Welcome to The Senate Site

Ignore this post. We're sharing a little information at the Friday, 8:00 a.m. session of NCSL's Annual Meeting* and I need an easily accessible place to stash the links. We may live stream part of it, depending on what connections are available, so feel free to drop in and post your comments.

Links and Notes:

--> A sampling of actual text messages sent from the Utah Senate - 2008 legislative session (collected for an NCSL/State Department/Algeria project in Algiers).

--> More info on Utah Senate texting here.

--> Vox Partners.

--> Government 2.0: the short list of current New Media experiments.

--> YouTube: Utah Senate Channel

--> Live streaming video: NowLive.com

--> A random picture of the whiteboard in my office, circa 3/3/08. The checklist for senate media events is on the right-hand side. Ignore the other junk. Please.

--> On LinkedIn, consider joining the Government 2.0 Group, a network of citizens and professionals exploring the use of New Media tools in government communication.

--> A moment of quiet thought about the soul of New Media. And the hope it offers to a democratic republic like ours.

Call anytime. I'm happy to answer questions, give feedback, share lessons learned, etc.

Ric Cantrell @ 801-647-8944



* 8:00 am - 9:30 am
A New Life for Online Government
Convention Center 220-221--Second Level

Web 2.0--a second generation of the Internet--offers new ways to provide services and collaborate with citizens on health, education, public safety and civic life. Explore Second Life and other social networking tools being used by Congress, NASA, the CDC and others.

* Moderator: Mark Stencel, Governing Magazine, Virignia
* Panelists: Ric Cantrell, Senate, Utah
* Norven Goddard, Alabama Department of Homeland Security
* Leigh Rowan, The SLAgency, California
* James Walker, Alabama Department of Homeland Security

7 Comments:

 Anonymous said...

singhalaya

7/25/2008 1:27 AM  

 Anonymous said...

Why are the lights on in the President's Office? Should we be saving electricity?

7/25/2008 7:16 AM  

 Anonymous said...

Bingo!

7/25/2008 7:23 AM  

 ron said...

How come Utah educators passed a policy in 1963 that no child would be held behind and today they are abainst NCLB?

7/26/2008 12:42 PM  

 VilaD said...

Hey Ric, is anyone who went to NOLA going to post any pics up on the Senate Site?

7/30/2008 2:13 PM  

 The Senate Site said...

Hi VilaD - We have a few good pics but I was saving them for blackmail. :-)

Most of the week was intellectually stimulating but visually boring (panelists, conference attendees at tables, big screens, etc.) The most interesting pics were the areas of the 9th Ward hit by Katrina. I wasn't planning on putting them on line but can send them if you are interested.

RC

8/02/2008 11:04 PM  

 VilaD said...

Hello Ric,

LOL....I love blackmail.

Thanks for offering to send me the pics you have.

I don't know if any one else would be interested in the pics of the 9th ward. I happen to like seeing pictures of NOLA that document the devastation caused by Katrina and the gradual reconstruction that is slowly, but surely, occurring.

To be truthful, I would not be interested in seeing pictures of a bunch of legislators sitting around a table, but the pictures of the 9th Ward are always good to see. Pictures like that always help to remind me how lucky I am, and that I should be thankful for it.

If it's not any trouble for you, I really wouldn't mind seeing the pics taken in the 9th Ward.

Thanks again,

vila

8/02/2008 11:23 PM  

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