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GOP Unconventional Daily:
Pundit-free Zone

This Window is where you’ll find the GOP Unconventional Daily LIVE Show beginning August 31st through Sept 4th. The convention experience including videos, tweets and photos captured by attendees of the RNC will be featured.

We’ll also talk about the technology used to create GOP Unconventional, and each of the live shows will include a giveaway of Cradlepoint Routers, a Samsung Blackjack II and a Nokia N95.

Welcoming more Sponsors

Sun, Aug 24, 2008

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We added more sponsors as you can see on the sidebar.  Am thrilled to announce Mogulus has joined as our Gold Level Sponsor.  GOP Unconventional with their help and support will produce a 2 hour daily show - LIVE featuring the collections of Qiks, Tweets and photos that RNC attendees produce during the day.

You are invited to participate with us and the details on how to do that will be available next week.  We have some fantastic technology prizes to giveaway during the show.  The same devices and equipment used by RNC attendees will be given away to a lucky participant on every show.

Thanks to Windows Mobile, and Boingo for supporting our attendees and live show participants with service and devices.

Stay tuned for more to come.

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GOP Unconventional welcomes Qik

Tue, Aug 19, 2008

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Anyone following the explosion of social media, indie journalism (and in some cases corporate media), or mobile video has undoubtedly heard of Qik.

The service has already had a major impact in the political arena. Whether you’re following the campaign of Representative John Culberson (R - TX) or Robert Scoble’s trip to Washington, DC, you’ve been amazed by the service’s ability to provide interaction during live video capture from Nokia N95s. (more…)

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Founding Sponsor - Cradlepoint Technology

Wed, Aug 13, 2008

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Cradlepoint Router

Cradlepoint Router

GOP UnConventional is proud and happy to announce our founding sponsor for the Social Media Workshops at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Cradlepoint Technology.

Cradlepoint PHS 300 routers create a personal Wi-Fi hotspot when connected to a USB modem or mobile phone. This allows connection via Wi-Fi of a number of devices to mobile networks that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. (see my article on Cradlepoint at mobilejones.com)

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GOP Unconventional Pre Launch

Wed, Aug 13, 2008

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2008 Republican National Convention

Welcome to GOP Unconventional. This is the home of a Social Media experiment by Debi Jones (mobilejones.com) on providing a behind-the-scenes experience of a large conference or event - and in this case - the Republican National Convention September 1 - 4, 2008.

We will deliver 2 Social Media Workshops prior to the start of the convention. Attendees will be shown how to operate the tools, services and equipment needed to create their own media during the RNC. As actors fully engaged in the activities of the RNC, their view of the convention will differ dramatically from the view delivered to our televisions or even via Ustream.tv. The focus of other productions will rely upon the convention podium mixed with punidts commenting on the messages of spinmeisters and campaign operatives.

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