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What should the 2013 Blog Action Day theme be?

Post Date April 18, 2013

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Author Karina

Each year, the Blog Action Day team ask our community (Blog Action Day supporters, participants and partners) for their suggestions and ideas for what the theme should be for the upcoming Blog Action Day event.

Our special Facebook poll for the 2013 Blog Action Day event closes on April 30 so make sure you add your voice, and vote for your favourite idea - you can even suggest your own if it doesn’t appear.

When the poll finishes the team running Blog Action Day, spend a few days deciding what the best theme would be based on your suggestions and poll results.

We will be announcing the official Blog Action Day theme on May 2, come back to our website or visit our social media channels to find out what it is.

Registration for 2013 is open!

Post Date February 28, 2013

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Author Karina

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Hi everyone.

We are very glad to announce that Blog Action Day will be held on October 16, 2013 and that registrations to participate are now open.

We also want to get your ideas and suggestions on what the theme for Blog Action Day 2013 should be. Visit our Facebook page to suggest or vote on ideas for this year’s themes.

We have some more exciting news to announce over the next few weeks, so keep checking the site and our social media channels to keep up to date.

In the meantime, take a look back at the highlights of Blog Action Day 2012 and make sure you vote for your favourite theme for Blog Action Day this year.

Submissions from Blog Action Participants on our Tumblr account.

Round-up of Blog Action Day posts by country

Post Date October 25, 2012

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Over the next few weeks we will be adding links to special customised searches of the hastags #powerofwe and #bad12 which will pick-up posts from based on country of origin that were made during the week of Blog Action Day 2012.

We encurage you to take a look at these Blog Action posts below, discuss them in the comments section and also suggest any that might have missed out being captured in the search.

Argentina

#powerofwe and #BAD12 posts from Argentina

Post Date October 25, 2012

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Take a look and see who took part in Blog Action Day from our customised Google search for #PowerofWe and #BAD12 between the 14th and 19th of October, in Argentina.

These majority of this posts are in Spanish.

Leave a comment to discuss your favourites, add any Blog Action Day blogs, videos, images, graphics or podcasts from Argentina that don’t show up in the search.

Round-up of Blog Action Day 2012 video posts

Post Date October 25, 2012

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Take a look, at these Blog Action Day 2012 video posts and let us know if you have seen a Blog Action Day 2012 video post that isn’t in our round-up.

What was your favourite post from Blog Action Day 2012?

Post Date October 19, 2012

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Author Karina

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Please share your favourite post from Blog Action Day 2012. Take a look at our participant list or our livestream highlights if you need to remind yourself of the great Power of We posts from around the world.

Just post the URL and why it was your favourite post. If your favourite post is non in English, please still include it and add what language it has been developed in so other people can use an online translation tool to read the blog.

A massive THANK YOU from Blog Action Day

Post Date October 18, 2012

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Author Karina

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Blog Action Day has finished for another year, and it’s time to thank all the people and organisations who have helped us.

Our first thank you goes to our technology partner, Engaging Networks, who provide us with our system that helps us manage our registrations and emailing system. If your organisation needs a system that can run your fundraising, campaigning and e-mail communication needs we recommend you take a look Engaging Networks, especially as it works in different languages.

Our NGO Partners, ActionAid International, Greenpeace, HelpAge Internnational, Heifer International and Oxfam provided fantastic “Power of We” material to inspire our bloggers and help spread the word about Blog Action Day 2012, by using their social media and blog accounts to encourage their supporters to take part. More importantly all of these organisations strive to make positive and lasting change and we encourage you to find out more about them and support their efforts to make a difference.

Our Blogging and Network Partners, Kabissa, BlogJunta, Global Exchange, Moms Clean Air Force, Convivium Coworking, Akendewa, Craftisit Collective, Demotix, National Writers Union, YouthsToday and International School Bangkok encouraged their networks to take part in Blog Action Day making it their “must do” activiity for October. They are all incredibly interesting organisations so please find out more about them.

Thanks are also due to Tal Aizenman, Marta Muixí, Christine Pasalo, Jason Wojciechowski and Ed Coper who all did a lot to help get Blog Action Day ready. Thank you so much for your support and patience.

Last, but not least I have a huge thank you to give. It’s to all of our bloggers who took the time from their busy lives to register, think, write and promote their Blog Action Day post. Without you, Blog Action Day would just be a nice idea. With you, we are an inspiring and powerful moment that connects bloggers from different backgrounds, cultures and interests together to discuss important ideas and issues.

I hope you enjoyed Blog Action Day as much as I have, and I look forward to you taking part in 2013.

Thank you

Karina Brisby.

Blog Action Day is here, and the Power of We is making some noise

Post Date October 15, 2012

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It’s finally here. It’s October 15 and 2100 bloggers from over 110 countries have been (or are about to) publish their blogs, videos, photos, designs and more (bloggers in Indonesia put together a Blog Action Day concert) about the Power of We.

We are still going through all the posts, but what we have seen has made us very proud. Proud that thousands of people who previousy had no connection to each other, have come together and to discuss one topic, on one day.

It is really worth your while to take a look at the amazing content everyone has produced, so take a look at our Live coverage and our social media channels or just search Power of We in Google.

And stay tuned for more content coming your way soon.

Bloggers from 108 countries have registered to take part in Blog Action Day 2012

Post Date October 14, 2012

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So far, close to 2,000 bloggers from 108 countries have registered to take part in Blog Action Day on October 15, 2012.

Take a look at the countries where our bloggers come from.

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Czechoslovakia, Columbia, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Minor Outlying Islands, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Livestream of Blog Action Day #PowerOfWe posts

Post Date October 11, 2012

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Author Karina

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Once you post your Blog Action Day post on your website on October 15, make sure it gets included in our special Livestream coverage, by submitting it to our special Tumblr site, as well as using your own social networks to promote your post with the #powerofwe and #BAD12 has tags.

What to do after you post your Blog Action Day blog on Oct 15?

Post Date October 08, 2012

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Author Karina

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One of the most exciting things about taking part in Blog Action Day is reaching out to new audiences with your Blog Action Day post.

To help you reach more people with your Blog Action Day post on October 15, the Blog Action Day team will be co-ordinating coverage Blog Action Day via our special Cover it Live – Livestream.

How to make sure your blog gets mentioned in our coverage.

Make sure you use the official hashtags #powerofwe and #BAD12 on all your post and social media updates
Submit your Blog Action Day post to our special Tumblr promotion page This page will feed into other sites promoting Blog Action Day and our Cover it Live – Livestream and will help you get more people reading and interacting with your posts.
Tweet Blog Action Day to let us know your post is public by sending the following “@blogactionday12 Look at my #PowerOfWe post <include your Blog Post title and link> #BAD12 “
Watch the Cover-it -Live – Livestream and interact with us on October 15, 2012
Look at other Blog Day Participants posts and leave a comment and ask them to visit you post.
Let you friends and family know that you have taken part in Blog Action Day and you would like them to read your post and make a comment on it.

Oxfam channels the Power of We to tackle the issue of Land Grabs

Post Date October 04, 2012

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This page is also available in Spanish

Oxfam research shows that some big land deals are forcing hard working families from their homes, jobs and food. Stop the injustice – take action now.

Big land deals are tearing whole communities apart, leaving people hungry and homeless. It’s big business at a big cost. But the World Bank has the power to be a force for good. With your help, it can protect the rights of the world’s poorest people.

Factors like rising food prices and a demand for new fuels have caused a huge rush of big land deals
Every second, poor countries lose an area of land nine times the size of a football pitch to banks and private investors
Poor families are losing the land they rely on to grow food – often evicted without fair treatment or compensation

The World Bank funds many big land deals. It also influences how land is bought and sold. So this means it has the power to help get the situation back under control. We need your help to call on the Bank to play an important role in stopping land injustice.

Oxfam makes the following recommendations

World Bank’s freeze will send a strong signal to global investors to stop land-grabbing and to improve standards for:

Transparency – ensuring that information about land deals is publicly accessible for both affected communities and governments.
Consultation and consent – ensuring communities are informed in advance, and can agree or refuse projects.
Land rights and governance – strengthening poor people’s rights to land and natural resources, especially women, through better land tenure governance as set out by the Committee for Food Security.
Food security – ensuring that land investments do not undermine local and national food security.