
Everyone in politics seems to have a Twitter account today, but who is using it well? On this call, we dug in with Twitter's Adam Sharp, who is spearheading the company's growing Washington presence. Learn More
Reinventing Local Democracy in the Digital Age
January 12, 2012
Conor White-Sullivan
Is it possible to take the best of New England's face-to-face town hall meetings, where neighbors gather to debate and decide on critical local issues, and translate that conversation into an online community? That's the question explored ... Learn More
How Chicago is Using Data to Make Life Better
January 5, 2012
John Tolva
The cutting edge of open data and collaborative government has always been at the city level, starting with pioneering work by Washington DC CTO Vivek Kundra several years ago. Now bigger cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston are ... Learn More
