<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Eric @ Ghana,<br><br>dont rub it in. He maybe visiting Ghana but he is still our son of "K'ogelo". :-)<br><br>walu @ Kenya.<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 7/7/09, Eric M.K Osiakwan <i><emko@internetresearch.com.gh></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Eric M.K Osiakwan <emko@internetresearch.com.gh><br>Subject: [kictanet] President Obama's upcoming trip - media resources for your involvement<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 12:36 PM<br><br><div id="yiv775981627"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>Hope your morning is well.</div><div><br></div><div>Below are some outlets for getting involved in President Obama's visit - <span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: Cambria,fantasy; font-size: 15px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/mediaresources/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/mediaresources/</a> </span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">SMS. </span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">We’ve launched an SMS platform to allow citizens to submit questions, comments and words of welcome (in English and in French) . Using a local SMS short code in Ghana (1731) , Nigeria (32969) , South Africa (31958)and Kenya (5683), as well as a long code across the rest of the world*, Africans and citizens worldwide will be encouraged to text their messages to the President. SMS participants will also be able to subscribe to speech
highlights in English and French. Long numbers for mobile registration pan-Africa: 61418601934 and 45609910343. This SMS platform is not available in the US. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> We’d love to get a bunch of people signed up and submitting questions via SMS today. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Radio. </span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> A live audio stream of the President's speech will be pushed to national and local radio stations during the speech. After the speech, a taped audio recording of the President’s answers to the SMS messages received will be made available to radio stations and
websites. The President hopes to answer a variety of questions and comments by topic and region. The audio recording will also be made available for download on </span><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.whitehouse.gov</a></span><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> and iTunes.<b></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Online chat.</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> We will host a live web chat around the speech on Facebook. The White House will also create a Facebook “event” around the speech wherein participants
from around the world can engage with one another. A Twitter hashtag (i.e. #obamaghana) has been promoted to consolidate input and reaction around the event.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">WhiteHouse.gov/Ghana </span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">- On the day of the speech, we will launch <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/ghana" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.whitehouse.gov/ghana</a> with links to all of the relevant programs and content (including transcript, video, etc.) for both domestic and foreign audiences.
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria, fantasy"><br></font></div></div>NB: Sorry for crossposting.<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"
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