RightOnline 2011: Wrap-up (#RO11)

RightOnline 2011 finished up Saturday evening. I’ve attached some highlights of the awesome weekend conference for you to enjoy.

For my full coverage of #RO11, visit this link.

Videos to be added at a later date – slow internet connection is preventing the massive upload from going through. In the mean time, most may be viewed at yfrog.com

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RightOnline 2011 Opening Breakout Sessions (#RO11)

I’m attending Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Fourth Annual RightOnline conference in Minneapolis, MN.

RightOnline is a conference dedicated to teaching conservative activists on how to use online technologies and how to purpose them to help move America forward. Of course, for people like me, Melissa Ward, Jayvie Canomo, Tabitha Hale, and Teresa Oelke, it’s a great place to meet the people with work with everyday on Twitter and other online avenues.

In fact, I met Nansen Malin, a true #tcot Twitter superstar, in her Twitter breakout session. I kind of… hijacked the session, too. Oops… This tweet sent Nansen an @ reply and displayed on the giant screen in the front of the same room this happened in… The crowd started chuckling, and then I had to ‘fess up!

My bad.

The man who took down former U.S. Rep. Anthony Wiener is here as well. Melissa and I caught Andrew Breitbart as he was leaving an interview in the Media Room.

Playing Paparazzi with Andrew Breitbart

The weekend is just getting started… If you are here and want to meet up, DM me – I’ll be here through Sunday evening!

Tags: #RO11, @Nansen, @OneFineJay, @PinkElephantPun, AFP, americans for prosperity, Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner, Caleb Hays, Melissa Ward, Minneapolis

Announcing the 2011 Kansas Federation of College Republicans Convention

[Cross-posted from the Midwest Regional CRNC blog at ourCRNC.blogspot.com.]

It’s that time of year, again! Announcing the 2011 Annual Kansas Federation of College Republicans Convention in Topeka, KS on April 30th at 8:00, hosted by the Kansas Republican Party.

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Consensus Builder

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Kansas Delegation Meeting (#Dream2010)

The Kansas AFP delegation met this afternoon for a lunch meeting in the Coolidge Room at the Marriott Wardman in the District. My perhaps less-than-completely-accurate estimate puts the number in attendance at above fifty Kansans who made the half nation trek to our country’s capital to stand for a movement that truly defends the principles of smaller government and less spending.

As surprise guests, the national director of Americans for Prosperity, Tim Phillips stopped by share some info on the national organization, and to thank us for our involvement.

David Koch, the Kansas native of Koch Industries fame, who is the Chairman of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and has recently been attacked for this involvement, spoke about his desire to take the flak for the sake of the nation for the salvation of the movement and the nation.

Rep. Todd Tiahrt speaking to Kansas AFP Delegation

Then, we had our third and fourth surprise guests (well, some of use knew ahead of time!), Congressman Todd (R-KS03) and Mrs. Vicki Tiahrt who drove in specifically for the AFP Summit and tomorrow’s Glenn Beck rally at the Lincoln Memorial. They haven’t given up the fight.

Mrs. Vicki Tiahrt speaking to Kansas delegation

To paraphrase Mrs. Tiahrt, “You [AFP] are who will take our nation back.” Vicki spoke for a few minutes on the importance of taking our message of opportunity for all and fiscal conservatism to reach new voters, especially those who may have been turned off in the past by misperceptions of the conservative movement.

It was a very informative and up-lifting lunch, and it was great to see Todd and Vicki again. Better yet, I finally got a photo with them:

Rep. Todd and Mrs. Vicki Tiahrt and I at #Dream10

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Defending the American Dream Summit Starts (#Dream10)

I’m at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. this weekend to attend American for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit with Virginia Crossland, Melissa Ward and Jarrod Mendicki.

According to the Summit’s website, the general registration sold out – something that excites me. With the almost 2,500 attendees at this year’s fourth annual conference, this shows with certainty that Americans are waking up to the theft taking place beneath our noses.

Nick Gillespie, ReasonTV

I’ve been encouraged by the speakers I’ve had the privilege of hearing from already, including Nick Gillespie of ReasonTV and Matthew Elliott of the UK’s TaxPayer’s Alliance. Mr. Elliott offered an inspirational view of how the new Conservative government in the UK is winning over the population and making authentic efforts to right their financial ship.

Matthew Elliott, TaxPayer's Alliance

If this morning was an example of how the rest of the weekend will go, then I’m excited. Let’s get going… let’s Remember November.

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