I’ll be blunt: my CityVote column over at Spacing Ottawa wasn’t singing to me. I was having trouble breaking out of my “rant mode” with written text . It comes easily. Ranting. I am a New Democrat after all .

I got to thinking about how I’ve had some amazing people ask me to help them tell their stories during this election. It always kept coming back to my offering to teach them how to do it themselves. Spacing Ottawa and the CityVote space needs to be a conversation and I see my role as enabler. So, we’re going to take this on in a bit more formal way.

“Making the Invisible Visible” will be the theme of the audio/video project. My team at MediaStyle.ca is going to help teach people how to use consumer electronic tools (cameras, microphones and ideas) and guide them in creating messages to Ottawa candidates. I’ll then use all the energy I have left to encourage the candidates for all types of office to weigh in online.

Have a message for a city politician that isn’t listening? I want to hear it. Email me or comment below. Here is more on the project from me:

CityVote 2010: Making the invisible visible from Ian Capstick on Vimeo.