How do I get on TV and radio? How do I make successful arguments once I'm on the air? Learn all the tips to a successful TV/radio appearance from experienced pundits. Participants will learn how to get themselves media exposure and will also have a chance appear on camera and receive constructive feedback.

How do I get on TV and radio? How do I make successful arguments once I'm on the air? Learn all the tips to a successful TV/radio appearance from experienced pundits. Participants will learn how to get themselves media exposure and will also have a chance appear on camera and receive constructive feedback.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

i.e. Don't just throw money at the Internet in buckets and hope something sticks. Many campaigns and organizations know they need to do some kind of online outreach, including paid advertising. But they don't know where to begin, or how to track whether what they're doing actually worked. We'll talk about congressional campaigns as case studies, from perspectives both within and outside the campaigns.

Come join mindoca from Daily Kos for a fun, informative, interactive workshop on the most effective voter mobilization vehicles available to electoral campaigns at every level.

We'll discuss exactly how canvassing and phonebanking fit into campaign strategy, identify different types of canvassing and phonebanking, examine the critical relationship between field operations and volunteers, and provide concrete and creative tips on how to be the best canvasser and phonebanker possible—and bring in votes for your candidate.

Please bring a cell phone and come prepared to share your anxieties, disdain, fears, concerns and questions about canvassing and phonebanking.

This workshop is an in-depth look at how to get your message heard in the congested online world using blogs, websites, e-mail and advertising.

Bloggers are frequently stumped by two things: how to get their blogs noticed and build a consistent readership, and how to make money from their blogs. In this panel discussion, bloggers will discuss various marketing strategies and internal marketing tools; using social networking to boost, engage and create synergy with your readership; and monetizing your blog.

This year's Netroots Nation marks the launch of a bold experiment in participatory democracy: Together, the Netroots will craft their very own policy platform in advance of the Democratic Convention! Come join this working session, where we'll use MixedInk's web-based collaborative writing tool to begin putting our best ideas and language together. The effort will continue in the weeks following the conference - and the final, collectively written platform will be presented to the DNC before the convention in Denver. Come help kick off the process! Laptops encouraged (but not required).

Improv comedy ... you can talk about how it builds confidence and the ability to think on one’s feet. You can laud team-building and listening skills. You can praise the way it generates new ideas. Or you can just admit that it's fun. This two-hour workshop is an energized, involved intro to improvisation (no watchers, only participants). It’s NOT political improv; you can politicize it on your own if you like. For these two hours, it’s just for fun.

We will demonstrate new Web tools that help citizens keep track of politics in Washington and in their own states. These Web tools provide a new way to look at lobbying influence, campaign contributions, legislative data, government documents and how all these points of interest intersect. Bloggers and citizens alike can learn how to use these tools from the creators themselves and gain new skills to help them do their own investigative research and reporting.

Come join mindoca from Daily Kos for a fun, informative, interactive workshop on the most effective voter mobilization vehicles available to electoral campaigns at every level.

We'll discuss exactly how canvassing and phonebanking fit into campaign strategy, identify different types of canvassing and phonebanking, examine the critical relationship between field operations and volunteers, and provide concrete and creative tips on how to be the best canvasser and phonebanker possible—and bring in votes for your candidate.

Please bring a cell phone and come prepared to share your anxieties, disdain, fears, concerns and questions about canvassing and phonebanking.