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Fight Poverty with SocialVibe [Blog Action Day 2008]

Posted on 15. Oct, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Today is Blog Action Day 2008, and the focus of this year’s Blog Action Day is Poverty.  Blog Action Day is an annual event that tries to get as many bloggers, podcasters and videocasters together to talk about an important issue that is affecting the entire world.  The goal is to raise awareness on the issue and to generate a discussion about the issue and the ways to solve it.

How Can I Make a Difference?

You can, of course, write your own post about Blog Action Day 2008 in order to further promote this great event.  However, I know that some of you out there don’t have your own blog or website.  If that’s the case, you can leave some comments about tips of any kind that can help solve or raise awareness on the issue of poverty.  You may also want to make a difference by signing up for a great service called SocialVibe.

SocialVibe

I recently wrote about SocialVibe in the article Make a Real Difference with SocialVibe.  This is where I profiled the service and showed you the benefits of it.  I’m going to try and summarize the service the best I can, and show how you can use it to help make a positive impact on poverty.

SocialVibe is a social service that uses your online influence to earn money for a charity of your choice.  All you have to do is pick a sponsor and put a little badge that displays that sponsor on one of your social network homepages.  You earn points by displaying the badge and through various other activities on the website.  The points that are earned are turned into charitable contributions to the cause of your choice.

One of the choices is Hunger & Poverty.  There are many other great options to choose from, but the focus of this Blog Action Day is on poverty.  Go register today and get that badge up to start making a difference.

I proudly display my SocialVibe badge on my Facebook profile.  It doesn’t get in the way and makes me feel great to know that I am giving back in such a simple way.  What are you doing for Blog Action Day 2008?

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Blog Action Day 2008

Posted on 21. Aug, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

October 15th is Blog Action Day 2008.  Blog Action Day is a day where bloggers come together for a good cause to help start or change a discussion on a worldwide level.  This year the focus is Poverty.

Bloggers influence people across the globe, and Blog Action Day is a way to focus that influence and do something better with it.  I am excited to be a part of this event and hope that anyone that reads this will join the discussion.

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What is Today? RSS Awareness Day of Course!

Posted on 01. May, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

May 1st is the day we get together and teach the world about RSS. If you are new to RSS, the first place you should go to is RSSDay to get you a really quick explanation. A week or so ago I posted about RSS Awareness Day, so I’m not going to keep harping on you about it. Instead, I’m going to share with you, what I view as, essential RSS feeds.

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May 1st RSS Awareness Day

Posted on 09. Apr, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Today, I was checking my RSS feeds and to my surprise there is an RSS Awareness Day. Personally, I think it’s great. I didn’t discover RSS until last summer, and I don’t know what I’d do without it now. I am able to access more information faster with RSS feeds. The following are a few resources to let you know what RSS is and how it will change your life. And make sure you promote RSS Awareness Day!

Wikipedia Entry for RSS

What is RSS?

RSS in Simple English (Video)

May 1st RSS Awareness Day: Get Involved [via DailyBlogTips]

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Change a Light Day

Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 by Kyle Judkins.

Today is my wife’s birthday, and it is also apparently Change a Light Day. Not only can you celebrate my wife’s birthday today, but you can also save the world. What are you waiting for? Get to it…..the birthday wishes first, though.

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