January 2008 - Free campaign advice In this issue Find out how your supporters can use mobile phones to put video clips on your websites, learn about the latest features in some key open source web applications and read Kevin Jardine's views on the future of successful climate campaigning. Mobile phone videos enliven the web Smart organisations have known for years that campaign staff and supporters can often create more timely, interesting and relevant web content than web editors or press officers. Mobile phones make it fast and cheap to add video to this enormous pool of supporter-created content. Tools to get this content from your supporters must solve the four problems of uploading, transcoding, moderation and display. Read the full article to find out how you can allow your staff and supporters to put video on your website within minutes. Web applications continue to improve New versions of key tools for content management (Drupal), social networking (Elgg) and online education (Moodle) have made these open source web applications more flexible and powerful than ever. Elgg in particular has made major progress with enhanced profile features, a powerful Event API, streamlined CSS and more than 60 plugins in the official Elgg plugin repository. Find out more about recent changes to these applications and new versions expected in 2008 Advice for climate campaigners The failed December 2007 climate negotiations in Bali reveal just how hard achieving a global energy revolution will be. Veteran climate campaigner Kevin Jardine compares climate campaigning to another very hard campaign - the one against tobacco - and draws some important conclusions relevant to both online and offline campaigns. Why international climate negotiations are failing and what can be done instead. In the next issue In the next issue we'll take a look at some of the most exciting NGO internet campaigns in recent months. CAMPAIGN SOLUTIONS   About Kevin Jardine   experienced Internet campaigner   Need some help?   Internet campaign advice and magic SELECTED LINKS OpenSocial Create cool Google gadgets and share them among social networks Paragliding Community Hundreds of organisations have used Elgg and other open source applications to create amazing niche social networks. Here's a good example. Web Playgrounds One of the more underreported web stories is the rapid spread of online communities for children. Myspace Suicide A shocking cautionary story about the dangers of social networking. FUN FACT OpenID is set to revolutionise web applications by providing a common identity that can be used throughout the Internet. Yahoo has recently announced a public beta starting on 30 January that will allow its hundreds of millions of subscribers to use their Yahoo identities with other web applications. Are your websites OpenID ready? If not, contact Radagast Solutions for help.