For the last few years, I've been able to take part in two important projects:
The collaborative storytelling of Age of Conversation and the cooperative Blog Action Day. This year, they converge and combine together like…well…like H2O.
Both projects combine efforts of community conversation in hopes to affect great change. And this year, the focus is on water.
In particular, The Age of Conversation 3: It's Time to Get Busy, is putting its proceeds to charity:water this edition.
Blog Action Day 2010: Water is calling on bloggers to focus on the topic of water today. And you can use any social media outlet to create awareness.
Here's three things you can do:
- Buy a copy (or 27) of Age of Conversation 3 to support charity:water. The book is written by 171 marketers, educators, leaders, and social media-olgists aound and about the conversation landscape. Good stuff.
- Register your site at Blog Action Day and then go create or curate content that will create awareness about how important a discussion this is – in our nation and around the world. (You can even get ideas of what to write)
- Use Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and your imagination to spread the word (and point to what other folks are saying).
It's a great day and opportunity to make an impact, create relationships, and show the power of community conversation. The converstion flow and the ripples spread far and wide.
Flashback:
Me at age 7: "Dad, can I have a glass of milk?"
Dad (he was old then too): "No, it's late."
Me: "Pleeeeeze?"
Dad: "Have a glass of water — it's free."
My how times change, hmm?
Photo on Flickr by Dylan Parker
