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What should Bloggers Unite About on December 17th?
Posted by TonyB • 10/19/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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The next Bloggers Unite challenge, where we come together as bloggers on one day and blog about a specific social cause is going to be on December 17th.
The idea came up that we should not limit Bloggers Unite to blogging and instead on December 17th, each engage in act of kindness and then blog about it. The benefit being that will make a real positive impact in our worlds.
Some members of BlogCatalog think that the issue is too vague and that we should come up with something else.
Since we have almost 2 months to go before we unite, what do you think? Should we stick to the Bloggers Unite for GOOD or blog about some other issue?
If you think we should blog about another issue, please specify what issue you think we should blog about and why?
What specific outcomes will we achieve or aim to accomplish with your idea?
For more info. about the current idea read www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/the-next-bloggers-unite-challenge-is-dece...
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I'm drawing a blank right now, but it seems to me these vague threads make about as much noise as someone clapping with one hand.
It seems to me that you need to pick a real social issue upon which people of a variety of political persuasions and nationalities can agree, but with more focus. Brainstorming without judging the relative merits of the topics might include the environment, public health, literacy and education. Each one of those issues could turn into a lightning rod, but if framed correctly they could work. Environment, for example, could give people the option of jumping onto global warming, but people who still doubt that phenomenon might focus on something that matters to them personally. Public health is pretty vague, though one could pick more specific themes relating to specific diseases, maintaining one's personal health, etc.
Or we could brainstorm about issues that matter to bloggers as bloggers, assuming there are such issues. Perhaps a meme on communicating across borders?
I'm not voting for (or against) any of the things I mentioned here. I'm just using the keyboard to think. -
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"I'm drawing a blank right now, but it seems to me these vague threads make about as much noise as someone clapping with one hand."
This comment made me Almost swallow a piece of candy.
I think we should blog about the one thing that affecting the world. War, and Political Agendas.... Think about all the people who could be saved from starving if civil wars stopped and the govt.s didn't take the food and squander the money. There's so much more to this topic, but that is just one.
For the people who are not starving and dying from War and Poverty, maybe some of the People who sit and "rule" countries should be on the front line when they want to declare a war.
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Maybe I am the only one that things the vague nature of blogging about kindness and good is a great thing.
To many times we are looking for direction, we are looking to be led. I think what is great about simply blogging about good or kindness is that it will invoke all kinds of acts.
Rather than raising money for one thing, or blogging about one thing, I feel that we can give so much more if are simply motivated to do good.
I felt that the times that I was pointed in a right direction I had the most success and affected the most change.
What I have found is that a lot of people do good....... thus doing more good might be hard for some people. Understand we can never do enough good or give enough kindness.
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With respect to the subject:
It can be hard to come up with a 'general' subject that everybody feels comfortable about after having already tackled the Environment and Abuse. If you look at the main categories of charities, there are of course other ones, but not as commonly supported as those..
Since it is close to the holidays, maybe a theme can be found that relates to that?
- Peace would be great, but difficult to blog about.
- Or what if every blogger describes his or her favorite charity, and describing what difference one or two dollars could make to this charity?
As for the mechanism itself: I'm wondering if we couldn't try to take this one step further..
I've seen some philantropists on pay-per-post paying high ranked bloggers for 'any' post on charity. There have been several charities that were sponsored by a company for every individual leaving a 'wish' at their site.
What if we could find a company/individual that would pay e.g. a dollar for each and every blogger involved (with a maximum limit probably ;-)). That could create huge publicity for the cause, for BlogCatalog and for the company itself.. -
Just a few comments:
There are always some difficult aspects about 'blogging for a cause'. One person may find it is 'only words', another may feel that writing about a good cause is just an embarrassing way to promote yourself or your blog.
I think the bottom line is that each blog post could potentially inspire any reader to make a positive change - and that is why we should do this, anyway or another.
The idea of using a meme-format to get things started, as in the current/proposed idea, may just be too complicated, or vague.
We should maybe take a good look at BlogActionDay.org -- the way that was handled was near to perfection and resulted in a massive participation.
I would propose that we use Bloggers Unite 17th Dec to create more awareness for ANY charity. Charity organisations in general have little marketing/communication funds. And all have a problem reaching their target audiences. Most of them are complaining that they cannot reach a younger audience, only middle aged people seem to be donating.
So why not spend all our efforts in creating awareness for charities and explaining/emphasizing the necessity to make donations, and aiming all our blog posts at young(er) people?-
I really like your idea. Blogging and getting the word out about charitable organizations.
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That's true Jos. They did well. You might also note though that they borrowed significant ideas from Bloggers Unite.
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Jos - that is an interesting idea. Would each of us select a charity to highlight?
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Yes, I would propose every blogger to select a charity organization of their own choice. Maybe do a tiny little bit of research as to what that charity's communication/target audience challenge is, and then offer their blog as a free publicity tool to create some additional awareness for that charity.
In general, as said, charities are struggling to reach a younger audience - blogging seems to me like the perfect way to help reach a new audience for any charity.. -
Rich.. All good things are based on 'inspiration'
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And maybe it would be a good idea, if the blogger would actually contact the charity of their choice, and discuss this...
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Charity sounds good (as long as we are talking about concrete organizations and not charitable attitudes towards people with different opinions than our own). It potentially has a good balance of inclusiveness and focus.
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I think bloggers should unite to stop all the coniving unecessary nonsense, Bloggers should write about beibg sick of being told how to blog.
This post is one of the better recent posts on the subject. Read and learn.
www.leliathomas.com/2007/10/16/the-business-of-blogging-how-it-is-mostly-ru...-
I don't think the "Bloggers Unite" thing is about telling people how to blog. It's just an attempt to leverage the power of bloggers to do some good. People can opt in or out as they choose. I could envision people joining in some of these events and ignoring others.
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One powerful aspect of Blog Action Day was their ability to engage other companies to support the day in one way or another.
Through corporate blogs, logo changes, notices to their customers and clients, many companies participated including:
Reddit Wells Fargo Google AOL/Weblogs Inc. eBay Yahoo Six Apart Opera Mokono BlogTV Brazil PixNET BlogAs Lithuania
BlogCatalog has close to 70,000 bloggers. Perhaps you or other bloggers here have contacts with companies, charties, universities or other organizations that we can raise Bloggers Unite to another level? If you do, please let us know. We can provide them with additional PR on blogcatalog in return for sponsorships.-
Perhaps you can ask that same question in the BlogCatalog 'charity-related' communities?
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If we were to decide to massively go for 'charities', I am sure that would generate a high level of press interest. And if we could manage to get someone or some company to actually financially back this up in the form of an x-amount of money per published post per charity, as Ellen suggested in the previous thread, that in turn would generate lots of attention!
And I am sure that quite a few companies would want to spend let's say $20k each on charity, if it gives them the right exposure... -
Jos - would this mean obtaining the list of charities prior to December 17th?
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No, it would not be necessary to have a "list 'prior' to.."
The way I envision this, is that these sponsors would donate a small amount of money per post in this event, to a charity of the sponsor's own choice (be it alone to prevent post frequency fraude).
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fwiw, I am Much more comfortable with the idea that we will each blog about our favorite charity than the 'kindness' thing. The former I can figure out exactly what I would write about and how I would tie it in to my niche/theme. The latter just left me scratching my head.-
libdrone - your head scratching has resulted in a healthy dialogue
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Jos - do you mean in neighborhoods using shout boxes?
We could send a mass shoutout or an email to all BC members however it would be more effective if a grass root group such as you, me, and whoever else wants to ... contacted all our friends on BC and other people we know ... to see if they have ideas.
Bring them here... and lets brainstorm about how to orchestrate this in a way that sparks a discussion that extends beyond the Bloggers Unite, beyond the blogosphere, beyond the mainstream press and into our communities and our lives.-
"Neighborhoods" would be too wide, I agree. Maybe as a start, you can try and search for (and contact) related "groups"?
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Maybe we should first get the 'idea' fully developed, and only then start a follow-up discussion on how to get it sponsored? I am afraid otherwise this discussion might develop into too many directions, right?
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Jos - I agree with developing the idea more fully before reaching out.
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SiteProPlus - We also should give a chance to any other idea for the next Challenge. There may be better ideas come popping up in this discussion. This is only 4 hours old..
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Some very good ideas Jos.
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SiteProPlus, Have you thought about the issue of timing for these campaigns? How many of these darn things should there be? Isn't quarterly a bit often? Don't you risk increasing the noise to a level where people will flat out ignore you?
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I agree. Maybe each quarter some 'soft' challenge, and once a year a 'big one'?
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So - did you make up your mind yet?
Personally, I don't need a Blogger Unite content or campaign for me to be good to my fellow earthlings .. and blogging about it yet! I practically do that now when ever I get the chance!
And, charities? I'm not going to put that down. I promoted that last time, contributed myself and nobody else I know did who visited my blog but, at least I contribute every year regardless, it's just a matter of to which charity!
So .. that leaves me with dropping my suggestion: (since it's past the middle of December)...
I think it should be a "holiday" related blogging day (whatever holiday you will be celebrating) and try to get everybody NOT to drink and drive-
Some type of topics:
- list of local tow trucks or volunteers that will drive you and your car home if you are too drunk to drive
- statistics about accidents, etc
- organizations MADD etc ..
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I'm sure Make a Wish Foundation would appreciate being notice as a good cause in some form
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What if we all blogged about making a difference in the life of somebody we don't even know? For instance, donating to a charity helps a person somehwere, but you don't know who. I don't know if this has already been thought of or done, but it's just an idea i thought of.
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Appleman, if a number of charities would be contacted beforehand to cooperate, they might be able to make the story more personal. As in dedicating a special project or even person where possible donations resulting from the Bloggers Unite Challenge would go to.
In that way, in their post, it could also be made visible what the real difference would be of donating a small amount of money to that specific charity (like for e.g. 'for 5 dollars, you're buying xxx for xxx'). That could really make an impact on people, just prior to the holidays.
As for finding sponsors for this day: it could most definitely be the case that a number of charities already have partnerships with companies that would be willing to sponsor this additional exposure! -
Ellen, that is a good point - I mentioned the option of bloggers actually contacting their charity of choice beforehand, as his would allow adjusting to that specific charity's communication challenge. Your point that this might also provide information on what sponsors are already working with that specific charity in a partnership can indeed be very helpful in finding the right 'overall' sponsors.
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One more thing.. I do think the ideas that are on the table right now are brilliant. But maybe it would be worthwile to discuss some criteria first, before investigating and welcoming other ideas?
Criteria like:
- a measurable result/effect. Only in number of posts, or more?
- something everyone, around the globe can relate to. For charities, would this imply local charities, or global ones?
- something that is easy to write about (greater participation) or something that requires e.g. contacting your local charity?
If you think about it, these criteria might be contradicting..
As for the charities, and the initial idea of a meme, a nice example might be the Caring, Compassion and Charity Meme that's taking place right now. It's focus is not that much on Charities at the moment, but it does ask people what is close to their heart, and what steps they themselves are going to make:
www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/10/11/caring-compassion-charity-
Ellen, I believe the effect would be maximum if every blogger picked a charity of his/her own choice -- then it is 'close to the heart'.
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jos-- I strongly agree with leaving it for each blogger to choose their own charity. the BC community is so diverse, geographically, politically, culturally and most-any-otherally that it will work best to allow everyone to make their own choices which reflect that diversity. IMHO, trying to corral a roomful of cats, errr ummmm, a site full of bloggers into agreeing on and blogging about a particular charity or group of charities would yield a Much lower participation rate.
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Philanthropy -- it's not just for rich people.
Or -- Peace, given the season.
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After going through the comments, what I felt is, everyone is agreeing that the cause should be for 'Good', whether its for charity or for other way. Our aim should be to create awareness about the social issues, whether its Health, Crime, Environment or any good work, which we can do and we should spread among our blogging community. By giving such messages we can make a chain of good people and they can make more and so on we can spread what we want. Hope all of you like the idea and should be serious about these issues. Though my most of the blogs totaheri.blogspot.com pertain to our society. Wishing all of you good luck. -
@Jos. Yes, I totally agree that picking your own charity is closest to the heart. And that is an important condition for getting as many people involved as possible. For making people write their own story, and writing what really moves them. Create that possitive feeling and with that, that positive outcome..
I do think that that will make it more difficult to follow up on the idea of finding a sponsor, to create funding for (some) specific cause(s).
Unless the construction like that philantropist I mentioned could be established again. He payed per post writing about any cause..
Or, I'm still wondering though if there isn't a possibility to come up with one central topic, like Christmas.
That could lead to a diversity of subjects (and charities), like world peace, christmas for children in need, animal rights, or even one night of peace during your own family dinner...
Combining this with a sponsor would maybe lead to raising funds for one specific orphanage or something..-
For finding sponsors, we would need people like you, Ellen, as I know you are a fund raiser yourself, to approach other fund raisers and charity-related blogs and see if they can come up with some ideas about sponsoring the event; maybe in a way I described above.
As for the Christmas theme: I see what you are thinking. Just some thoughts: Wouldn't it be at risk of being totally drowned in all the other 'Christmas stuff' that will be going on? And, I am not sure of this, but is Christmas really 'global', or would that rule out people that don't celebrate Christmas? To the positive: In the current thinking, Christmas could very well be a theme within the way people blog about the charity of their choice, in the way that you are proposing anyway, right? -
Maybe your suggestion of finding a sponsor to raise funds for an orphanage organization or something, would be an excellent 'Christmas touch' to top off this overall "Bloggers Unite For a Charity of their choice Challenge"..
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Blogging for our favorite charity will not create any sort of major united impact.
Bloggers Unite for DonorsChoose.org worked because we had a laser focus on one charity. If we each select a charity and blog about it, the result will be very diluted. The outcome will be almost impossible to measure. And many non US bloggers will feel alienated by this challenge.
A challenge such as Blogging for GOOD. Where we each do something good and personalize our blogs about what we did will work. It will resonate with a large percentage of bloggers, no matter what nationality, no matter what income level. It allows each of us to personalize our blog post to our own life. If focus on a charity is what you want, that fits in to. Go do some charitable work that day and post about it. Moreover, the outcome of blog posts will be interesting to read as they will be lenses into the personal lives of bloggers.
Also, a Bloggers Unite challenge focused on a specific Charity, Orphanage, Person or Family in Need will work, provided it has international appeal. That is, where we focus a united voice of bloggers like a laser on a specific, identifiable cause or purpose then and only then will our voices rise above all the noise.-
As much as I like that idea about bloggers actually DOING something good, I am afraid it is not the main reason why many of us blog. Most of us blog, because we want to create some attention for something. Not necessarily that something is our 'self'..
What I believe bloggers need, is a flexible Challenge. What made Blog Action Day a success was, imho, exactly that flexibility. Every blogger chose a subject, somewhat related to the 'topic' of his/her own blog.
Allowing that flexibility, together with that relationship to the 'own' blog is what made so many bloggers decide and 'play along'.
I see your point about major united impact. But couldn't this be created by asking all bloggers to blog about their own personal choice of a charity organization, offering their blog as an addition to that charity's communications tools -- and then have some major, global, appealing goal like raising funds via sponsorships for that one, major, global and appealing charity organization? -
Hi SiteProPlus,
I don't know. I still think Blogging for Good is a beautiful idea, but for an idea to work (especially since we just had two major ones), people really need to feel a benefit from joining, like be being part of a community idea that will really making a difference, or increasing traffic to their blog, or blogging about something that is indeed close to the heart.
I totally agree that the major impact of everyone blogging about their local/own cause might be quite low, that's why I triggered on this philantropist idea (that sponsored for ANY post related to charity).
That way, people can all blog about something close to the heart, but work on a 'bigger' goal at the same time.
I'm afraid that combining the two, and have people actually blogging on one specific charity/family in need or something, is very difficult...
For several reasons: what topic is broad enough to have thousands of bloggers write individual posts about it? But more important, I do believe it is extremely difficult to find one specific cause that is broad enough to appeal to 'everyone' and is close enough to the heart to sit down and write about it..
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Hi Ellen,
I think this discussion is healthy to have. Some idea will come up that we "know" is the way to go. I like the idea of focusing on one person/family/orphanage. We will never get everyone to unite though if we can identify with a person who needs our help, I believe that bloggers will rally together.
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A totally different angle? Why don't we Bloggers all Unite against Spam?
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Hear, hear.
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Why not Unite Against Spam?
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Definitely something near to my own heart.
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Well Charity or Acts of Kindness or Good will all work for me. I already do volunteer work and when i get my counselling placement i will be doing more. So i can either focus on the charity that i am volunteering for or focus on the fact that i am doing volunteer work.
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On the link provided at the start of this discussion (onemansgoal.com/175/what-everybody-ought-to-know-about-stumbleupon/) I posted the comment:
"If everyone chooses to blog about an act of kindness they did for someone else, I think I'll pass this time. It's not that I don't believe in doing good things for others, I just don't feel comfortable tooting my own horn about the nice things I do for people. That's just my opinion." I believe that kindnesses we extend to others should be kept between the parties involved, otherwise it appears haughty.
My recommendation for what to blog about, also posted on the other discussion, is for bloggers to unite writing about Racism. Aren't we all sick to death of all the hate crimes taking place, and discrimination against others due to skin color? I know I am.
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I don't think that blogging about acts of kindness is tooting ones horn. We do because we can and if more people read about the good we do then maybe it will inspire someone else to do good.
I don't think that anyone complains about OPRAH doing good???? Or says she is tooting her own horn.
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I hope you don't think that i am being haughty?
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No, of course not. I just don't think this idea is a good one for the reasons I mentioned. I roll my eyes when I see people 'puff out their chests' and say "in so many words", Look at what I did! Sickening.
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Crpitt - not at all. I think it depends on the person and the situation and whether it's about "tooting your own horn" or sharing the story to inspire others to do similar deeds.
If someone feels better doing a good deed without sharing, that's of course their right and deserving of respect.
However, it's also true that hearing stories of people who do good deeds can be inspirational to others and raises the bar.
I enjoy hearing about good that people do especially when it focuses not so much on the person giving but on how it impacted the person who receiving the gift.
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That is great
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Here's another thought..
What if the theme is 'Making a Difference', and we all blog about someone (parent, teacher, world leader, football player, etc) or something (a quote, a book, a photo, etc) that has really made a difference in our lives. I think each and everyone of us will have something to write about, kind of like a tribute to that something or someone.
Than, the question would be, what would the 'measurable' impact be. For this that specific goal like the orphanage/person/family/project could be chosen, where we as a community want to 'make that difference'.
Either, e.g. by having each blogger that joins donating a small amount (like 1 or 5 dollars??), and/or by finding a sponsor for this day..
You might even consider making separate badges for people who donate or only write.. Given the possibility to donate a small amount like 1 dollar, this shouldn't lead to any problems I would guess.. -
can we blog something about the discrimination of gays, gays are often discriminated at and we have to let people aware that we are also human beings, that's all^^ stop or discrimination against homos -
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I already said this above, but got no reply from anyone in admin: Doing these things quarterly is too often.
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Explain "to often"........ is making the month of OCT breast cancer awareness month to much...... hey lets make it one day and 7 hours. You know what Christmas is way to long, lets make it 35 min. Hey Black History month, that is way to long a whole 28 days.... forget black history month, that is a waste.
If people were not so lazy and selfish I would say that blogcatalog should do bring awareness monthly. To any issue..... or cause
Did I miss the memo that states you can only do good, bring awareness or make a change once a quarter.
Ok let me be serious, tonight I attended a philosophical discussion group and the question for the evening was "do you matter and are you important"... The quick answer to that is yes we matter and we are important.
With that said, the philosophical discussion group does not look for a answer to a question yet we look to enlighten and bring deeper and more meaningful questions and thoughts. I liken the "Bloggers Unite for Kindness" to a philosophical discussion... meaning if you don't limit the kindness or focus the good then the good or insight from this campaign is limitless. BlogCatalog.com is not looking to answer the question of what is kindness or good, they are looking to engage people and motivate them.
Bloggers Unite Against Abuse was successful because it let people talk about any kind of abuse. Bloggers Unite For Kindness will touch everyone because the kindness and good that we can do is not limited by anyone, nor is it judged as to little or not enough by anyone. Any type of kindness is good........ why limit it...... we are not "SHEEPLE" (sheep + people), we are not easily led like sheep. We are people and we are free to embrace the diversity of thought, kindness, uniqueness and originality.
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Stoneman, if we accomplish something good each timehow can it be considered too often?
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Question : these «bloggers unite» is it just for THE CAUSE or if this is not also an excellent financial contribution because it gives visibility to BlogCatalog and as a result, more people will see the ads?
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I'd suggest that for the next Blogger's Unite, we blog about something POSITIVE. (e.g. The latest innovations in Bio-Technology, How blogging gave opportunities for unemployed people to earn a living, The successful attempt to conserve enery etc.) Let's blog about something that will inspire people. I'm one of those who think that a good news is more inspiring that a bad news.
To make our efforts bear a more fruitful result, we should limit our topic.
Another suggestion: All participants of Blogger's Unite should blog about Blogger's Unite before Dec. 17 , 2007 (preferably 5 days before Dec. 17). This will increase the number of participants. -
Site pro - Excellant idea. Saw a non-commercial movie last month. It was about the "Lost boys of Sudan". The movie was titled "Gods must have got tired of us".
Amazing story of the millions of boys in Sudan who are suffering with NO food or water. In this age, it is a crime that people should suffer for lack of food. If we can change the lives of a few of them.........it would be the greatest gift we as bloggers or non-bloggers (....lol i don't have a blog yet) can give them. -
I would be into a "random act of kindness" action, but can understand why some correspondents are uncomfortable about revealing their good deeds. Besides, I seem to remember a Biblical reminder that, in acts of charity, "Let your left hand know not what your right hand is doing".
Personally, I'd lean towards blogs on the writer's charity of choice. If we decide to limit it to a single charity, I propose the Red Cross/Red Crescent groups. Their record of response in times of need is unmatched by any charity I can think of at the moment. Replies?
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About giving the gift of time and attention in the holiday season. A WII or PS3 or a new coffee pot cannot compare with a day spent with a kid, or an elderly relative, or a friend you don't see much doing what they enjoy and just being there for them. Gifts that involve giving instead of buying would be an interesting topic so near the holidays. -
I'm totally for the idea of "Blogging for Good" on December 17, because, as with the past topics, all bloggers will be free to relate the subject to our interests or blog focus.
Reading the conversation to date at one time is an interesting experience! The problem I see reflected in the comments is a failure to first agree on the purpose of the activity. I think that at this stage purpose can't be all things or it becomes no thing. Once purpose(i.e. goal)is established, a lot of the other issues raised become easier to resolve.
I understand the objections raised so far...but think most can be addressed by the flexible nature of blogging for good as a subject. For Jos and all those thinking the idea is too "me" oriented...why not write about "catching" someone else doing good? That way you avoid personal embarrassment, give credit to someone else's positive action, or an organization near and dear to your heart.
My greatest concern about narrowing the topic, as opposed to narrowing the purpose, is the ellimination of the many who disagree with it, or have other objections based on ethnic, religious, race, gender, and so forth. I can't think of one single issue that doesn't have diversity of opinion related to it.
For me, that was the beauty of the Abuse and Environment topics. They crossed all boundaries. The topic of Good can do the same but only if it isn't narrowed to exclude more bloggers than are included by defining good according to the meaning of a few.-
My take on the topic is that they are asking people to blog about a charity or other organization that works for social good. I immediately thought of a site that deserves attention, that I give to and use, and that you can help without donating money. Another site was brought to my attention recently that now meets those same parameters. Both sites are peripherally related to my blog topic.
What I am going to post about these sites covers not what or how much I give through them. That isn't anyone's business but my own. I will write about why I think they are worthy causes and how easy it is to give. To me, blogging about doing good isn't about tooting my horn. It offers a chance to open people's eyes to how many opportunities there are for giving and how simple some of those avenues are. It's a chance to remind people that they don't have to stop their lives and contemplate the horrors of the world but that they shouldn't forget about the rest of the planet, either.
I love the idea of blogging about charities, and I wonder if it would be best served as an annual event rather than a one-off post. I think the holiday season serves as an excellent catalyst for reminding folks to give of themselves rather than of their credit cards. And I think that people who have a favorite (and/or little-known) charity would be thrilled to have a free and arguably effective way to let hundreds of people know about it.
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How can you make a difference in someone else's life?
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Le problème est que pour un arbre planté, il y en a combien qui sont détruits par pure négligence ?
Si l'homme pensait VRAIMENT à son profit, il abandonnerait immédiatement le papier et le bois en tout et laisserait vivre les arbres qui sont le poumon qui le font vivre.
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Any more ideas?
We wouldlike to decide on the Bloggers Unite initiative by Tuesday. This way the BlogCatalog Team can design some badges for blogs as well as YouTube videos and a new section of the site dedicated to Bloggers Unite.
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Um -- you know what would be an act of kindness?
To redesign this site so that those of us who must increase the font size to read don't have to deal with things overlapping.... -
Do you want Bloggers to Unite and fix this problem?
This isnt really on subject for this thread.
Anyway, what size monitor, screen resolution settings? Anyone else experiencing the same problem?
I haven't come accross it. -
"Philanthroblogists" --- I like the idea of 'blogging for good theme' vs. lets make money and all the ways a blog could happen. To be specific -"blogging for good" could be about highlighting bloggers that are helping people with tips, advice but not trying to 'sell' something. They may have donated their proceeds to a cause via their blogging? Not sure how you could 'prove' or track that though? They are "philanthroblogists" :-)
Now I don't know if that is an existing term? But, I shall coin it here if it isn't! Thanks. -
philanthroblogists !!
You may want to get that domain. -
Will do. Don't take it eh? :-)
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Naaah..... You get it.
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