Netroots Nation livestreaming from San Jose - Getting ready for 2014!

[octoberlib]

The big picture: We amplify progressive voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate. Through our annual convention and other events, we strengthen the community, inspire action and serve as an incubator for ideas that challenge the status quo and ultimately affect change in the public sphere.

The big event: The eighth annual gathering of the Netroots will be held June 20–23 in San Jose, CA. Netroots Nation 2013 will include 80 panels, 40 training sessions, inspiring keynotes, film screenings and other engaging sessions designed to educate, stimulate and inspire the nation’s next generation of progressive leaders.

Each year, thousands of bloggers, newsmakers, social justice advocates, labor and organizational leaders, grassroots organizers and online activists come together to make new connections, hone their organizing skills, share best practices and build stronger relationships with others working on the issues they care most about. And each year, some of the brightest minds in progressive politics come to Netroots Nation to speak with—and hear from—our community.

Past conferences have featured a Presidential Leadership Forum that drew seven Democratic candidates including then-Senator Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton; a surprise visit from Al Gore; interactive Q&A sessions with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid; an appearance by President Bill Clinton; and a chance to hear from three Nobel laureates. As The New York Times said, Netroots Nation is “becoming as much a part of the Democratic political circuit as the Iowa State Fair.”

http://www.netrootsnation.org/


If you're on Twitter just do a search for #nn13. My friend is there live-tweeting for them.



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Barney Frank and Howard Dean at Netroots

[bigdarryl]

1. What do they solve at the end of the conference?

Just a question I mean do they do voter registration drive and stuff like that or is it just a get together every year.

[octoberlib]

2. It's a get together every year

for activists and organizers(or anybody who wants to attend) where they strategize for the coming elections and train new organizers.

[Overseas]

3. K&R. I've watched some sessions.

Lots of different panel discussions.

Watching mass transit action panel right now.