The document summarizes the collaboration between NMS Public Affairs, JESS3, and C-SPAN to create innovative online hubs for the 2008 National Conventions and Presidential Debates. It describes how they used open-source technologies and engaged online communities to provide searchable transcripts, videos, and real-time updates. This helped transform C-SPAN's image and introduce their content to new audiences, furthering their mission to inform the public.

1. Leslie Bradshaw Communications Manager, NMS Public Affairs President , JESS3 William Beutler Innovation Manager, NMS Public Affairs BarCampDC II October 18, 2008 Zvi Band Chief Technology Officer , JESS3

2. Sharing Our Experience

8. C-SPAN Getting Down With Digg and Twitter

9. C-SPAN Adding Access via Qik and YouTube

11. C-SPAN Providing Access and Showcasing Mastery “ New moment for C-SPAN as a modern Internet information provider.” Sunlight Foundation blog “ C-SPAN has set up a special website just for convention coverage. They really seem to have gotten this new media thing down.” National Review’s Corner blog “ C-SPAN's loosening of copyright restriction over the past few months (embeddable video is new for the conventions) is enabling bloggers to use C-SPAN content in creative ways and helps to expand C-SPAN's core mission to educate and inform the American populace.” Cable Tech Talk blog “ Kudos to C-Span for understanding the power of social media.” Blog World Expo blog Mastery Access Technology Politics Media Media Conservative Technology

12. NMS Mixing-it-Up with Blogads

14. We Had a Blast.