I've put together a map of all the DIA clients nationwide. They appear as pink markers. With Zeemaps, you can filter what is shown by whose account it is. So, for example, if you click on "search," you can select different criteria search for all accounts in New York, or all accounts owned my Charles Lenchner, etc. The green stars on blue circles indicate that there are multiple clients in the area, and the pink markers indicate a single client.
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Submitted by Charles Lenchner on Thu, 2008-07-03 11:02. clients | democracyinaction | mapsLiveblogging Lessig
Submitted by Jason Z. on Fri, 2008-06-27 06:12. change congress | conferences | democracyinaction | dia community | dia user conference | diacon08 | government | lawrence lessig | nptech | politicsLawrence Lessig ... speaking to a packed house at the DIA user conference keynote.
(ot) Seating nailed down at the power strip oasis. Why are there never enough outlets? airports are a special offender in this ... or, maybe i should think about a computer with more than 30 seconds of battery life.
Talking Tech, Talking Change: DIA users meetup in LA
Submitted by Kip Williams on Tue, 2008-06-24 00:49. california | forum | la | los angeles | meetup | socal | usersLast week, David and I closed up the San Francisco office and headed down to LA. On Friday, we met up with organizers who are using Salsa and held the first ever DIA SoCal Users Forum.
We started the agenda with a demo of the new Actions 2.0 tool, and then folks shared questions and stories from their own adventures in online organizing.
Blogging as signposting
Submitted by Jason Z. on Sat, 2008-06-21 19:49. blogging | death penalty | navel gazing | search | yes this is rank self-promotionI was talking with a friend the other day thinking of starting a blog of her own, and it got me trying to parse through the deliverable benefits you get from this sort of enterprise.
Community, active learning ... those things are great, and very real. But the one most quantifiable to a bottom-line-oriented boss is likely to be search.
Every post on a blog is a signpost that says, "here's a resource about X" -- for months or years afterwards when people punch the keywords into Google. It's an incredibly powerful, cheap and genuine search strategy and for any charity whose issue isn't solely indicated by incredibly crowded search environments like "Britney Spears panties". Every day, we see a steady trickle of traffic on topics we've covered here, both on-topic to our raison d'etre and off.
I got a weird but welcome example of that this week on my other blog. All of a sudden one day, I had huge traffic (by my paltry standards) coming to a single post -- but there was no identifiable link out there. It was all search. Out of nowhere, months after the publication, that post had its highest-traffic day ... and then, it dropped back into obscurity:
What the heck?
Still a few more seats at the user conference -- book 'em by Friday
Submitted by Jason Z. on Thu, 2008-06-19 10:06. conferences | democracyinaction | dia community | dia user conference | diacon08 | lawrence lessig | navel gazing | nptech | salsa | user trainingMonday's registration deadline for the DIA user conference has passed, but you might have noticed you can still get to the registration page.
Here's the deal: there are about a dozen spots left. We'd like to fill them, but we also need to have a final-final head count for the hotel by the end of the week. So registration is going to be held open to tomorrow, Friday, June 20. That's the stone-cold, after-the-deadline deadline; we won't be able to handle on-site registrations, so if you're still juggling plans or otherwise uncertain, get in touch with us and let us know what's up no later than tomorrow.
Lawrence Lessig to Keynote DIA User Conference June 27
Submitted by Jason Z. on Fri, 2008-06-13 06:48. conferences | democracyinaction | dia community | dia user conference | diacon08 | lawrence lessig | navel gazing | nptech | salsa | user trainingThis. Is. Hot.
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford law professor, free culture paladin, social change advocate -- man, in short, about the technology activist town -- has just been officially confirmed to keynote the upcoming DemocracyInAction Community Conference.
The conference takes place June 26-27 in downtown Washington, D.C.; Lessig will address the morning plenary on Friday, June 27th on "Change Congress". Maybe you caught him at the recent National Conference on Media Reform?
You'll find him on the expanded agenda also just released.
Did we mention (repeatedly?) that that's on top of two days' wall-to-wall Salsa training, online strategizing, and elbow rubbing with the best and brightest?
Did we mention there are only three days left to register?
The World of World of Warcraft world
Submitted by Jason Z. on Wed, 2008-06-11 07:30. humor | identity | the onion | video | world of warcraft"When you're staring at the computer screen, you actually believe that you're in a dimly lit basement staring at a computer screen."
'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'
Not to keep harping on the DIA User Conference, but this is the last week to register for the DIA User Conference
Submitted by Jason Z. on Tue, 2008-06-10 06:46. conferences | democracyinaction | dia community | dia user conference | diacon08 | navel gazing | nptech | salsa | user trainingDon't put it off another day -- register now!
The speakers list is coming together, and dang if it isn't a fine one. Rub elbows with the likes of:
- Marty Kearns (Green Media Toolshed, Net-centric Campaigns)
- Judith Freeman (New Organizing Institute)
- Marc Laitin (Consultant)
- Colin Delany (e.politics)
- Jenn Smith (Watershed)
- Allyson Kapin (Rad Campaign)
- David Taylor (Radical Designs)
- Rosalyn Lemieux (Consultant)
- Alan Rosenblatt (Center for American Progress)
- Trina Zahller (Oil Change International)
And crib organizing notes from the best and brightest, like
- MomsRising
- Center for American Progress
- Oceana
- 1SkyBrave
- Step It Up
- Oil Change International
- CIVIC
- True Majority
- Genocide Intervention Network
- Code Pink
Did we mention that you're running out of time to register?
Montana Primary Turns Olot of D's
Submitted by Jnet on Thu, 2008-06-05 07:21. barack obama | Forward Montana | Montana electionsNewsflash - Montana is a politically dynamic state. Obama wins primary.
Oh Montucky... land of Red and Blue, and where every vote counts. Obama carried the state in Tuesday's primary election with 102,544 votes to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 75,053.
What's exciting is the 95% voter increase from Democrats compared to the 2004 Montana presidential primary.... basically twice as many D's voted! Check out NewWest's breakdown of the MT primary.
Let's review the primary results:
2008 Total Votes Cast = 277,138
Have You Registered for the DIA User Conference Yet?
Submitted by Jason Z. on Wed, 2008-06-04 11:52. conferences | democracyinaction | dia community | dia user conference | diacon08 | navel gazing | nptech | salsa | user trainingLast-minute shoppers, the June 16 deadline for registration is fast approaching.
Maybe you've been busy. Haven't had time yet. Been waiting on a few things to fall into place. We've all been there.
But the calendar has rolled over to June and space is limited, so now's the time to make the time to register.





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