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These are the objectives everyone submitted in registering for the event. Feel free to edit your own as necessary.

Name (Organisation) Country Objectives
Eugene (54 Degrees) Ireland contribute ideas and knowledge sharing
Heather (Action Without Borders (Idealist.org)) United States I work for Idealist On Campus, Action Without Borders' college and university program. We work with student activists across the United States, and are increasingly getting the attention of student activists in other areas of the world. I would love to learn more from experienced organizers and campaigners about their experiences in order to most effectively build a global network of student activists.
Nathaniel (ActionAid?) United Kingdom To engage and learn more from others who share a passion to get people ecampaigning.
Graham (Advocacy Online) United Kingdom contribute to the ongoing development of e-advocacy
Alex (Amnesty International) United Kingdom Learn best-practice for AI's Make Some Noise project.
Karen (Amnesty International) United Kingdom Where is e-Campaigning today and what can I do at AI now that we aren't already doing?

Where is e-Campaigning going next: trends in developed and developing regions.

George (Amnesty International Canada) Canada I want to learn more about successful approaches to e-campaigning from european groups, and provide some perspective on what is working in the North American context. We will have just finished an election in Canada, so I will be able to report on some activities related to elecction campaigning and how ngos used the opporutnity to push their causes.
Adolfo (APC: Association for Progressive Communications) Mexico sharing experiences
Katrin (Aspiration / MobileActive?) United States learn status od ecampaigning and mobile campaigning in UK, connect with like-minded to share knowledge and skills
Yasser (BBC Action Network) United Kingdom To find out about what other organisations are doing and also to see if Action Network can provide a useful platform for other organisations.
Branislava (CAFOD) United Kingdom - To hear what other organisations are doing/planning to do in this area. - To discuss ne e-campaigning ideas/projects
Paul (CAFOD) United Kingdom Networking Information sharing
Matt (Carers UK) United Kingdom Egs of best practice, ideas about measuring impact, ideas on attracting and retaining ecampaigners. We are very much novices in this area so I'm hoping to be nicking as many good ideas as I can from those of you who are successful.
Sue (Charity Technology Trust) United Kingdom learn more about the possibilities, best practice and opportunities for charities doing ecampaigning
Dom (Christian Aid) United Kingdom - generate and share new ideas for more effective ecampaigning - understand relevant emerging technologies - network and meet new peers in different organisations
Louisa (Christian Aid) United Kingdom Learn more about eCampaiging.
Nick (Christian Aid) United Kingdom To get new ideas and keep up to date with the world of online campaigning. How to improve conversion rates of actions.
Sara (Christian Aid) United Kingdom To learn and to teach
Jason (DemocracyInAction?.org) United States To meet other members of the community and find out what they're doing and what they need to be successful.
Rolf (drostan.org) Netherlands - exploring lessons learned from using internet in campaigning (both on the governance/coordination/organisation side and the public image/awareness raising/mobilisation) - gathering tools to work towards mass-networking, online-to-offline, and using SMS, chat, and other mediums
Zoltan (Green Spider Foundation) Hungary To meet other people working on online campaigns, to see what has worked well, what hasn't...
Anna (GreenNet? / APC) United Kingdom I would like to learn more about the tools and technologies which are available, innovative approaches making technology more accessible, usable and productive for campaigning organisation.
Brian (Greenpeace International) Netherlands --Hear and share success and flop stories --Learn how other groups are harnassing new social networking tools --Offer a shoulder to cry on and share my own pain about that whole range of issues we all struggle with
Cristina (Greenpeace International) Netherlands To hopefully to be able to learn some new tricks. Also to share success stories and those flops as well with online organizing
Kevin (Greenpeace International) Netherlands To learn and network
Richard (Greenpeace International) Netherlands Share ideas about creating greater campaign impact and how to involve the audience in the campaign
Tracy (Greenpeace UK) United Kingdom To keep abreast of the latest developments and successes in ecampaigning to inform long-term strategy development and resource investment
Rob (Important Projects) Canada I hope to learn about eCampaigning in Europe, and to meet and network with people working on interesting and important projects.
Sreekanth S (Mahiti Infotech) India Learn/ share the new developments in e-campaign. Learn from other's experience. Look for possible colaboration in other e-campaign experts.
Mike (MobileActive? / 160Characters) United Kingdom learn new e-campaigning and share knowledge of mobile
Rosalyn (MoveOn?.org Political Action) United States Find out what other online orgs are doing that we haven't thought of/tried yet -- pick up some ideas that haven't caught on in the US yet. I'd love to leave with a better idea of what to do with our international list, which lies essentially unused now.
Barry (MSF International) Belgium Learn and share. In particular with techniques to allow the user to be more involved - to become active participants rather than just readers
Tom (mySociety.org) United Kingdom Spreading the word about our services, and picking up tips and advice for improving them.
Patrick (Novib Oxfam Netherlands) Netherlands Getting to know my colleagues, learning from best practices and past experiences, demonstrating several e-campaigning projects by novib
Alex (NSPCC) United Kingdom Find out more about online campaigns
Jae (NSPCC) United Kingdom - find out ways to increase campaigner actions - identifying best practice - reducing attrition - making ecampaigners more interesting - increasing ecampaigners
Shannon (ONE Campaign) United States To meet other MPH and like minded members of the movement on extreme poverty and compare notes on what does and does not work.
Laura (Oxfam America) United States I hope to learn how to evaluate our success/failure and to formulate best practices in supporter recruitment and retention.
Karina (Oxfam GB) United Kingdom To share skills and knowledge on the current practices, technologies and future tools that I need to ensure I communicate more effectively with people interested in social change and achieve the goals of any campaigns I work on.

Also, I am very keen to meet and network with other people working in this field

Richard (Oxfam GB) United Kingdom learn from others and contribute to information sharing and discussion on effective eCampaigning and eactivist strategies
Joel (Oxfam International) United Kingdom Learn about latest e-campaigning tips, tricks, techniques, and tools, in order to share knowledge with my Oxfam colleagues who manage Oxfam affiliate websites and/or do e-campaigning. Stay abreast of latest technologies. Contribute from my e-camp experience.
Susie (s-t-m) United Kingdom To discuss e-campaigning: where it's got to, where it might go to next. And to meet other people involved.
Julia (UNICEF UK) United Kingdom Find out what's going on in other organisation - latest tips and techniques
Katy (UNICEF UK) United Kingdom To learn more about how to build up a network of online campaigners
Nadya (UNICEF UK) United Kingdom Learn latest techniques and share best practice in order to scale-up UUK participation in mass campaigning
Jess (Which?) United Kingdom Share experience and best practice.
Miranda (Which?) United Kingdom Gain a deeper understanding of online campaigning best practice.
Bornali (World Development Movement) United Kingdom To share creative ideas on e-campaigning with peers from across the campaigning world.
Ken (World Vision UK) United Kingdom Networking, knowledge gathering and sharing
Andrew (WWF UK) United Kingdom To asssess WWF performance vs market place. To pick up tips for increasing effectiveness. To find out whats the next big thing beyond emails to politicians / businesses.
Richard (WWF US) United States To learn more from others engaged in the field