Social Applications of the Web for Activists: Part One of Our Six Part Series at Octopus Books

Part one of our six part series about Social Applications of the Web for Activists

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at 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?