Agenda

"Participation 2007: Who's Leading Who" explores campaigning via new media with those at the forefront of this important and rapidly emerging area.

The event will explore:

The importance of participation for campaigning
Different visions of what is possible
Current leading best practices
Real and potential impacts
What campaigning organisations can learn

Agenda Details

Place: The Northampton Suite, University Building, City University, London (Tube: Angel)

Date	Time	Agenda
Until 9 May		Input event and explore issues together online
Web 9 May	12:00	Participants arrive and register
	12:30	Welcome and Introduction by Duane Raymond, FairSay
	12:45	Your Input: What do you want raised by speakers?
	13:00	Ricken Patel, Avaaz
	13:20	Brian Fitzgerald Greenpeace International (2007 Webby Award Winner!)
	13:40	Question & Answer
	14:00	Break and informal dialogue
	14:20	Sara Chaimberlain, BBC World Service Trust
	14:40	Steve Ward, Oxford Internet Institute
	15:00	David Wilcox, Designing for Civil Society
	15:20	Impromptu Speakers: A Chance to Share Your Perspective
	15:40	Questions, Answers, Dialogue, Debate
	16:10	Wrap up: Putting It Into Practice
	16:30	Conference Ends...but can continue online

Session Summaries

Welcome and Introduction

The welcome and introduction will explain the agenda process and touch on the basic issues and concepts the event will explore

Your Input: What do you want raised by speakers?

Before the speakers even start, you have the chance to influence what they talk about by giving your input on what you want talked about. You can do this online and at the event this input will be reviewed and additional input added. The purpose is to understand what you want out of the event and then try and achieve that.

Impromptu Speakers: A Chance to Share Your Perspective

As participations at the event, many of you have your own perspective to share with the group. This time is your chance to add to what the other speakers have said. If you are interested in giving a 5 minute talk on the event subject, simply indicate your interest so others know what else to expect.

Questions, Answers, Dialogue, Debate

After hearing the speakers, what questions are still unanswered for you? What do you want clarified? What would you like to challenge? What would you like to explore? This time for questions, answers, dialogue and debate isn't just to direct at the speakers, but to direct at each other in the room.

Wrap up: Putting It Into Practice

Participation 2007 is more than a talk shop: it is also meant to help expand your vision of what is possible and help you start working towards this. So this wrap up will wrap up the event by exploring how to put some of the ideas from the day into practice.

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