Personal Democracy Forum

Personal Democracy Forum

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company_name = Personal Democracy Forum
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foundation = 2004
founder = Andrew Rasiej,
Micah Sifry
location_city = New York, NY
location_country = USA
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key_people = Andrew Rasiej
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owner = Andrew Rasiej
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company_slogan = Technology is changing politics.
url = [http://www.personaldemocracy.com/ www.personaldemocracy.com]


related projects = [http://www.techpresident.com/ www.techpresident.com]
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website_type = Blogging
language = English
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launch_date = 2004
current_status = Active

Personal Democracy Forum (often referred to as PdF) is a website and annual conference that follows how the internet is changing politics, governance, and advocacy founded by Andrew Rasiej and co-Founder Micah Sifry. [The New York Times]

Website

Personal Democracy Forum has over twenty contributing editors who track, report, and reflect on the newest trends of technology in politics. The sister website, Techpresident follows how the 2008 United States presidential election campaigns are utilizing these new technologies and how these technologies are enabling citizens to affect the race.

Conference

The Personal Democracy Forum conference is an annual event held in New York City that began in 2004. The mission of the conference is to have political professionals, technologists, and non-profit executives educate each other on how technology is changing and what the future of democracy and advocacy looks like.

Notable speakers in the past include

*Vint Cerf [2008 Personal Democracy Forum http://pdf2008.confabb.com/conferences/60420-personal-democracy-forum-2008]
*Ana Marie Cox
*Elizabeth Edwards
*Mayhill Fowler
*Thomas Friedman
*Gilberto Gil
*Arianna Huffington
*Lawrence Lessig
*Josh Marshall
*Craig Newmark
*Douglas Rushkoff
*Robert Scoble
*Joe Trippi

References

*Friedman, Thomas. [http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/opinion/23friedman.html "Laughing and Crying"] , "The New York Times", May 23, 2007.


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