09NTC Live: Online Organizing for Community Organizers (and vice versa)
Community organizing and online organizing: can they go together? This session will be an exploration of the differences between the two, resulting in a road map for community organizations starting to use online organizing tools.
Takeaways:
1. List of
specific best practices for community organizers integrating online
tools into their work. (As distinct from the HQ of community
organizations utilizing email lists for fundraising and communications.)
2. Review of the state of debate between community and online
organizers. (Marshall Ganz versus MoveOn). The goal is to understand
the resistance from community organizers and overcome it within the
organization.
3. Folks coming from a serious online organizing
background will be exposed to the basics of traditional ‘community
organizing’ practices: one-on-ones, leadership training, lay
leadership, local targets, strong geographic focus, emphasis on low
income folks, especially from non-white communities.
The fantastic folks at ReadyTalk -- long time partners with a great discount for NTEN members -- are bringing you six NTC sessions as webinars. You'll be able to hear the speakers and see their slides, just like any
other webinar. As an added bonus, you'll be able to chat YOUR questions
to the speakers, and the ReadyTalk folks will make sure they get
answered! Of course, the recordings will be available after the
conference, as well.
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