DRAFT Panel Agenda
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Panel 1: Roots and Branches, The Nature of Our Community Duration: 1:15 |
Ø Blogging about our distinct scriptural and ritual traditions Ø Ecumenical and interfaith blogging engagement Ø Reaching out to those more conservative than ourselves |
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Panel 2: Faith and Politics, A Path to Engagement Duration: 1:15 |
Ø Relating faith and political action Ø Blogging and its place in the history of progressive faith activism Ø Faith is bigger than partisan affiliation |
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Panel 3: Talking Tech Duration:1:00 |
Ø Read Me! Increasing Site Traffic Ø CSS, Podcasting, and New Software Ø Building our internal network |
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Breakout Rotation 1 Duration: :45 Breakout Rotation 2 Duration: :45 |
Same Three topics each rotation. Attendees get to do two of the three. Ø Int’l Relations/War on Terror/Peace Ø Poverty and Hunger in the US Ø Responding to the Religious Right |
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Panel 4: Impacting Public Debate Duration: 1:00 |
Ø Blogs and the Media Cycle Ø Connecting to progressive religious organizations Ø Ties to the ‘secular’ community |
Hi All,
Thanks much for all of the thoughtful suggestions that were sent in through the listserv and Rachel’s comment board. A few of us have taken a stab at some synthesis of all of that material into a somewhat coherent agenda.
Can’t stress enough that this is just a draft! Please leave comments. Also, this program clearly doesn’t include any of the worship or social activities that have already been discussed. The plan is to mash this panel agenda with the prayer times and social activities in order to have an actual working agenda by May 1! I know, hard to believe.
Happy Commenting…
Part of what’s neat about this is the way the post crystallizes where we are at one moment in time. Already since you posted this I’ve seen a flurry of emails about it, and it’s already shifting and changing a little. It’s neat to have a running chronicle of how our project evolves…
Comment by Rachel — April 19, 2006 @ 12:06 am
Looks like a pretty good program. The only thing I don’t see on this is something about the meditative pieces I see on some progressive faith blogs. Maybe that could be a breakout group?
Comment by Dan Harper — April 19, 2006 @ 6:36 pm
This looks good. Is it possible to request open time for meetings or a break-out session?
Comment by Paula McConnell — April 22, 2006 @ 3:00 am
Dan and Paula, thanks for your comments! In the new version of the schedule, there’s a breakout session on blogging about meditation — and also five other breakout sessions on other subjects. :-) We hope to post a revised version of the weekend schedule by the end of this week; stay tuned…
Comment by Rachel — April 23, 2006 @ 6:47 pm
Okay — I’m feeling stupid, but what I can’t seem to find is WHERE is this going to be held?
Comment by Carly — April 27, 2006 @ 4:59 pm
Carly — I’m sorry that information isn’t obvious! (You can find it here, by the by.) The conference will be in Montclair, New Jersey, at the Montclair State University Conference Center. We hope that this will become an annual event and will move around the country each year.
Comment by Rachel — April 30, 2006 @ 1:00 am