UNI Communicators' Forum

An easy approach to web 2.0i tools for unions. What are they, what do they do and how can they help our movement?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thiPyvwJ6Ac

Also, check out this link! Each web 2.0 tool is explained in 2-3 minutes in the easiest way for people to understand: http://www.commoncraft.com/show

UnionBook is the social networking website for trade unionists at
http://www.unionbook.org

UnionBook offers:

* Free blogis for all trade unionists.
* The possibility to create Groups for your union -- and each group can have its own message board, group pages, files (including photos) and more.
* A fully-configurable Dashboard (home page) featuring drag and drop "widgets" such as your friends, your files, your pages, etc.
* A Twitteri-like short message feature called The Wire.
* And much more.

Union Island is going to be taking part in a huge, six day cross-SL festival to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 
Please come by Union Island on 15 December at 5pm CET. We'll be discussing labour rights and human rights, with Philip Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, Zuzanna Gorska, socio-political issues expert for Solidarnosc (The Polish union federation Solidarity), and other unionists from around the world.

The invitation is out! Please visit: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/forum2009 where you'll find more information and the possibility to register online.

The next UNI Communicators' Forum will take place in Cyprus, June 10-12th 2009! Time to book the dates!
What we need from you:

The Spanish union learning organisation FOREM (part of CCOO) have developed an island in Second Lifei. It's fairly new, but they have already used it for briefings of union activists - showing advice videos on a screen in an SL arena, and following them up with discussion. You can find a teleport link to the island on the ccoonectate site