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PTP Blog: June 2007

twittering at the US Social Forum

Posted by Arif on Wednesday, 06/27/07

PTP's experimenting with twitter at the US Social Forum.  You can subscribe to our feed or add us if you're already twittering yourself.

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PTP at the US Social Forum

Posted by Arif on Wednesday, 06/27/07

Almost the entire staff of the Progressive Technology Project is going to head out to the US Social Forum this afternoon and tomorrow.

We're part of two sessions that are happening on Friday and Saturday, so if you want to catch us, here's where to find us: Read more »

Filed under General, Training

“soft launch” of PTP’s Voter TechKit

Posted by Arif on Friday, 06/22/07

As Mark has noted on his blog, we've semi-officially launched our Voter TechKit - a training resource designed to help 501c3 organizations navigate voter engagement work, with an emphasis on the technologies that support voter engagement.  Take a look and use the link along the bottom of the TechKit site to share your feedback.

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starting TechCamp today!

Posted by Arif on Tuesday, 06/12/07

the first TechCamp of 2007 starts this afternoon in St. Paul, MN!

If you missed registration for this one, you can still register for the second TechCamp of 2007 starting at the end of July at UC Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA.  More info on TechCamp is here.

Filed under General

Myspace versus email?

Posted by Kwame on Friday, 06/08/07

Social Networking Mania or Guilty Pleasures?

Are you on myspace? Friendster? Facebook? Linked-In? Hi-5? Or have you been fortunate to escape the clutches of the “in-thing(s)” these days. I couldn’t tell you which of these are pure social networking tools and which are guilty pleasures masquerading as social networking tools. But I do know some of these can look a lot like an online dating service gone bad rather than a network to connect you to people within your vocational or social realm. Read more »

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Voter TechKit

Posted by Mark on Wednesday, 06/06/07

We're excited to announce that we've brought up the initial version of our new online training environment for community organizers. We're calling it a Voter TechKit because it offers a comprehensive orientation to voter projects for 501C3 community organizing groups, with a particular emphasis on technology. I find the best part to be the video snippets from experienced community organizers. Read more »

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