Political World | Hype vs. Reality in Campaign 08 – Brian Reich, Ellen Miller, Catherine Geanuracos, Carolyn Washburn, Michael Silberman, John Della Volpe, Amy Schatz, Anthony Wojtkowiak

It’s supposed to be the YouTube-MySpace-power-to-the-people campaign. So why are online political junkies so frustrated with what they’ve seen so far? Session Chair: Brian Reich, author, Media Rules! Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation Catherine Geanuracos, Live Earth Carolyn Washburn, Executive Editor, The Des Moines Register Michael Silberman, EchoDitto John Della Volpe, SocialSphere Amy Schatz, The Wall […]

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Keynote Conversation II | Print Reincarnated (and other media) – Richard Sarnoff, William C. Weiss

With Richard Sarnoff, President, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, and William C. Weiss, Chairman &CEO, The Promar Group, Chairman, iFOCOS Blogged by Barbara Iverson: post one and two. Chad CapellmanChad Capellman is the web producer for wemedia.com. He has served in this capacity for every We Media conference even while working for other employers that included […]

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Activist World | Social networks for social good – Suzanne Turner, Joan Peckolick, James Carlson, Deron Triff, Matisse Bustos Hawkes

Winning others to your social cause has never been easier. Hear how three new-media organizations are leveraging the power of social networks to prevent cancer, support the arts and much more. Session Chair: Suzanne Turner, CEO, Turner Strategies Joan Peckolick, Founder, Selfchec James Carlson, CEO, Bucketworks Deron Triff, Co-President and CEO, Changents Matisse Bustos Hawkes, […]

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Widget World | The Me Revolution – Jeff Nolan

Sponsored by NewsGator Advertisers and media companies are undergoing a dramatic transformation that impacts how they target and reach consumers and business users alike. Widgets and syndication services are enabling a new generation of capabilities that puts the consumer in the center and allows them to surround themselves with content from their favorite sources and […]

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Civil Discourse – Hal Straus, Mark Jones, Steve Arend, Robin Miller, Chris Tolles

Sponsored by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive New media is defined by online interactivity; no blog posting or article is complete with a comments section, for example. How do such virtual conversations influence, inform and reflect real-life public conversations? How can online community organizers keep participants on track and maintain order without stifling the conversation? Chair: Hal Straus, […]

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iFOCOS live-blog coverage of We Media 2008, organized by panel

As part of our on-going wrap-up of last month’s We Media Miami conference, I’m collecting here all the live-blog posts from the iFOCOS We Media blog, organized by panel. The We Media fellows — that dynamic, hard-working group of folks who received some financial help to attend the conference, thanks to generous assistance from the […]

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Help us round up blogs and other coverage of We Media Miami 08

In the previous post, I  aggregated as much online content about the conference as possible. Up top, you’ll see blog posts from conference participants. Down below is coverage specifically related to the We Media/Zogby poll. I’ll continue to update the list, so please do comment here or email me (auseem@ifocos.org) with new links or links […]

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Digital coverage of We Media Miami 2008

An attempt to comprehensively round up blog posts by conference participants and attending journalists (with apologies that they are organized a bit randomly.) Rachel Sterne: “Reuters Scientist demonstrates Mojo at We Media conference,” Ground Report blog, Feb. 27 “New Media Leaders Discuss How Campaigns Can Win,” Ground Report blog, Feb. 27 Bridget Carey: “Debate over […]

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