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Rootscamp happened last weekend, and it was a really great experience. I visited New York before the conference, and drove down to Washington with a few friends. The event was full of energy, as the mainly Democratic crowd was pretty happy with how the election turned out.

A few of the sessions I attended were “Long lasting local groups”, “MoveOn’s top 5 lessons from the 2008 election”, “Using merchandise in your campaign”, “ The Obama campaign and social networks”, and “Irony we can believe in” (what’s the role of humor if our guy is in the White House?).
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There’s a post-election debrief in Washington DC this weekend called Rootscamp, put on by the New Organizing Institute.  It brings together people who worked on the last election to discuss what worked, what didn’t and how to do better next time.

I went down in 2006 and learned a lot from this ‘unconference’ – sat in on sessions facilitated by some Really Smart People (it was during that trip I learned that DC is considered ‘Hollywood for Geeks’ – smart is sexy down there) And I am signed up to go again.

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Who knew it was this easy? But seriously, this is a good introduction. From Howcast.com “Political tasks”