• What is the National Civic Summit?
• Interview with Dan Wilson
• Presentation at the Summit
• Live Webcast – Aneesh Chopra
• Mark Ritchie- MN Secretary of State
• MN History Museum (coming soon!)
• Interview with Linda Keene
• Mark Ritchie at the NCS

Sean Kershaw- Citizens League

• On Active Citizenship
• Tweetup Interview – Civic Engagement
• Citizing! Collaboration Tool (coming soon!)
• Live Webcast – Aneesh Chopra

National Civic Summit Web & Social Media Links

• Civic Training
• Twitter – CivicSummit09
• Twitter – AskAneesh
• Flickr
• Facebook
• Linked In Group
• You Tube
• Slideshare
• Digg
• Reddit
• StumbleUpon

• Nate Garvis
• Sean Kershaw
• Mark Ritchie

National Civic Summit Civic Thought Leaders

(we encourage other civic thought leaders to send us videos that support the amplification of nonpartisan civic voices)

• Aneesh Chopra
• Best Buy- Jennifer Rock
• Best Buy Children’s Foundation- Jeff Peterso
• Dan Wilson- Music Artist
• Eric Jolly- MN Science Museum
• General Mills- Lee Anderson
• Gopal Khanna- CIO MN
• Growth & Justice- Dane Smith
• IdeaMN- Mn. Community Foundation- Kari Ruth & Naomi Pesky
• Jim Scheibel- Former Mayor City of St. Paul
• Larry Jacobs- Humphrey Institute- University of Minnesota
• Linda Keene- Girl Scouts of Minnesota & Wisconsin River Valley
• League of Women Voters- Keesha Gaskins (coming soon!)
• McKnight Foundation- Kate Wolford
• Medtronic Foundation- Mark Lindberg
• MHTA- Kate Rubin
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts- Kaywin Feldman (coming soon!)
• Minnesota Chamber of Commerce- David Olson
• Mn Council of Churches- Peg Chemberlin
• MN History Museum- Nina Archabal
• MN SCU- David Olson
• National Conference on Citizenship- David B. Smith (coming soon!)
• R.T. Rybak- Mayor City of Minneapolis
• Sunlight Foundation/Huffington Post- Jake Brewer (coming soon!)
• TPT- Bill Hanley (coming soon!)
• Walker Art Center- Olga Viso

• Anderson Cooper
• Jon Stewart
• Tom Brokaw

Civic Media

• Utne Reader
• Minn Post
• The Huffington Post
• TPT Channel 2

Civic Organizations & Presentations

• Citizens League
• National Conference on Citizenship
• Sunlight Foundation
• Charting a Course for Transformation

More than 700 civic “wonks” from across the country gathered to help support positive nonpartisan change in the America and Dan Wilson’s music experiment, where fans tweet he and his band listen & play, literally set the tone for a  groovy party vibe. It was the perfect backdrop to the reunion feel and camaraderie that filled the air.  As the Live Stream feed  played across America, Wilson’s fans are treated to what they love, classic Dan Wilson presence with a new feel brought directly to their iphone or computer.

During Dan’s second set, he had prepped the crowd and his internet fan audience that the music experiment will begin.  Facilitated by his tech crew and ours, the live and virtual audience tweeted directions to the band and they played the music. It was a goosebump moment for social media innovation with a glimpse at what may be a new way for social media to be used to create new music and art.

Click here to go to our Vimeo video collection

July 17, 2009 (Minneapolis, MN)

Aneesh Chopra, America’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), spoke at the National Civic Summit, at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel. He served as Virginia’s Secretary of Technology prior to President Obama’s appointment in April. The CTO is charged with developing national strategies for using advanced technologies to transform our economy and society, from fostering private sector innovation and improving health care delivery and costs to strengthening teaching and learning.

Click here for Aneesh Chopra’s Live Webcast at the National Civic Summit

Click here for Dan Wilson’s National Tweetup ”Music Experience”