Twitter activism training for the Patriot Act (and beyond)

[Jon Pincus]

Hi all ... as the first step to social network activism training, we're
going to do a couple of short sessions on Twitter tomorrow in the
ramp-up to Wednesday's HJC hearing. Hopefully folks can make it to one
or the other:

http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Twitter+activism+training
1-213-289-0500 access code 869727

* 10-10:30 a.m. Pacific/1-1:30 Eastern
* 5-5:30 p.m. Pacific/8-8:30 Eastern

Goals

1. Understanding of the different ways we're using Twitter and the
#patriotact hashtag: for communication, for feedback to politicians, to
get media attention, to amplify our message
2. Awareness of and comfort level with different Twitter technologies:
retweeting and "tweeting points", Twazzup, act.ly
3. Feedback on what other training materials are needed

Draft Agenda

1. Introduction: The Patriot Act reauthorization debates and Twitter's
role in activism (3-5 min)
2. The basics: #patriotact, tracking via Twazzup, feedback via act.ly,
retweeting (10-15 minutes)
3. Advanced topics: Tweetchat, 2gov (5 minutes if time permits)
4. Q&A (10 minutes)

If you're not already on Twitter, please sign up before the session.
There's a getting-started page at
http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/If+you%27re+new+to+Twitter

See you there, I hope!

jon

PS: If you can't make it to either of these, we'll have some additional
sessions in the next couple of weeks.

[Jon Pincus]

we had 16 people at this morning's session, and a dozen tonight. thanks
to Harry, Amy, Korkie, and Jim for helping out.

http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Twitter+activism+training has a
list of resources at the top, as well as detailed notes of this
morning's session (thanks to Harry). Hopefully it should be useful
whether or not you were on the call.

If you'd like to see some of this activism in action, please join us
Wednesday during the House Judiciary Committee hearing (12:30 p.m.
Eastern)! http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Patriot+Act+Action+Hub

jon