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How can activists and NGOs benefit from new media?

How can activists and NGOs benefit from new media?. Prague, July 12/2007. How can activists benefit from new media? Part 1. 1. Improve access/quality of information 2. Attract public attention to a particular problem

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How can activists and NGOs benefit from new media?

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  1. How can activists and NGOs benefit from new media? Prague, July 12/2007

  2. How can activists benefit from new media? Part 1 1. Improve access/quality of information 2. Attract public attention to a particular problem 3. Facilitate gathering and/or analyzing data with the help of volunteers (crowdsourcing) 4. Establish direct contact with politicians/constituencies

  3. How can activists benefit from new media? Part 2 5. Improve outreach/attract new members 6. Mobilize the movement and help with logistics 7. Create new and creative ways for fund-raising and collective action 8. Publish and exchange info with other NGOs and activists

  4. 1. Improve access/quality of information Examples: • OpenCongress • CongressPedia • Интерактивная система народного контроля • TheyWorkForYou.com • Witness/GV Witness • ChicagoCrime • Real Costs

  5. 2. Attract public attention to a particular problem Examples: • Wikileaks • OpenSecrets • Maplight.org • Congressional Family Business • Earmarks/Sunlight • Unfluence

  6. 3. Facilitate gathering and/or analyzing data with the help of volunteers (crowdsourcing) Examples: • PorkBusters.org/earmarks • TPM Muckraker/attorneys • What’s Mich McConnel hiding? • dKospedia • Offthebus.net • Congressional web-site oversight • Eyes on Darfur

  7. 4. Establish direct contact with politicians/constituencies Examples: • E-petitions/UK government • HearFromYourMp.com • Politicopia • PrezVid/Choose08 on YouTube • TechPresident

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