Program of Activities  

Tuesday, September 5, 2006
 
Arrival of participants
 
19:30                Welcome Dinner/Reception
                        2nd Floor, Checkers Buffet, Caesar Park Hotel
 
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
 
  9:00               Beijing Room 4th Floor, Caesar Park Hotel
 
                        Opening of the Workshop
                        Overview of Program
                        Brief introduction of participants
                        Selection of members of the four workshop teams (logistics, DPP-liaison and entertainment, daily newsletter/workshop blog, documentation)
                       
10:00                Exercise with cards: Our expectations and which Internet application(s) are you particularly interested in, followed by discussion
 
10:30                A profile of CALD: Existing communications practices and experiences with digital media
 
11:00                Brainstorming and discussion: What can CALD member parties do to better promote the organization’s issues/advocacies in their respective countries?
 
12:00                Lunch 2nd Floor, Checker’s Buffet, Caesar Park Hotel
 
14:00                Working Groups: Communications tools in the Digital Age – Web 2.0 applications and their usage in the communications practices of political parties in Asia?
 
15:30                Presentation of Working Groups’ Results
 
17:00                Country presentations: Delegates present the digital communications practices of their political parties – status quo and plans for the future  (maximum length of presentation 15 minutes)
 
19:00                End of Working Day One
 
19:30                Dinner
Skyline Chinese Restaurant
44th FLOOR, Shingkong Mitsukoshi Building
(Building next to Caesar Park Hotel)
 
Thursday, September 7, 2006
 
  9:00               Reports by the four workshop teams
 
  9:15               Input (followed by discussion):
What is the message? How to identify and write about issues that matter
                        Dr. Ronald Meinardus
 
10:00                A step-by-step tutorial for setting up a weblog
(using blogger.com or wordpress.com)
                        Abe Olandres (Pinoyblog)
 
11:00                Writing texts for Websites/blogs – Basic editorial and journalistic guidelines for creating high-impact online copy
Dr. Ronald Meinardus
 
12:00                Lunch
                        Tiffany’s Chinese Buffet Lunch, 3rd Floor
                        Caesar Park Hotel
 
14:00                Do it now! Participants set up their own personal blog and publish their first  posts
 
15:00                Presentations of blogs and discussion/critique
 
16:30                Do it again! Participants publish the second post on their blog and add illustration
 
19:00                End of Working Day Two
 
20:00                Dinner
Discovery Vietnamese Cuisine
12th FL, Shingkong Mitsukoshi Building
                        (Building next to Caesar Park Hotel)
 
Friday, September 8, 2006
 
  9:00                Reports by the four workshop teams
 
  9:15                An (audible) introduction into political podcasting
                        Dr. Ronald Meinardus/N.N.
 
10:00                Produce your own digital radio show/podcast – A step-by-step tutorial for beginners (using Gcast and audacity)
                        Abe Olandres (Pinoyblog)                       

 
11:00                Do it now! Participants create their own podcasts
 
(Working Groups design and develop various genres – commentary, talk show, one-on-one interview and discussion) of podcasts. All podcasts aim at promoting a liberal party platform in an imagined electoral campaign; the podcasts should not exceed ten minutes in length)
 
13:00                Lunch
                        Metro Bistro, B1 of Caesar Park Hotel
 
14:00                Excursion in Radio Taiwan International (see extra program)
 
18:00                Technical production of podcasts (and optional vidcasts) & Pizza Dinner at the
same room - Workshop Room
 
Saturday, September 9, 2006
 
  9:00                Reports by four workshop teams
 
  9:15                Presentation of podcasts and vidcasts
                        (followed by discussion and critique)
 
11:00                Where do we go from here? How can we strengthen the network of media specialists in CALD?
 
12:00                Evaluation of the Workshop
 
13:00                End of Workshop and Lunch
                        5th FL, Chopstix, KK Mall
                        (Building next to Caesar Park Hotel)
 
(For those interested, we offer the possibility of one-on-one tutoring with Abe Olandres after lunch.)
 
Departure of Participants
 
Facilitators:
 
Dr. Ronald Meinardus, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
John Coronel, Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Abe Olandres, PInoyblog
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