Social Media Camp 2017

Tess van Straaten is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience doing everything from news and weather to hosting a live morning show. A fourth-generation Victorian, Tess went to Carleton University in Ottawa and got her first big break working on Parliament... Read More →

Alise Mills is President of Alise Mills Communications—a boutique professional communications firm specializing in media relations, public affairs, reputation management and advocacy. She is responsible for developing and leading communications strategies for clients with an emphasis... Read More →

Now an online civic engagement consultant for local governments, I (because it feels creepy to write about myself in the third person) was a reluctant late adopter of all things social media. I fully embraced the potential of social media for political organizing as campaign manager... Read More →