The deadline to submit panel ideas and speaker suggestions is Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

Click here to submit your idea now.

Have questions about the submission process? Netroots Nation organizers used Spreecast to hold two online, interactive sessions answering your questions for panels, trainings and film submissions.

Archives of the two Spreecasts can be viewed here for the January 11th Spreecast and here for the January 26th Spreecast.

Do you have questions about submitting a panel, training session, or screening series submission for Netroots Nation 2012? We just hosted a live Spreecast to discuss the process and answer your questions. We've embedded the archive below, but you can join us on January 26th at 11 am pacific / 2 pm eastern for the next one.

Click here to go to the page where the Spreecast will take place.

Come ready with any questions you might have or with ideas you'd like feedback on from the Netroots Nation team.

Watch the archive of today's discussion here.

Earlier this week we announced the launch of a new site for our 501(c)3 activities at Netroots Foundation and our blog, Winning the Internet.

As a busy organizer, it’s hard to keep up and determine if you really should be investing in something. Should you be focusing on building out a G+ brand page or decking out your LinkedIn profile? The zeitgeist as of this post being written might lead you to believe that you should drop everything and work on this right now. But is that just good marketing on behalf of LinkedIn and Google, or is it really something you’re missing out on?

Our plan is to curate the best pieces we run across, add our own insights and strategic context and then share them with you. We hope that helps to make experimenting with new media something exciting rather than terrifying.

Second, we aim to be storytellers for great organizing, new media strategies and tactics. Far too often, we don’t celebrate our own movement wins. Sharing lessons learned is not always a priority, although it should be. We might write something up for our donors, board members or other stakeholders, but we rarely take time to mesh those stories and lessons in a larger narrative that illustrates how we are collectively creating change. We hope to begin changing that.

So we hope you'll join us over at Winning the Internet and follow @winthenet on twitter.

What do YOU want to see at Netroots Nation (coming to Providence, Rhode Island June 7-10, 2012)? What panels, trainings and film screenings? Now is the time to submit your ideas!

Click here to look at the Netroots Nation Session Submission Information

The deadline is January 31, so don't delay. If you want to see what we've done in the past, check out our previous sessions.

Thanks to all those who participated in the annual Netroots Nation Holiday Bazaar! Delicious and unique crafty items will be going out to the winning bidders soon. Thanks to all those who donated and bid. Happy Holidays!

The Netroots Nation Holiday Bazaar is open for business! More than 100 items are up for auction. Some of our hottest items include:

* Elijah Craig Aged 18-Year Old Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon Balls
* Monument Valley Photo Print
* Custom Knitted handmade Afghan
* Appear As A Guest on The Matthew Filipowicz Show

All proceeds from this auction allow us to provide high quality programming at our annual Convention as well as other events around the country including the upcoming Netroots New York. The auction ends Monday, December 5th at 10 pm ET/7:00 pm PT so get your bids in now!

As they say, it's the most wonderful time of the year - our 3rd Annual Holiday Bazaar is less than a week away.

Time to finish all the items you've been working on throughout the year.

Who can resist sharing your crafting and cooking talents with the community. Click here to donate that special item that starts an all-out bidding war!

Linda Lee & Joan McCarter - Bazaar Co-Chairs

Because of you, this year's Netroots Nation Online Auction - our 5th Annual - was the best ever.

Thanks to all who bid, won and donated -- you are the ones who keep grassroots organizations like ours up and running.

See you in December for our annual Holiday Bazaar - handmade, homemade items only!

Linda & Beth, Auction Co-Chairs

Each summer, thousands of us come together for the Netroots Nation conference. Some attend for the trainings or to network; others -- like us -- come simply for a little fresh political air and inspiration.

As co-chairs for the organization's annual community auction, we know that Netroots Nation has always received lots of community support. In addition to the many folks who volunteer throughout the year, hundreds of community members like you donate services, collectibles and other unique items to be auctioned off to benefit programs like the annual convention.

The community auction kicks off today. Click here to bid on items and support Netroots Nation's work.

Fundraisers like this one help keep registration costs down and give activists around the country opportunities to network with progressive leaders, learn new techniques to advance progressive values and collaborate on common causes.

Plus, it's fun to bid on items and know you're supporting a great cause!

Just a few items up for bid:

• The presidential suite for Netroots Nation 2012
• Lunch with Howard Dean
• Governor Schweitzer’s bolo tie
• Jewelry, home-baked items, political collectibles and more

The auction runs through next Tuesday, so get your virtual paddles out and start bidding now.

As always, thanks for supporting Netroots Nation's work.

Beth Becker and Linda Lee
Auction Co-chairs

Since our inception, we've held the support of working people and labor as one of our core values. There's no closer ally to the progressive movement than labor, so given the assault being waged on working people across the country, it's vital that we stand up for our union brothers and sisters.

As many of you know, we considered Providence for our 2011 convention but could not hold it there because of an ongoing labor dispute at the Providence Westin.

We're happy to share with you that the dispute has been settled and we'll be hosting Netroots Nation 2012 there next June 7-10, 2012.

Click here to register now.