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LaborTech 2006 proposed panels and workshops
from labortech.net:
International Labor Animation Competition
Panels and Themes-
Labor Media Strategies
Digital Technology and Workers
Using Communication Technologies & Skills
Workshops:
Community Internet, Wi-Fi and Net Neutrality
Labor Culture and Technology
Radio and Labor Media
Web Sites, Blogs and Using Technology to Build Organizing and Information Networks
Workplace Issues Internet Access and the use of the internet on the job
Labor Media, Education and Labor Culture
Globalization For Workers Using Communication Technology
Labor And Who Controls The Internet
Embedding Workers and Spying On The Job & Off The Job
How To Start A Labor TV Community Access Show
Micro Radio and The Labor Potential
Technology, Deregulation and Health and Safety
Labor Networking, Democracy and the Internet: Lessons For Today and The Future
Streaming You Labor Rally Or Conference and How To Do It
WIN, Pacifica and Labor Radio
Development of regional labor portals and LaborNets Internationally
Defense of internet for high value content and for democratic control
International labor media network
Outsourcing, Technology and Labor & Organizing Tech Workers Here & Abroad
Building International Labor Film & Video Festivals-Lessons On How To Do It
Papers:
The Growth and Development of Labor On The Internet
Class Warfare In The Information Age
Outsourcing and International Labor
2006 Organizer's Collaborative Conference workshops
from wiki.oc-tech.org:
-Domain Name Registration 101
-Technology Decision-Making for the Non-Technical Executive
-Changing the Look and Feel of Your Content Management System
-Simple, Cheap and Secure Credit Card Options
-Making Sure your Email Gets Delivered
-Organizing 1,000 people in two days after Hurricane Katrina
-Case Studies in online community buidling using Plone
-Managing Online vs. Offline databases
-Migrating from the desktop to the web: lessons learned so far
-Helping Your Computer System Grow Up
-Organizing an online response to Hurricane Katrina -- How we did it
-Organizer to Organizer: What do you do with all that data in the database
-Tech Workers Unite! Organizing the people who make technology happen
updated list of OC workshops
Hot off the presses. I've put a * by the topics that might be of interest to union administrators and ** for union techies.
Confirmed Workshops and Presenters 2006
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** Hosting 101: How to register your domain name and find a
place to put your web site -- Jamie Mcclelland, May First
Technology Collective
* Technology Decision-Making for the Non-Technical Executive
-- Alissa Fencsik, Harbinger Partners
** Changing the Look and Feel of Your Content Management System
-- Ben Dimaggio, IT Consultant
* Leveraging your Members for Political Change -- Marc
Eisenberg and Steve Daigneault, Kintera Inc.
** Simple, Cheap and Secure Options for Credit Card Donations
-- Dan MacNeil, Community Software Labs
* Getting Your Message out in the Age of Spam -- Panel
convened by Jamie McClelland of MayFirst
** Effective websites for community groups: tips and tools
using Plone, an open source CMS-- Nate Aune, AdaptiveWave,
LLC
* Moving from the desktop to hosted web publishing: a case
study in coordination of a multi-state grassroots campaign
-- Cliff Graves and Josh Myles, IT Consultants
* Helping Your Computer System Grow Up -- Adam Frost,
ComputerCareAndLearning.com
* Organizer to Organizer: What do you do with all that data in
the database -- Sarah Bennett with Eric Weltman and Amy
Mello, Database Designs
Tech Workers Unite! Organizing the people who make
technology happen -- Jennifer Doe, Mass Jobs With Justice
any reports back?
Anybody make it to the OC conference? I'd be curious to hear if any of the workshops seemed particularly useful for a union audience. Might be worth contacting some of the presenters and getting them onboard - I'll check in with Eric Weltman & Co...
conference tracks?
Thought I'd take the liberty of reposting Wayne's comment on the blog:
"I would like to see this conference pitched towards two types of labor folks. The first would be technical and administrative in order to network and exchange ideas but the other would be leadership, staff, organizers and reps, who may not be all that technically proficient but who are interested in what the tools have to offer for their work.
"I would like to see this as an opportunity to dispel the fears of this second group and boost their curiosity. I would also welcome international labor folks and outside developers if they're interested in working with labor.
"I suppose we'd be looking for a weekend (two days?) with some keynote speakers to dazzle the crowd. We need a working committee to flesh out the details."
I like this breakdown of the target audience. Seems to me that the leadership group might be there asking "why" - what are the potential benefits of using different technologies that justify the investment in time or money involved - while the second might be more interested in "how" - the nuts and bolts about using these tools as effectively as possible.
So I could envision two workshops on Drupal for instance - one for the decision makers to find out what it is and what it does, and one for techies who already have (or are planning to have) a Drupal site and want to learn about how to best put it to use.
three tracks?
I'd like to see a third target audience included: rank-and-file workers, both union and non-union. This audience is important in itself (rank and filers are typically more open to the web and its potential than union officials), but it also helps push the envelope for the officials.
It would be interesting to get people like Bill Pearson and Sharyn Sigurdur, in person or online. Of course, the presence of rank-and-filers may not help to dispel the fears of the officials...
worker-to-worker communication
might be a good workshop for "pushing the envelope". Hopefully with lots of case studies that include both official and unofficial sites. It would be nice to get Kevin L. or Steve O. to talk about their experiences with RetailWorker.
Ain't that the truth...
Matt Noyes's said this:" It would be interesting to get people like Bill Pearson and Sharyn Sigurdur, in person or online. Of course, the presence of rank-and-filers may not help to dispel the fears of the officials..."
Ain't that the truth Matt; in fact the minute you start to invite those folks who have used the internet the most effectively you would lose any help/support from mainstream orgs who don't have a friggin clue how to use it. What a dilemma; avoid reformers/activists and stay safe or invite the crazies and run the risk of pissing off the powers that be.
This always is so fascinating to me. For the last several years i have become outspoken to a fault. My comments online and in person are usually hated by those in power and simply ignored (though i do know they read them), and resented by those still clinging to the hope someone will rise from the dead and save all of organized labor.
The trick is, there is no one person, no one union, no one individual constituency group. Here's a shocker, it will take a collective effort by the masses...and the best part is the internet is the one single tool that can reach the largest number of them.
My congrats to each and every one of for trying to push this; i pray none of you will crash and burn as you run into the small-minded self-serving bunch who are more interested in control than reach. God knows, somehow they get to positions where they get to tell you what you can and what you cannot do. You are on the right track, just don't let them derail you.
BTW, Kevin would be a great addition, he has been doing it far longer than most and has seen the good, the bad and the ugly. And he doesn't have some of the negative attachments some of have.
"It is often easier to fight for one's principle's than to live up to them."
Alliance for Community Media Conference - July 5-8
http://drupal.org/node/70330
The Alliance for Community Media Conference: "Connecting Communities"
Subject: ACM Conference and special Emerging Media Track (see below)
Location: Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston MA
Date: July 5-8, 2006
The Alliance for Community Media is hosting a conference for public, educational and governmental access producers and professionals in July. Many of the workshop tracks may be valuable for Drupal users and electronic community developers, specifically the Emerging Media and Media, Civic Involvement and Community Development tracks. Professionals from across many fields will be presenting in these sessions from bloggers to online community builders to television produers, two of the workshops in the Emerging Media track will include presentations by Drupal developer Moshe Weitzman.
Emerging Media
Where does PEG Access fit into the new media landscape?
This track is designed to assist access center staff, producers, and municipal regulators and legislators in continuing to fulfill the mission and potential of public access and community media. The discussion of new technologies will be held within the framework of three core concepts:
* The Continued Relevance of the Mission of Public Access
* Access Centers Serving as Trusted Aggregators of Social Media
* Use of Bandwidth in the Public Interest
From Podcasting to Digital Bicycling, today’s media makers have a plethora of new tools at their fingertips. Compare content distribution methods, including VOD, v/blogging, commercial systems and FTPing. Explore ways to beef up your website to stream content live or archive content, even on a budget. Get an overview of how these new community communication tools are affected by our current regulatory environment.
* I: Community Media Culture: Trends and Emerging Practices in Community
* II: PEG in a Shifting Media Landscape
* III: Digital Content Distribution for the Producer
* IV: Digital Content Distribution for the Access Center
* V: Pimp My Site: (Re)build Your Own Cutting Edge Media Web
* VI: Mapping and Utilizing Community Resources
Media, Civic Involvement, and Community Development
From its beginnings community media and PEG access has grown from a simple philosophy that media should be a tool for civic engagement. A tool for sharing ideas, discussing local issues and concerns, and shedding a light on the community and the people who make-up that community. And all of this from the perspective of the people who live in the community. This group of workshops will bring together people who are working in the community at the grass roots level and using media to address issues and increase civic involvement.
* I: Community Media Culture: Trends and Emerging Practices in Community Media
* II. Being Public Media: Effective Models And Practices Of Civic Engagement
* III. Evaluating the PEG Access Model of Community Media
* IV. Creating Community and Promoting Local Engagement
* V. Community Media Reaches Beyond Cable Television
* VI. Media Projects That Build Community
Database and Cable TV workshops
Hi, gang - I touched base with Eric Weltman, who says he and Sarah are willing to put on the "Organizer to Organizer" database workshop (see above).
I'm interested in coordinating a workshop on public access TV. I'd like to make the subject a little broader than "How To Start A Labor TV Community Access Show" though - I'm also interested in networking with folks who are interested in getting "prepackaged" labor content onto their local stations.
I'll update the Wiki...