Nonprofits and Politicos Takes SXSW 2010 By Storm
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 02:07PM | by Allyson Kapin 
The nonprofit and political campaign world has cooked up several thought-provoking panels for the 2010 SXSW Interactive Festival. Don't worry, you won't have to sift through over 2200 entries on every interactive topic under the sun to find the the top-notch nonprofit/political based panels because Frogloop did it for you. Take a look at the list below. Vote for the one’s that you would like to see at SXSW. 
How We're Turning Outdoor Passion into Online Activism
Jenny Coyle, Sierra Club
Evolution, Creation and Extinction (of the organization)
Ted Fickes, The Wilderness Society
Non-Profits and Social Media: Not the Usual Suspects
David Neff, American Heart Association
SMS And Social Change: Lessons From Senegal
Terra Weikel, UNICEF
The New Mainstream - Journalists Redefining Their Industry
Gina Cooper, Cooper Strategies
Digital Protests: Social Media as Activism
Ramya Raghavan, YouTube
Advanced Brand Monitoring: Let the Haters Hate
Carie Lewis, The Humane Society of the United States
Learning from Obama: Politician as (Online) Rock Star
Colin Delany, E-Politics
Not Just for Obama: New Media Gets Local
Julie Blitzer, Advomatic
Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change
Beth Kanter, Beth’s Blog
Bumpin Up: Has the Glass Ceiling Ever Smacked You in the Butt
Allyson Kapin, Rad Campaign and Women Who Tech
Social Media, Social Capital: Boot Camp
Susan Mernit, Deanna Zandt
The Netroots After The Obama Victory
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon.net
The Real Housewives of Social Media
Jordan Viator, Convio
Social Media Women of Color
Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sistas
Yoga for Social Networkers: Striking the Right Pose
Amadie Hart, Beaconfire
Will Kiva Kill your non profit? Donations 2.0
Shiloh Stark, Jo Miles and Michael Cervino of Beaconfire
Beyond Tokenism: How Social Media Can Fix S***
Cheryl Contee of Fission Strategy and Deanna Zandt, Consultant
Can Double-Clicking Change the World? Slacktivism 101
Eve Simon and Ali Cherry of Beaconfire
Service 2.0: Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms
Echo Ditto
Competition! Innovation! Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change
Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared
Hidden Stories, Revealing Maps
Echo Ditto
Can Social Media Change Global Consciousness?
Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared
Breaking the All-Male Tech Conference Club
Tracy Viselli, Reno Fabulous Media
Web-Thinking: Converting Your Organization From Dinosaur To Ninja
Echo Ditto
Not the Silent Majority: Women in Politics Online
Sarah Granger, WomenCount
With vs. For: Why Gen Y wants to work “with” you, not “for” you
Nisha Chittal, New Media Strategies
Kari Dunn Saratovsky, The Case Foundation
The Internet Never Sleeps: Managing Social Media Campaigns
Echo Ditto
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Reader Comments (7)
http://publicmediagirl.tumblr.com/post/167395411/vote-for-public-media-panels-at-sxsw
Web 2.0's X-Chromosome Effect - More Women-Led Startups?
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/2896
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/2454?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F4%2Fq%3Adirty+little+secret
Joel Bartlett, PETA
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/1136
Will have a discussion on PETA's games like http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/index.asp and other non-profit games.
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/sxsw/
Not long ago, people would organize a march on the National Mall to get the attention of policymakers in Washington, DC. Today, anyone with a high-speed Internet connection can participate and people are doing so in astounding numbers. Our panel will examine the opportunities, trends, and obstacles of online advocacy.
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3970