[Webpub] NASA PR brainstorm

[Lisa Mayer]

anyone interested?


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "erika wagner" <erika at MIT.EDU>
> Date: January 9, 2008 8:38:16 AM EST
> To: <lmayer at mit.edu>
> Cc: "William T G Litant" <wlitant at mit.edu>
> Subject: NASA PR brainstorm (READ ME)
>
> Let's try this again...
>
> Hi Lisa,
> Bill Litant in Aero/Astro passed along your name as a local expert  
> passionate about web-based communication and outreach.  I've been  
> doing some work recently with Dr. Alan Stern, the Associate  
> Administrator for Science at NASA.  He has come to recognize that  
> the way NASA communicates its science with the public is  
> inneffective, old-fashioned, and as he puts it "my father's  
> Oldsmobile."
>
> In a nutshell, Alan has recently become passionate about improving  
> the way NASA reaches out to the public -- particularly 18-35 year  
> olds -- and is looking for more creative multimedia and Web 2.0  
> outlets to effectively do so.
>
> He will be in Boston on Sunday Feb 17th and asked if I might help  
> engage a group from the Media Lab and other creative thinkers at MIT  
> to brainstorm with him on the topic that afternoon.  (I apologize  
> whole-heartedly for the lousy timing, but this was Alan's one chance  
> to do this in person, and he really wanted to sit around a table  
> with folks, rather than teleconferencing.)
>
> Does this sound like something you might enjoy being involved in?   
> Or do you know other staff, students, or faculty that should be  
> included?  (We're in the process of working with folks in CMS and  
> Aero/Astro, but welcome other additions.)
>
> Many thanks for your time!
> -Erika Wagner
>
> ====================================
> "Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful,
> committed citizens can change the world.
> Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
>                    ~*~ Margaret Mead
>
> Dr. Erika B. Wagner
> w: 617.253.0017
> erika at mit.edu, elb at alumni.vanderbilt.edu
> Science Director, Mars Gravity Biosatellite
> http://www.marsgravity.org
> Executive Director, X PRIZE @ MIT
> http://www.xprize.org

Lisa C. Mayer
Web and Database Consultant, DCAD
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room N42-240C
Cambridge, MA 02139

tel   617-452-4225
fax  617-258-6875
lmayer at mit.edu



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