(VIDEO) Netroots Nation Day 3: It Comes to an End

by: Rusty5329

Sun Aug 16, 2009 at 14:25:17 PM EDT

Also, thank you to DemFromCT for throwing a handful of our videos in the abbreviated pundit roundup this weekend.

Netroots Nation '09 is over. Of course, we are still up until 5:30am (again) working on footage. Today we filmed Valerie Jarrett's conversation with Netroots Nation attendees, a keynote panel with Governor Jon Corzine, Anna Burger, Kevin Drumm, and Dean Baker, the closing keynote with Senator Jim Ferlo, Richard Tumka of the AFL-CIO, and Darcy Burner of the American Proggressive Caucus PolicyFoundation, and four more panels.

We'll start off with a real quick video on an issue that means a lot to me...

Next is another quick video, this one from the incredibly educational panel, "Cutting-Edge Evidence-Based Best Practices." In this video, Regina Schwartz talks about testing done on 2008 Presidential Primary GOTV calling in Pennsylvania:

Next up is another video from the best practices panel, this one about getting the youth out to vote:

Dave Karpf on hubs in social networking:

Dave Karpf: Who is winning YouTube?

Matthew Kerbel & Dave Karpf: Who is ahead in the Blogosphere?

Richard Trumka, who, during the Presidential campaign, famously said what so many were thinking but would not say:

Darcy Burner ended the night with this powerful speech:

In total, two of us filmed 16 panels, and had two cameras running for every major event throughout the weekend. We filmed all day, every day, and edited all night, every night. I'm still running on about 7 hours of sleep since Wednesday. Throughout the weekend we have been posting some highlights. Over the coming weeks we will release more extensive coverage, including the entirety of several panels.

Here is a list of the panels and events that we filmed so you can get a sense of what to expect:

Thursday, August 13th
-The Myth of Post Racial America
-From Prop 8 to Full Equality in all 50 States
-Bloggers and Blue Collar Workers Unite
-How to Get the Most Out of Polling Data
-@FDR is there a New Deal?
-How to Work with Unions in Your District
-The Secret Plan to Defeat the Conservatives Forever
-Getting Noticed: Grassroots Media & Film Distribution Caucus
-President Bill Clinton, Welcome Keynote

Friday, August 14th
-Governor Howard Dean Healthcare Townhall
-Pennsylvannia Leadership Forum with Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak
-Congressman Joe Sestak, media availability
-Stepping it up: Creating Multiracial Alliances with Bloggers
-Science Denial and Science Policy
-Four Perspectives from the Soc. Change Blogosphere
-Organizing in Second Life and other Virtual Environment

Saturday, August 15th
-Valerie Jarret in Conversation with Baratunde Thurston
-Building a 21st Century Economy Keynote Panel with Governor Jon Corzine, Anna Burger, Kevin Drum, and Dean Baker
-Academic Studies of the Netroots
-Advocating for Reproductive Rights in the Age of Obama
-Cutting Edge Evidence Based Best Practices
-How Technology can Enhance Democracy in PBH and Beyond
-Closing Keynote with Darcy Burner, Richard Trumka, and Senator Jim Ferlo