[Webpub] NASA PR brainstorm

[Ranjani Saigal]

Lisa

This sounds very interesting.. I would love to attend if the timing works out

Ranjani

Quoting Lisa Mayer <lmayer at MIT.EDU>:

> anyone interested?
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> 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...
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>> 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
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> Lisa C. Mayer
> Web and Database Consultant, DCAD
> Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
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> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Room N42-240C
> Cambridge, MA 02139
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> tel   617-452-4225
> fax  617-258-6875
> lmayer at mit.edu
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