Hundreds to Convene in Austin for Summit Focused on Strengthening Conservative Online Activism, July 18thConservative Bloggers will Gather for RightOnline across Town from Netroots Nation
Michelle Malkin, Robert Novak, Barry Goldwater Jr. to Headline Event
Austin – Online activists and high-profile bloggers from coast-to-coast will converge on Austin , Texas , for a Summit focused on taxes, spending, and strengthening the conservative online activist community. The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is leading up a coalition of groups to organize RightOnline, which aims to establish a conservative counterweight to the left’s web 2.0 community.
RightOnline will be held in conjunction with the Texas Defending the American Dream Summit. “RightOnline is the starting point for conservatives to grow an effective online community of activists,” said AFPF Texas Director Peggy Venable.
“To counter the big-government policies that are threatening the American Dream, we must establish a cyber-city on a hill.” The RightOnline / Defending the American Dream Summit will take place at the same time – and just across town – from the gathering of liberal activists called Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos).
Today’s Austin-American Statesman ran an article about their convention. The photo (at left) was taken at the 2006 DailyKos gathering and posted on Michelle Malkin’s blog, among others . 3,000 liberals have already registered for their event in Austin this weekend .
They organized on a national level more than five years ago and have positioned themselves to shape ideas and sway public opinion . We have a lot of catching up to do!
Americans for Prosperity Foundation has partnered with the Sam Adams Alliance, Heritage Foundation, Leadership Institute, Media Research Center , and other leading conservative organizations to offer a powerful program, including training seminars, panel sessions, and strong lineup of speakers. More information, including an agenda, is online at www.RightOnline.com.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation has partnered with the Sam Adams Alliance, Heritage Foundation, Leadership Institute, Media Research Center , and other leading conservative organizations to offer a powerful program, including training seminars, panel sessions, and strong lineup of speakers. More information, including an agenda, is online at www.RightOnline.com.
“Americans for Prosperity Foundation is a grassroots leader on the national level and in 22 states around the nation. We have educated and organized tens of thousands of citizens with our grassroots training schools,” said AFPF President Tim Phillips.
“RightOnline will take that leadership to the online community. For years the left has built a superior online political infrastructure, leaving conservatives at a severe disadvantage. Those who are tired of being left behind now have an opportunity for change.”
The Summit ’s Friday agenda features new media training for novices as well as for experts, with four tracks of workshops. The Saturday agenda offers more traditional issue education. The stellar line-up of speakers for both days includes Michelle Malkin, Barry Goldwater Jr., former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams, RedState.com’s Erick Erickson, columnist Robert Novak, the Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore and John Fund, and American for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, as well as Texas leaders. An updated agenda may be found at http://www.defendingthedream.org/TX/agenda.html.
The Summit ’s Friday agenda features new media training for novices as well as for experts, with four tracks of workshops. The Saturday agenda offers more traditional issue education. The stellar line-up of speakers for both days includes Michelle Malkin, Barry Goldwater Jr., former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams, RedState.com’s Erick Erickson, columnist Robert Novak, the Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore and John Fund, and American for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, as well as Texas leaders. An updated agenda may be found at http://www.defendingthedream.org/TX/agenda.html.
Additional speakers and influential new media attendees will be announced soon.
A Call to Action for Conservative Bloggers
To participate in this gathering movement of conservative online influence, take the following actions:
Attend the RightOnline Summit this weekend. Meet with like-minded bloggers and thought leaders to help shape the conservative new media for greater influence in public affairs. There are a limited number of out-of-town blogger scholarships available that will reimburse up to $500 towards travel expenses and registration. Apply with Emily Zanotti at em.zanotti@gmail.com
Blog about the S ummit and the conservative new media. Digital technology is democratizing the media and a few elite organization s no longer determine the format and agenda of the news. Conservative bloggers like you are leading the charge to engag e the marketplace of ideas for limited government, individual responsibility, free markets, and traditional values. How should conservatives use the web 2.0 technologies to advo c ate and affect change for these values?
Plan to cover the Summit as it happens. Please send your blog links to Erik Telford at etelford@afphq.org with the subject line Txas Blog Link and we will add it to RightOnline.com’s currently-forming blogroll.
Links:
RightOnline – www. rightonline.com
Netroots Nation - http://www.netrootsnation.org/
Austin-American Statesman articles –
Conservative convention adds new-media component
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/11/0711rightonline.html
Thousands of liberal bloggers linking up in Austin
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/16/0716netroots.html
MicheMichelle Malkin’s blog - http://michellemalkin.com/2006/ 06/11/the-tinfoil-hat-convention/
YouTube promo video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fycxRGTVoSY
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is the nation’s premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans.
A Call to Action for Conservative Bloggers
To participate in this gathering movement of conservative online influence, take the following actions:
Attend the RightOnline Summit this weekend. Meet with like-minded bloggers and thought leaders to help shape the conservative new media for greater influence in public affairs. There are a limited number of out-of-town blogger scholarships available that will reimburse up to $500 towards travel expenses and registration. Apply with Emily Zanotti at em.zanotti@gmail.com
Blog about the S ummit and the conservative new media. Digital technology is democratizing the media and a few elite organization s no longer determine the format and agenda of the news. Conservative bloggers like you are leading the charge to engag e the marketplace of ideas for limited government, individual responsibility, free markets, and traditional values. How should conservatives use the web 2.0 technologies to advo c ate and affect change for these values?
Plan to cover the Summit as it happens. Please send your blog links to Erik Telford at etelford@afphq.org with the subject line Txas Blog Link and we will add it to RightOnline.com’s currently-forming blogroll.
Links:
RightOnline – www. rightonline.com
Netroots Nation - http://www.netrootsnation.org/
Austin-American Statesman articles –
Conservative convention adds new-media component
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/11/0711rightonline.html
Thousands of liberal bloggers linking up in Austin
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/16/0716netroots.html
MicheMichelle Malkin’s blog - http://michellemalkin.com/2006/ 06/11/the-tinfoil-hat-convention/
YouTube promo video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fycxRGTVoSY
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is the nation’s premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans.
AFPF educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org.
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