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=The Coffee House: Speed Topics= | =The Coffee House: Speed Topics= | ||
''Wed., 7:45 p.m.-9 p.m.'' | ''Wed., 7:45 p.m.-9 p.m.'' | ||
The heart of our gathering, "New Pamphleteers, New Reporters," will occur on Thursday, as our participants share best practices in three break-out periods, and informally during open-circle and break-time discussions. | |||
Tonight, Wednesday, we set the agenda with a concept we call "speed topics," and then a set of coffee-house like roundtable discussions. The goal is to discover the wisdom which exists among the group, and figure out how to best share that wisdom on Thursday. | |||
If these "experts" have biases, they'll say so | We start from the premise that every participant in "New Pamphleteers, New Reporters," is the expert on some piece of this emerging world of local onine news and community forums. Because we are meeting for the first time, we don't know who those experts are. And so we have made some hopefully intelligent choices about who among us can at least seed the conversation. | ||
So, in that spirit, eight erstwhile participant-experts will follow our after-dinner speaker with "speed topics." If these "experts" have biases, they'll say so. Each will pitch for 90 seconds about a key issue facing operators of local online news communities. Then all of our participants will be invited to form coffee-house style conversations in eigth corners of the room lead by our participant-experts around one of the eight announced topics. | |||
By 9 p.m., we'll have both a better idea of the expertise in the room, as well as the level of interest in each topic. We'll use that information to fine tune Thursday's break outs. | |||
==The eight topics== | ==The eight topics== | ||
*'''Technology choices -- platforms, cost''' | *'''Technology choices -- platforms, cost''' | ||
<ul><ul>''Lisa Williams, Placeblogger / H20Town'' (invited)</ul></ul> | <ul><ul>''Lisa Williams, Placeblogger / H20Town'' (invited) | ||
*'''Advertising and | ''Mike Orren, Pegasus News''</ul></ul> | ||
<ul><ul>''Richard Anderson, VillageSoup.com''</ul></ul> | *'''Advertising, sponsorships and grants-- is it enough?''' | ||
<ul><ul>''Richard Anderson, VillageSoup.com'' | |||
''Paul Bass, New Haven Independent''</ul></ul> | |||
*'''Citizen media and the law -- freedom and risk''' | *'''Citizen media and the law -- freedom and risk''' | ||
<ul><ul>''David Ardia, Berkman Center, Harvard Law School</ul></ul> | <ul><ul>''David Ardia, Berkman Center, Harvard Law School'' | ||
''Robert Cox, Media Bloggers Association''</ul></ul> | |||
*'''Training bloggers, writers, volunteers''' | *'''Training bloggers, writers, volunteers''' | ||
<ul><ul>''Cody Howard, Lawrence.com'' (invited)</ul></ul> | |||
*'''Tending to business: Incorporating, taxes, profit/non-profit''' | |||
<ul><ul>TBA</ul></ul> | <ul><ul>TBA</ul></ul> | ||
*''' | *'''Coop-petition: How to align with other media or groups''' | ||
<ul><ul>''Jeremy Iggers, TC Daily Planet | |||
Lew Friedland, Madison Commons''</ul></ul> | |||
<ul><ul>''Jeremy Iggers, TC Daily Planet</ul></ul> | |||
*'''Engaging citizens: What's the secret?''' | *'''Engaging citizens: What's the secret?''' | ||
<ul><ul>''Steve Clift, Rural Voices Project''</ul></ul> | <ul><ul>''Steve Clift, Rural Voices Project'' | ||
''Michael Skoler, Minnesota Public Radio''</ul></ul> | |||
*'''How to avoid burnout: Keeping the passion alive''' | *'''How to avoid burnout: Keeping the passion alive''' | ||
<ul><ul> | <ul><ul>''Deborah Gallant, BaristaNet'' (invited)</ul></ul> | ||
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The Coffee House: Speed Topics
Wed., 7:45 p.m.-9 p.m. The heart of our gathering, "New Pamphleteers, New Reporters," will occur on Thursday, as our participants share best practices in three break-out periods, and informally during open-circle and break-time discussions.
Tonight, Wednesday, we set the agenda with a concept we call "speed topics," and then a set of coffee-house like roundtable discussions. The goal is to discover the wisdom which exists among the group, and figure out how to best share that wisdom on Thursday.
We start from the premise that every participant in "New Pamphleteers, New Reporters," is the expert on some piece of this emerging world of local onine news and community forums. Because we are meeting for the first time, we don't know who those experts are. And so we have made some hopefully intelligent choices about who among us can at least seed the conversation.
So, in that spirit, eight erstwhile participant-experts will follow our after-dinner speaker with "speed topics." If these "experts" have biases, they'll say so. Each will pitch for 90 seconds about a key issue facing operators of local online news communities. Then all of our participants will be invited to form coffee-house style conversations in eigth corners of the room lead by our participant-experts around one of the eight announced topics.
By 9 p.m., we'll have both a better idea of the expertise in the room, as well as the level of interest in each topic. We'll use that information to fine tune Thursday's break outs.
The eight topics
- Technology choices -- platforms, cost
- Lisa Williams, Placeblogger / H20Town (invited)
Mike Orren, Pegasus News
- Advertising, sponsorships and grants-- is it enough?
- Richard Anderson, VillageSoup.com
Paul Bass, New Haven Independent
- Citizen media and the law -- freedom and risk
- David Ardia, Berkman Center, Harvard Law School
Robert Cox, Media Bloggers Association
- Training bloggers, writers, volunteers
- Cody Howard, Lawrence.com (invited)
- Tending to business: Incorporating, taxes, profit/non-profit
- TBA
- Coop-petition: How to align with other media or groups
- Jeremy Iggers, TC Daily Planet
Lew Friedland, Madison Commons
- Engaging citizens: What's the secret?
- Steve Clift, Rural Voices Project
Michael Skoler, Minnesota Public Radio
- How to avoid burnout: Keeping the passion alive
- Deborah Gallant, BaristaNet (invited)
