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Topic:: Privacy From the Other Side: Implications for the Online User Experience
Date:: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Speakers: Justin Brookman, Center for Democracy & Technology (Director, Project on Consumer Privacy)
Bryan Gernert, Resonate Networks (CEO)
Kate Kaye, ClickZ (Senior Editor)
Mike Zaneis, Interactive Advertising Bureau (General Counsel & SVP of Public Policy)
Read an interview with 5/19 event speaker Kate Kaye of ClickZ here.
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Topic: Journalism Through Digital Storytelling
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Speakers: Rob Bole, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Vice President of Digital Media Strategy)
Cory Haik, The Washington Post (Deputy Editor, Universal News Desk)
View a video of the 3/22/11 event here.
Check out tweets from the 3/22/11 event here.
Read an interview with 3/22/11 event speaker Rob Bole of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting here.
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Topic: What the Kids Are Doing
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011
Speakers: Daniel Brusilovsky, JESS3 (Strategist), Teens in Tech (Founder & CEO)
Corvida Raven, SheGeeks.net (Founder & Editor)
Jake Kring and Mack Kolarich, GetSpontaneous (Co-Founders)
Moderator: Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sista
Read a summary of the 2/17/11 event here.
Read an interview with 2/17/11 event speakers Jake Kring and Mack Kolarich of GetSpontaneous here.
Read an interview with 2/17/11 event speaker Daniel Brusilovsky of JESS3 and Teens in Tech here.
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Topic: Search: The Arrived Future of Media?
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Speakers: Vanessa Fox, Nine By Blue (Creator, Google’s Webmaster Central)
Ronald C. Goodstein, Ph.D., Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
Geoff Livingston, Zoetica (Founder)
Beth Shankle, National Press Club (Research Director)
View a video of the 12/15/10 event here.
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Topic: Video: C-SPAN Library, Video Search and Chris Brown
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Speakers: Howard Mortman, C-SPAN (Communications Director)
Chris Brown, Quinn Gillespie & Associates (Director of Digital Strategy)
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Topic: Making Data Work For You
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2010
Speakers: Eric Gundersen, Development Seed (President and Co-Founder)
Jason Hoekstra, U.S. Department of Education (Special Assistant)
Jeff McCoy, The World Bank (Web Developer)
Neil Fantom, The World Bank (Senior Statistician)
Derek Willis, The New York Times (Newsroom Developer)
Moderator: Troy Schneider, New America Foundation (Director of Media and Communication)
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Topic: Why the Broadband Plan Really Matters
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010
Speakers: Shana Glickfield, NextGenWeb and Beekeeper Group
Elise Kohn, FCC Broadband Team (Adoption Director)
Shireen Mitchell, Digital Media, Technology, and Diversity Analyst (see @digitalsista on Twitter)
Moderator: Allen Rosenblatt, Center for American Progress (Assistant Director for Online Advocacy)
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Topic: Privacy: Mobile and Social Media
Date: Monday, October 19, 2009
Speakers: Karen Neuman, St. Ledger-Roty Neuman & Olson LLP (Partner)
Matthew Mahan, Causes on Facebook (Director of Nonprofit Relations and Business Development)
Moderator: Andrew Mirksy, Mirsky & Company, PLLC
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Topic: Redskins, Twitter, SocialTimes, Facebook and Community
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2009
Speakers: Cindy Boren, The Washington Post (Redskins and NFL Editor)
Nick O’Neill, Social Times and AllFacebook (Founder)
Jeff Mascott, Adfero Group (Managing Director)
Erica Anderson, Erica America
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Topic: Behavior Targeting: Advertising Where it Counts
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Speakers: Lee Brenner, FastFWD Group (Founding Principal) and MySpace (Political Director & Executive Producer of Political & Non-Profit Engagement Programming)
Andy Hunn, Resonate Networks (Chief Operating Officer)
Ernie Mosteller, Blattner Brunner (VP, Interactive Creative Director)
Michael Zaneis, Interactive Advertising Bureau (Vice President, Public Policy)
Moderator: Shana Glickfield
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Topic: Polifluentials, Wind Energy, and FEMA
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Speakers: Gary Bivings, The Bivings Group (President and Founder)
Carol C. Darr, George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management (Associate Professorial Lecturer)
John Shea, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Public Information Officer specializing in new media)
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Topic: Tough Times – Finding Talent, Advancing a Career, and Building Diversity in New Media in a Troubled Economy
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Speakers: Onica Makwakwa, UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. (Executive Director)
Chris Murphy, Atlantic Media Company (GC & Executive Director for HR)
Harry Weiner, on-ramps (CEO and Founder)
Mark Williams, KnowMeNow (Founder) (markusworks.com)
Moderator: Peter Cherukuri, Roll Call (Publisher)
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Topic: Political Do Not Contact, Mobile Technology, and C-SPAN Digital
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Speakers: Shaun Dakin, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry (CEO and Founder)
Jeff Lee, Distributive Networks (President)
Adam Sharp, C-SPAN (Executive Producer, Digital Services)
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Topic: Government Data, the Public Interest … and Private Profit?
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Speakers: Sheila Campbell, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Citizen Services (Team Leader) USA.gov (Web Best Practices Team and Co-Chair), Federal Web Managers Council
Eric Gunderson, Development Seed (President)
Arnie Thomas, Roll Call Group (Senior Vice President, Customer Relationships)
John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation (Policy Director)
Moderator: Troy K. Schneider, New America Foundation (Director, Media & Communications)
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Topic: Search Engine Optimization
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Speakers: Anthony Long, AOL (Director, Search Engine Visibility)
Eddie Mercado, Discovery Communications (Senior Search Analyst/SEO Lead)
Melanie Phung, New Media Strategies (Senior Manager of SEO and SEO blogger extraordinaire at www.all-about-content.com/)
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Topic: The State of the (New Media) Economy
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Speakers: David Almacy, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide’s Studio D Group for the North American region (Vice President), previously White House Director of Internet and E-Communications.
Roundtable: Ben Coffey Clark, Fleishman-Hillard
Ernie Mosteller, Blattner Brunner, (Vice President and Interactive Creative Director)
Sarah Romer, Washingtonian Magazine (Director of Sales & Marketing, Washingtonian.com)
Moderator: Peter Cherukuri, Roll Call Group (Publisher)
In addition, Paul Brigner of Verizon will give a not-to-be-missed FiOS demo of 20megs up, 50megs down. This will be followed by a discussion of opportunities for content and marketing (i.e. growth of video entertainment options on the Internet, streaming movies).
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Topic: How Does New Media Make Money?
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Speakers: Mari Kuraishi, Global Giving Foundation (President)
Pete Snyder, New Media Strategies (CEO)
Moderator: Alex Treadway, National Journal Group (Managing Director, Strategic Client Services)
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Topic: 3G: Mobile Media in Motion
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Speakers: Michael Collins, Kinetic Mobile (WPP Worldwide’s mobile division) (CEO)
Peter Corbett, iStrategylabs (CEO)
Chris Parandian, mobilediner.com and Tin Can Communications (Founder)
Moderator: Larke Paul, Threespot Media (Account Manager)
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Topic: Who Owns What? – Exploring Intellectual Property from the “new media economy” angle
Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2008
Speakers: Jennifer Cortner, EFX Media (President and Co-owner)
Colin Delany, Epolitics.com (Founder and Editor)
Lawrence Swiader, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Chief Information Officer)
Introduction and Legal Background: Andrew Mirsky, Esq., Mirsky & Company, PLLC
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Topic: Video in Business, Politics, and Social Networking
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Speakers: Neil Hare, Global Vision Communications (President)
Dan Manatt, PoliticsTV.com (CEO and Executive Producer)
Thom Wallace, emPivot (Co-Founder)
Chace Warmington, emPivot (Co-Founder)
Moderator: Ken Sands, Congressional Quarterly (Executive Editor for Innovation)
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Topic: Developments in New Media Advertising
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2008
Speakers: Introduction by Regina Hopper, US Telecom (Executive Vice President)
Panel: Ernie Mosteller, Blattner Brunner (VP, Interactive Creative Director)
Jeff Mascott, Adfero Group (Managing Director)
David Haase, Virilion (Senior Consultant and Director, Editorial Services)
Moderator: Tim Hartman, GovExecutive.com/NextGov.com (Dir. Digital Publishing)
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Topic: Old Media to New Media: Part Two
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Speakers: Introduction by Peter Greenberger, Google (Elections & Issue Advocacy)
Panel: Charlie Mitchell, Roll Call (Editor)
Michael Petruzzello, Qorvis Communications (Partner)
Jack Quinn, Quinn Gillespie and Associates (Founder and Co-Chairman)
Alan Rosenblatt, Center for American Progress (Associate Director of Online Advocacy)
Nancy Wright, TenCapitol (Senior Vice President)
Moderator: Troy Schneider, New America Foundation (New Media Editor)
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Topic: Old Media to New Media: Part One
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Speakers: Introduction by Peter Corbett, iStrategyLabs (CEO)
Panel: Jim Brady, WashingtonPost.com (Executive Editor)
Kent Dellinger, Honda North America (Manager of Govt. Relations)
Gerry Gunster, Goddard Clausen (Senior VP and Executive Director)
Moderator: Peter Cherukuri, Roll Call (VP/Associate Publisher)
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Topic: Adjusting to the New Media Landscape: The Associated Press and Google
Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Speakers: Jeffrey Litvack, Associated Press (Global Director of New Media)
Peter Greenberger, Google (Director of Elections & Issue Advocacy)
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Topic: Larke Paul, Rob Kennedy, and Gene Slyman
Date: October, 23, 2007
Speakers: Larke Paul, Threespot Media (Account Manager)
Rob Kennedy, C-SPAN (General Manager)
Gene Slyman, Gene Slyman Media Services (Founder)
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Topic: Political Communication and Relationship Building
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Speakers: Introduction by Justin Waller, Atlantic Media and Andy Mirsky, Mirsky & Company, PLLC
Michael Bassik, MSHC Partners (Vice President of Internet Strategy)
Erin Byrne, Burson-Marsteller, (Chief Digital Strategist and Managing Director of Marsteller Interactive)
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Topic: Open Source Content Branding, Consumer-Generated Marketing, and New Media for Non-Profits
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Speakers: Scott Karp, Publishing 2.0, The (R)evolution of Media (Editor and Publisher)
John Bell, Ogilvy Public Relations (Managing Director and head of Ogilvy PR’s 360 Degree Digital Influence Team)
Troy Schneider, New America Foundation, Director of New Media
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