Open Sourced, Socially Innovative Advocacy
In the spirit of democracy, open source technology has created new, affordable, and flexible opportunities for advocacy groups to better leverage the power of the internet for achieving their policy goals. This panel will feature experts discussing how open source advocacy can work for you.
Chair: Alan Rosenblatt - Associate Director for Online Advocacy, Center for American Progress
Alan Rosenblatt, Ph.D. is the Associate Director for Online Advocacy at CAPAF. He is a frequent speaker and author on digital media, advocacy, and politics, including social networking, blogging, grassroots, and mobile advocacy strategies. He is the founder of the Internet Advocacy Center; an adjunct professor at Georgetown and American Universities, where he teaches Media and Politics in the Digital Age, Internet Politics, and Internet Advocacy Communications; and a blogger at TechPresident.com and DrDigiPol.com. Alan is also a founding team member of Media Bureau Networks (MBN), a pioneer in streaming media services; a contributing editor to Politics Online; and serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals dedicated to the study of the internet, politics, and government. He taught Political Science at George Mason University for nine years. Alan Rosenblatt has a Ph.D. in Political Science from American University, an M.A. in Political Science from Boston College, and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Tufts University. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Ryan W. Ozimek - Founder and CEO, PICnet
Ryan W. Ozimek, founder and CEO of PICnet, Inc., manages PICnet's
growth as a dynamic operation headquartered in Washington, DC. Ryan
leads PICnet to become a leading technology firm providing unique and
leading-edge solutions to non-profits, government agencies, and
international organizations.
Working in the technology sector for more than 12 years, Ryan
provides vision and clarity to PICnet’s clients, while managing
PICnet's business operations, projects, and personnel.
In his former life in sunny Southern California, Ryan spent much of
his spare time catching waves on Sunset Beach. However, now residing in
Washington, DC, surfing has reluctantly been replaced by such pastimes
as avoiding frostbite and complaining about poor East Coast surfing
conditions.
Ryan has a B.A. in Communications and a Masters of Public Policy from University of California at Los Angeles.
Michael Haggerty - Managing Partner, Trellon
Michael Haggerty is a technology professional and open source advocate with an interest in the intersection of politics, technology and culture, the transitory nature of modern social interaction and the positivist potential for groups to gather and mobilize through online organization. He is responsible for the delivery of all client solutions, new product research and development, architecture of Trellon's network delivery infrastructure, acts as the lead on all strategic consulting projects and carries out a number of other tasks corresponding to the management and operations of the organization. Professionally, he brings a wealth of enterprise IT expertise gained through positions held with Lockheed Martin, the Federal Government, Washington Hospital Center, and various start-ups which have gone on to do great things or vanished completely. Michael possesses dual degrees in English and Philosophy from Washington College and has so far successfully resisted the urge to attend graduate school. He is active politically in various causes, a veteran of the 2004 Clark for President campaign, serves as the IT Director for the YearlyKos convention, scores a solid ENFP every time he takes a Myers-Briggs personality test and generally tries to be a decent human being. In his spare time, he enjoys reading the works of great thinkers, closely following the fate of the Boston Red Sox, challenging the accepted standards of the community with his bonny young daughter and making things light up and go beep. He resides in Las Vegas and Washington DC.
Michelle Murrain - Principal, MetaCentric Technology Advising
Michelle Murrain received her B.A. in Natural Science and Mathematics from Bennington College, and her Ph.D. in Biology from Case Western Reserve University. Michelle taught at Hampshire College from 1989 through 1999.
Michelle has been involved in developing content and applications for the web, specifically for organizational, research and educational purposes, since 1994. In 1995, Michelle started a consulting practice that served the non-profit and educational sectors, primarily in the areas of developing database-driven web-sites, the implementation of Open Source software, and strategic technology planning.
Michelle is currently principal of MetaCentric Technology Advising, a technology consulting practice focused on helping nonprofits implement open source software, and helping technology providers and vendors who focus on the nonprofit sector add open source software and support to their product and service mixes. She does this work through planning, training, support and technical writing.
Michelle is a nationally recognized leader in the nonprofit technology field. She is the coordinator of the Non Profit Open Source Initiative (NOSI), and on the board of NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. She was a past member of the board of Aspiration, an organization that fosters software development in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
Jo Lee - Director, CitizenSpeak
Jo Lee is the co-founder and director of CitizenSpeak - a free email advocacy service for grassroots organizations. CitizenSpeak and its developer, George Hotelling, have won a number of prestigious awards, including the Tides Foundation Pizzigati award (the nation's top award for open source software in the public space) and a Webby honoree award. Jo is also a partner at Green Machine PR, a Rhode Island-based boutique PR firm that focuses on the high tech and clean tech industries.
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