Young People and Social Change in a Web 2.0 World 2009 Youth Venture Summit Saturday, June 27, 2009

Did You Know?

Quick Poll Facebook? Twitter? Cell phone? MySpace? Photo Sharing? Bookmarking? RSS? Skype/IM? YouTube Blog Wiki

Facebook?

Twitter?

Cell phone?

MySpace?

Photo Sharing?

Bookmarking?

RSS?

Skype/IM?

YouTube

Blog

Wiki

How do you use technology with your Venture? Do you post events on Facebook? Update Twitter frequently? Email regularly? Do you fundraise online? Stream videos online? Post pictures online?

Do you post events on Facebook?

Update Twitter frequently?

Email regularly?

Do you fundraise online?

Stream videos online?

Post pictures online?

Discussion Questions Do you feel that with new media and increased online internet communications that freedom of speech has been expanded or constrained?

Do you feel that with new media and increased online internet communications that freedom of speech has been expanded or constrained?

What are ways that you (youth) can influence policy? Interning for political officials and policy organizations. Writing your Senator or Congressman. Signing a petition. Working or volunteering for a political campaign. Informing people about the issues--blogging, writing editorials. Voting. Others?

Interning for political officials and policy organizations.

Writing your Senator or Congressman.

Signing a petition.

Working or volunteering for a political campaign.

Informing people about the issues--blogging, writing editorials.

Voting.

Others?

How can you use online networks or cell phones to influence policy? Facebook groups? YouTube videos? Blogs? Text messages?

Facebook groups?

YouTube videos?

Blogs?

Text messages?

Have You Seen This?

Do you feel that technology played a large part in getting youth to be more involved in the 2008 presidential campaign? What got you excited? Did you participate and follow the race more online? How do you think technology will affect future elections?

What got you excited?

Did you participate and follow the race more online?

How do you think technology will affect future elections?

Do you feel that people are still paying as much attention now that the 2008 campaign is over? If not, why? How could we change things to continue discussing important issues between election periods?

If not, why?

How could we change things to continue discussing important issues between election periods?