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The Age of Internet Politics

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Partner:: DLD
Location:: Digital, Life, Design (DLD)
Munich, Germany
Event Date:: 01.26.09
Speakers:: Mark Gorenberg,; Jack Hidary,; Jeff Jarvis,; Micah Sifry,; Randi Zuckerberg
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Summary: DLD Conference presents a panel discussion on Internet Politics featuring discussants Mark Gorenberg, Jack Hidary, Randi Zuckerberg, Micah Sifry. This event was moderated by Jeff Jarvis.

DLD (Digital, Life, Design) is an inspiring community for the 21st century which features digital innovation, science and culture and brings together thought leaders, creators, entrepreneurs and investors from Europe, the Middle-East, the Americas and Asia.

The DLD community meets in various styles and formats throughout the year and around the globe.

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Mark Gorenberg

Mark Gorenberg is Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Founded in 1989, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in software companies. Hummer Winblad is now in its sixth fund and over 19 years has managed $1.2B and invested in 112 early stage software companies with 51 liquidity events to date. Gorenberg has served as a board member for start-up and public software companies, including AdForce, HomeGrocer, NetDynamics and Scopus Technologies. Currently, he serves as a Director of public company Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR), as well as private companies Aria Systems, Cenzic, Infopia, Kwiry, ontheFRONTIER, Replay Solutions, Sonatype and Tizor Systems. Gorenberg is also a member of the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and The Environment.

Jack Hidary

Jack D. Hidary built his career as an entrepreneur in the finance and technology sectors and is currently focused on clean energy technology and policy.

Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis, a national leader in the development of online news, blogging, the investigation of new business models for news, and the teaching of entrepreneurial journalism, writes an influential blog, Buzzmachine.com. He is author of the books What Would Google Do?and Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live as well as the e-book Gutenberg the Geek. He has also consulted for media companies including the Guardian, Digital First Media, Postmedia, Sky.com, Burda, Advance Publications, and The New York Times company at About.com. Prior to coming to CUNY, Jarvis was president of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications, which includes Condé Nast magazines and newspapers across America. He was the creator and founding managing editor of Entertainment Weekly magazine and has worked as a columnist, associate publisher, editor, and writer for a number of publications, including TV Guide, People, the San Francisco Examiner, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Daily News. His freelance articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country, including the Guardian, The New York Times, theNew York Post, The Nation, Rolling Stone, and BusinessWeek. Jarvis holds a B.S.J. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He was named one of the 100 most influential media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos.

Micah Sifry

Micah Sifry is co-founder and editor of Personal Democracy Forum, a website and annual conference that covers the ways technology is changing politics, and TechPresident.com, an award-winning group blog on how American politicians are using the web and how the web is using them.

In addition to organizing the annual Personal Democracy Forum conference with his partner Andrew Rasiej, he consults on how political organizations, campaigns, non-profits and media entities can adapt to and thrive in a networked world. In that capacity, he has been a senior technology adviser to the Sunlight Foundation since its founding in 2006.

He is the co-editor of Rebooting America, an anthology of writing on how the Internet and new technology can be used to reinvent American democracy, co-author of Is That a Politician in Your Pocket? Washington on $2 Million a Day (John Wiley & Sons, 2004), author of Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America (Routledge, 2002) and co-editor of The Iraq War Reader (Touchstone, 2003) and The Gulf War Reader (Times Books, 1991). His personal blog is at micah.sifry.com.

Randi Zuckerberg

Randi Zuckerberg manages marketing initiatives at Facebook, where she has led the company's US election and international politics strategy. She is the sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Most recently, Randi Zuckerberg represented Facebook as a correspondent for CNN.com’s Inauguration Day live broadcast. Zuckerberg is a graduate of Harvard University and has a passion for Italian opera and Broadway showtunes.

Chapters

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01 hr 03 min 58 sec

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01.: Introduction

00 min 38 sec

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02.: Panelist Introductions

01 min 26 sec

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03.: Obama Won Because of the Internet?

02 min 09 sec

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04.: Guerrilla Activism Organizing Example

03 min 53 sec

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05.: Voter Generated Content

03 min 53 sec

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06.: A Fundraising Phenomenon

03 min 33 sec

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07.: Lessons Learned, Success Stories on Facebook, Google

03 min 15 sec

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08.: Obama Campaign's Internet Company

01 min 54 sec

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09.: Facebook is Great for Politicians

03 min 42 sec

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10.: Hopes for Next Four Years with New Internet Technology

04 min 53 sec

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11.: Politicians Getting Involved With Constituents

04 min 03 sec

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12.: Q1: Possibility of Creating a Political Party on Facebook

01 min 34 sec

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13.: Q2: Facebook Owns the Data

01 min 39 sec

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14.: Q3: Use of Internet for Peacemaking

04 min 16 sec

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15.: Q4: Lack of Skepticism on Internet During Campaign

03 min 36 sec

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16.: Q5: Crowd Sourcing Versus Mob Lynching

01 min 15 sec

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17.: Q6: Facebook is Great

00 min 58 sec

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18.: Q7: Facebook in Davos

01 min 02 sec

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19.: Q8: Small Win Margin for Obama

02 min 08 sec

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20.: Q9: Facebook Versus Accountable News

01 min 40 sec

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21.: Q10: Law for Protection of Personal Data

02 min 50 sec

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22.: Q11: Volunteering, Engagement and Obama

03 min 59 sec

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23.: Q11: Facebook Identity- Responsible for Your Opinion

03 min 16 sec

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24.: Q12: Filtering Facebook Causes

02 min 25 sec

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A Fundraising Phenom: How Obama Raised the Millions

01 min 42 sec

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Venture capitalist Mark Gorenberg explains how social networks of engaged voters helped the Obama campaign raise millions in donations.

"Instead of saying donate, donate, donate on the site, they were saying engage, empower and own," he says.
Can We Instill Ethic of Transparency on Capitol Hill?

04 min 47 sec

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Panelists debate whether President Obama's embrace of transparency will resonate on Capitol Hill.

Micah Sifry, co-founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum, says data is only truly public when made available online and easily searchable and mashable.
Bloggers Hold Mainstream Media Accountable

02 min 14 sec

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Micah Sifry, co-founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum, highlights the influence of bloggers on mainstream media's political coverage and says media has become a "hybrid of new and old."
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