Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2008

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Posted by: thor on Feb 6, 2008

This video offers highlights from last year's Personal Democracy Forum conference in NYC. To register for this year's PdF on June 23-24, go to www.personaldemocracy.com/conference

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[♪ upbeat tempo music ♪] PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM Technology is changing politics
Personal Democracy MYSPACE IMPACT
>> The forum is a really big deal.
I mean, the world is undergoing some big changes
[Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist] involving new technology being applied to politics
applied to the de-centralization of power.
The forum is a big part of that, [Zack Exley, Off The Bus]
maybe even marking its own inflection point [Joe Trippi, John Edwards 2008]
in the history of change.
>> I've been to every PDF since it began. It gets better every year. [Bob Fertik, Co-founder, Democrats.com]
They have brilliant speakers. [Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google]
They talk about cutting-edge issues in terms of [Tom Friedman, New York Times]
how citizens are transforming democracy. [Farouk Olu Aregbe, One Million Strong For Barack]
We have all kinds of creative and innovative people who come to this event [Larry Lessig, Stanford]
who have developed new web sites or developed [Gina Glantz, SEIU]
new web ideas and concepts, [Yochan Benkler, Harvard]
and I learn a tremendous amount standing out in the halls talking to people, as well as sitting inside at the sessions.
>> It's been remarkable to see how ahead of the curve this conference is [Andrew Rasiej, Founder, Personal Democ Forum]
and how the rest of the political establishment is finally catching up. [Micah Sifry, Editor, Personal Democracy Forum]
It's incredibly innovative minds coming together to talk about this revolutionary, new phenomenon that
is just completely transforming politics.If you work in politics,you have to be here to understand. [Dan Gerstein, Political Strategist]
>> To be able to have a forum like this where hundreds of people from technology, [Bryan Keeler, V-shift]
from politics and some of the better thinkers [Esther Dyson, Author]
and visionaries can come together and share [Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine]
a lot of these ideas... [Jay Rosen, NYU]
is really quite extraordinary. [Walter Fields, VP, Community Service Society]
>> I was excited to here about the speakers and to reconnect with [Scott Heiferman, meetup.com]
professionals that I had worked with all across the country that were going to be here. [Sarah Schact, Knowledge As Power]
>> This is one of the most interesting, in terms of bringing [Kim Malone, Director of Adsense Online, Google]
a wide range of different people together,
and getting the ideas cross-pollinated. [Seth Godin, Author]
>> I'm here at the Personal Democracy Forum [Dannah Boyd, Blogger]
because they're doing interesting things, important things. [Becki Donatelli, Chairperson, Campaign Solutions]
[PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM 2008 June 23rd and 24th Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City]
[Registrations: www.personaldemocracy.com Sponsorship: sponsorship@personaldemocracy.com]

Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2008

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