Co-Sponsored by the Internet Advocacy Roundtable at the Center for American Progress Action Fund

Bemused about why Twitter is such a big deal? Or sold on Twitter but could use some tips on how to build your community or get your organization on board? Bring your Twitter handle and your laptop to this hands-on workshop that will transform you and your organization into power Twitter activists.

PROGRAM

Moderator: Gloria Pan, Turner Strategies

I. Twitter 101: Twitter protocols, hash tag communities, and how to extend your reach. With Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas and Colin Delany of ePolitics

II. Hot Twitter Apps: Survey of popular tools and how to use them to get ahead of the story. With Shaun Dakin of http://www.IsCoolTwitter.com and EndtheRoboCalls

III. Twitter, Advocacy and Advocacy Organizations: Group discussion with Dr. Alan Rosenblatt of CAPAction and Peggy Clark-Woods and Claudia Richardson of the American Association of University Women

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