Keynote with Michael Geist @ mesh08

Keynote with Michael Geist at mesh 2008
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 2:09:55 AM
Michael Geist's blog
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 2:10:19 AM
Getting underway now...
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:07:23 PM
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:09:42 PM
Speech from throne this year had "copyright reform". Scheduled to be introduced on Dec 2nd, but wasn't.
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:10:23 PM
Fair Copyright for Canada
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:11:01 PM
1 week = 10,000 ppl on FB group, now tens of thousands engaged on this issue
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:11:06 PM
BoingBoing was engaged
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:12:05 PM
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:12:27 PM
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:12:42 PM
Became a big news story in all major media, started websites around it.
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:13:47 PM
Ppl decended on Conservative caucus to voice their concerns.
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:14:45 PM
Conservative, Stephen Taylor, went to new media instead of Ombudsman to voice concern.
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:15:31 PM
CBC Ombudsman
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:15:35 PM
The Hillary mash up.
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:16:35 PM
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:16:53 PM
President of Tunesia video = mashup with Apple 1984 ad, came before Hilary Clinton video
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:17:43 PM
Strange coincidence... I was editing the Tunisia entry on Wikipedia last night.
by Guinevere Orvis at 5/21/2008 3:17:45 PM
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:17:52 PM
This was mashed up 3 years prior to the Hillary video.
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:18:26 PM
Same tools being used for all kinds of advacacy. It's the new normal e.g. Bermese monk protest, Ushahidi.com map of violent acts
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:18:26 PM
Support the monks FaceBook group has 400,000 members.
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:19:23 PM
What makes Digital Advocacy useful?
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:20:41 PM
1. organizing power - tools to bring together thousands of ppl used to be limited to select few, now available to everybody
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:20:53 PM
2. online and offline - online tools used to organize events offline e.g. protests, Netneutrality.ca
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:21:43 PM
Groups generated a over250,000 member in a month
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:22:22 PM
3. Mainstream media - "macaca" video went to YouTube first link, which then led to mainstream
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:22:45 PM
Bloggers as "cyber dissidents" as they try to speak out.
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:24:27 PM
4. Use tools to educate -
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:24:32 PM
Global Voices - translate views into English
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:25:09 PM
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:25:30 PM
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:25:46 PM
5. Action - e.g. "take action" link takes to FB group
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:26:06 PM
6. Speed - e.g. earthquake, rally support very quickly after an event happens
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:26:47 PM
I was wondering when he'd bring up the Twitter out-of-jail story :) CNN Story
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:27:16 PM
7. Digital tools - use in new an innovative ways
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:27:44 PM
Tunisian Prison Map
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:28:07 PM
OpenNet Initiative
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:28:31 PM
iOptOut
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:28:45 PM
8. Need to localize - i.e. finding one another in FB, using cellphones where Internet not readily available
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:28:51 PM
Facebook as a tool for investor activism - the ying and yang of the internet
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:30:01 PM
9. Government 2.0 - need to be receptive to some of this e.g. video-based townhall by UK govt, epetition page (gov't using it as a barometer)
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:30:21 PM
Ask the PM
by MDM at 5/21/2008 3:30:45 PM
10. General purpose sites - nothing wrong with those kind of sites
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:31:45 PM
Zuckerberg: "cute cat theory"
by Jonathan Keebler (Live) at 5/21/2008 3:33:00 PM