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=== 4.2 Getting Started ===
''See also: Drumbeat: people, ideas and action for a better web blog post''
Beginning in late 2009, Drumbeat will start with a broad theme and then zero in on specific people, ideas and actions that make the internet better.
* Sub-topics are expressed as completions of this sentence: "The web gets better when we ..."
** ... ensure anyone can connect to do or say anything."
** ... make the internet more '''accessible'''."** ... use and promote open '''standards'''."** ... make the internet '''safer and more secure'''."** ... give people control over their '''data and identity ''' online."** ... ensure '''mobile web ''' is as open as the wired web."** ... demonstrate the creative potential of '''open video'''."** ... grow the pool of '''open content ''' available online."** ... tap Internet DNA to create '''civic value ''' (e.g. edu or health)."
** ... explain what 'better' means and why it matters."
* '''People''' who are already doing things to make the web better by working on one of the topics above.
* '''Ideas''' and proposals that could concretely make the web better. The best ideas will be fed into design challenges as a way to flesh them out.* '''Actions''' that anyone could take to make the web better. Actions take the form of short (and sometimes funny) 5 min presentations at a local school, barcamp or other event. This is where we build out the local component of Drumbeat.
In some ways, the idea is to create a funnel -- using online and on the ground activities to surface the most promising ideas, and then connecting and showcasing them at the annual Drumbeat Festival.
