Mike is Obama’s technology advisor.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Up next is Mike Nelson, prof at Georgetown, worked with Gore on internet legislation

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Mike Nelson from Georgetown is up next. Obama campaign Rep.

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Mike has actually debated over twitter!

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Mike will be talking policy and IT. Where they intersect.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: Technology moves too fast, then people are trained, then orgs adapt, THEN policy comes

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Mike just threw his personal email out to the room… Sorry tweebs, not tweeting that out. @ us if you want it.

LaraK: First rate people surround themselves with first rate people – second rate people surround themselves with third rate people. #2ohio

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Obama surrounds himself with diverse and smart people per Mike.

LaraK: Mike Nelson is on Obama’s tech team b/c Obama is “one smart dude” with vision, commitment and can turn great ideas into action. #2ohio

MichaelBowers: @jodyNcolumbus #2Ohio nice to hear judy estrin mention importance of gen x and baby boomers, patience and systems awareness

NickSeguin: @innonate listening to mike nelson Obama tech advisor talk in Columbus #2ohio

InnoGage: #2Ohio. We are at a critical point in tech development. The Internet has become the platform of choice… Web2.0.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: We are at a critical point in the development of informational technology – cloud computing. as big as WWW

LaraK: He believes the Obama administration can harness the power of cloud computing in ever more powerful ways. #2ohio

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Mike helped put the whitehouse on the Internet during Clinton Admin.

LaraK: Mike Nelson recommending an article in MIT pub called “How Obama did it” – just came out #2OHIO

InnoGage: #2Ohio over 100K events have been executed at a grassroots level from the Obama website.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: Obama has new way to manage – open to ideas from bottom up

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Obama understands Social Media, how to use it and its power.

MichaelBowers: Obama will transform government, foster innovation through giving people permission to innovate, bottom up approach #2Ohio

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: All of Obamas plans (education, economy, etc) included vital technology components

LaraK: #2ohio Mike Nelson is brilliant and a captivating speaker – you could hear a pin drop in this room.

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Sciencedebate2008.com. Hope we got that right…check it out.

InnoGage: #2Ohio want to use social media to get new ideas.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: Washington needs to reach out through social media for advising and stop appointing friends to advisory positions

MichaelBowers: Use social media to reach beyond usual suspects and get good ideas where ever they are #2Ohio

InnoGage: #2Ohio. The quality of an advisor is directly proportional to the ability of the advisee to listen!

MichaelBowers: Obama committed to doubling money availble for sicience R&D research #2Ohio

InnoGage: #2Ohio. People in Hong Kong can buy 20X the bandwidth as Americans can for the same price.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: Technology can effect taxi cabs, grocery stores, etc if policy does not get in the way of new innovations

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Craig Newmark from Craigslist at the mic with a question.

cherylharrison: #2Ohio The founder of Craig’s List is here! Wants to know how we can use new tech for new jobs in Columbus

InnoGage: #2Ohio. How can communities best tap the power of the net?

MichaelBowers: Awesome evening at 2.Ohio…#2Ohio

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Reid answers in terms of Networks connecting you across areas.

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Judy suggests forming local clusters that can act as a catalyst in the community.

MichaelBowers: Build an Innovation Cluster using tools as a community not just tagging on to what has been developed elsewhere #2Ohio

cherylharrison: #2Ohio Nelson: Gov should tap LinkedIn for advisors

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Mike was an early user of LinkedIn. Wants to push things like this in Washington. Wants DC to embrace 2 way dialog! True Web2.0!

LaraK: #2ohio Obligatory sponsorship message from Hilton – but they were kind enough to host so they deserve it

InnoGage: #2Ohio. Hilton Polaris donated the meeting space. Thank you Polaris Hilton!! Great location!

cherylharrison: #2Ohio was amazing! Great meeting @MichaelBowers and@LaraK! Now dinner at Marcella’s with @dhall614 yummy

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Imabong: Who talked about power of cloud, thats new, is this wind, steam or lightening? All this in #2Ohio

More 2Ohio Posts:

1. Pre-Game tweets and Introductory Tweets
2. Judy Estrin
3. Reid Hoffman
4. Mike Nelson
5. Craig Newmark and Post-Game