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Blog Action Day 2009 – Choose the Topic

Those who read this blog for a while know that I have been taking part in Blog Action Day since 2007 when it was initiated. In 2008 I even translated their website into Russian and even contributed a short audio in Russian introducing myself and this blog. Visit Blog Action Day 2008 website, to get a complete idea of what is happening on the day. The idea is that ahead of the October date you think about the topic, and then on October 15 the global conversation surges. The previous years’ topics were Environment and Poverty (clicking on each link will take you to my blog post). Because this blog is about Arts I looked at both issues from the Arts&Culture angle.

The BAD is coming down on our virtual universe on October 15 this year, but there are some changes on the way, too. This is the email I received from BAD 2007/2008 coordinator, Collis:

It’s almost that time of year again, and this time I have some exciting news to announce.

When we started Blog Action Day two years ago, we had no idea how large it would become. Now that it’s grown beyond our wildest expectations, we’ve decided that it’s time Blog Action Day had a more permanent home where it can continue to expand.

To that end, we’ve asked the social issue blog network Change.org to take over the project and make Blog Action Day bigger than ever. I’m thrilled to say that they’ve agreed, and their team has already started working on preparing for this year’s event on October 15th.

As a first step, the Change.org team wants to get your thoughts on the selection of this year’s topic. To give your feedback on the topics being considered or suggest your own, click the link below to a short 5-question survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vgxlY3JzQGvGg_2fmM_2fr240g_3d_3d

If you have any questions, additional suggestions, or want to get involved beyond blogging, email Robin Beck, Change.org’s Director of Organizing, at robin@change.org.

Thanks for all the support – we look forward to having you all involved in this year’s event, and you’ll being hearing more from the folks at Change.org over the coming weeks as we all get ready for Blog Action Day 2009.

Finally, don’t forget to add us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/blogactionday

Cheers,
Collis

All this is quite self-explanatory, and I will be looking to team up with BAD as a translator once again (assuming they need that). And this is the list of topics they are considering for this year’s Blog Action Day:

Interestingly, this is not the first time an event is being produced with the help of people who are going to participate in it. Take your time to go through the presentation on socially-outsourced event – a public opening of a renovated square in Manchester’s Ancoats – produced by Manchester-based design and event promotion companies. I think it can give some food for thought to the BAD 2009 organisers, as well.

7 thoughts on “Blog Action Day 2009 – Choose the Topic”

  1. Hey Julie! Thanks for visiting my blog first of all. You're definitely right, being the Blog of Note does wonders for your blog. O.O

    Anyway, thanks for writing up this post on Blog Action Day. Read it all, and it seems really cool. I'd like to participate in it. I visited their site, read up, and signed up to be on the mailing list for when they actually start taking registrations.

    Thanks again!

  2. Hey my name is Josephine, I'm french and I just found out a bout your blog on blogger's interesting blogs and I'm really glad about that.

    I didn't know about this BAD thing but I think now it's a really smart thing to do. Sometimes I feel like doing something on my blog with more purpose than just telling people about my life and I think this will be a great occasion.

    Anyways I'm really glad I found your blog. You said you translated things in Russian. Are you Russian or something? Maybe I'm too curious lol.

    xoxo

    Joséphine

  3. First of all, thanks to all lovely comments about the blog. :-)) I'm really chuffed (still!!).

    @Lee & @Josephine, I think BAD is a great project, it kind of suggests that we make the difference on the basis of what we do. I'd like to think that it has encouraged some people to go beyond writing up posts & producing podcasts and videocasts and to actually put some of whatever they did into practice. 🙂 I also noticed that quite a few people clicked through to the survey, so I'm really glad I managed to interest those who didn't know about this initiative.

    @Josephine, yes, I was born in Moscow, Russia, to Russian parents, been learning English since 2 yrs old, and have been living in England since 2003. Wasn't a planned move, but here goes 🙂 It's fantastic to have a French reader on the blog, I've learnt French too, there are some translations from French on this blog. Sadly, barely anyone around me here in Mcr speaks French, so I need to either find such person, or leave Manchester – French language is more important!!! :-))) Whereabout from France are you?

    Thanks a lot to everyone again! Julia xxx

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