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Howcast and YouTube Host 5th Summit of the Americas

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How-to video site Howcast and YouTube have collaborated to develop a number of media-rich web sites for the Fifth Peak of the Americas, a strategic meeting between diplomats and world leaders from the western hemisphere, including President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The pressing issues headlining this peak will be human prosperity, energy security, and environmental sustainability. The peak, located in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, runs from April 17 (tomorrow!) through April 19, and here is an opportunity for the public to surrender questions to be addressed on the final day.

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The quick way to surrender a question is to use the the widget you can find here. But here are plenty of other resources available if you are interested in culture more about the Peak of the Americas, starting with the <a href=”America.gov Townhall page or the Howcast Townhall page. The America.gov site in this case links to the Howcast site, which pulls collectively all the links, how-to videos, and forum posts centering around this peak, with additional media on their branded YouTube page. The videos and other US State Department media are located on their their own YouTube page, and finally here is not one but two professional sites covering Peak of the Americas actions in general.

We have covered the how Obama’s administration has harnessed YouTube in the past, and it looks like that they are taking advantage of that channel again, linking to the Howcast Townhall site frankly from the official White House blog. It certainly appears as if they are sincere about leveraging the technological infrastructure that is out here in order to drive engagement for actions like these. With any luck, that is what is vacant to take place, as the issues discussed may lead to lasting decisions about how the democratic nations of the Americas combines to combat these comprehensive issues.

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