2012 Speakers
Sunil Agarwal, India Against Corruption
The India Against Corruption campaign is currently a dominant force in working to eradicate corruption in India. 18 millions have raised their 'voice' via mobile phone and mobilised and the government forced to negotiate as Anna Hazare, the campaign leader, went on hunger strike.
But this is just the beginning. With their success, the campaign now needs to coordinate thousands of eager volunteers, get them to reach out to the masses, and to engage the masses directly.
The challenges it faces are: - low internet penetration (only 20 million) - main tool being mobile (800 million) - multiple languages (at least 10 like Europe) - low literacy (60%) - regulatory (overtly political messages not encouraged by telecom operators).
Naomi Colvin, Occupy London
Summary coming soon. More about Naomi at http://www.auerfeld.com/
Speaker Selection and Criteria
For each eCampaigning Forum, the aim is to have speakers who can demonstrate cutting-edge campaigning via interactive media. Generally this is one working in an established NGO and one working outside an 'established' NGO structure. Since may event participants return each year, a speaker also can't be from the same organisation as the previous year.
Any speaker needs to:
- Relate directly to e-campaigning
- Be useful for most of the ECF participants
- Challenge ECF participants to think beyond their current activities
- Have recent/current examples thay can use to demonstrate their points
- Be different from each other (e.g. not both from the same type of organisation / country / sector)
- Can use current examples (in last 6-12 months)
- What they share is not likely to be available elsewhere (e.g. other events, articles/videos)
From Last Year
See the speakers from last year's event to get ideas for what you'd like this year.
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