state convention

The Young Democrats of North Carolina has just confirmed that Senator John Edwards will attend and speak at the 2008 YDNC State Convention. Senator Edwards will join James Carville as our featured speakers on Saturday, March 29 at the Sheraton Imperial in RTP. State-wide candidates, including those for governor, will be featured throughout the day. We will also have trainings, a service project in honor of Senator Edwards, and elections for YDNC offices. This year's convention promises to be the best yet.

For more information, or to buy tickets, please visit http://www.ydnc.org.

Young Democrats of North Carolina

I wanted to give you all a brief overview of what happened this weekend at the YDs of NC convention. First, there were two informative sessions that all those who did not attend should kick themselves for missing. The first session was entitled “Internet Campaigning and Communication,” and the presenters were Ed Cone and Chris Bowers. These two presenters were both interesting and informative. Also, BlueNC should know they got some love from both men; BlueNC was held up as an example as a well-run blog, so don’t be surprised if some new readers begin hanging around. While some in the crowd were obviously new to political blogging, I saw that as a good thing. I could see light bulbs clicking on as Cone and Bowers described how blogs can encourage and even push stories into the mainstream media. Both bloggers agreed that blogging by itself is great but there have to be live events to encourage and increase enthusiasm among readers.

I posted this on the calendar, but I also wanted to tell you all that the Young Democrats of NC will be having our state convention on Saturday, March 24 in Greensboro. We are expecting about 300 guests (from what I've heard), and promises to be a great event. One session will even relate well to the online community: Internet Campaigning and Communication w/ speaker Matt Gross (Joe Trippi and Howard Dean's online architect in 2004) and Ed Cone (Greensboro blogger, Tech Journalist, and columnist for the Greensboro News and Record).