Here is the release of “We Are The World“—25 years later. An amazing update from the last one and just as inspiring. I hope everyone will continue to remember Haiti, and also not forget New Orleans and the people who are still suffering from the effects of Katrina years later. There are others—that are living in our own neighbourhoods and communities—that need our support. A good friend said to me today, “feed one fish and find ways to help support that fish to feed a whole school of fish!” If each of us starts with one act of kindness a day, we will be able to make a step forward towards “we are the world”!
Haiti had another aftershock, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, that resulted in no immediate damage. But this poor country is still in need of so much support. The Red Cross has raised more than $25 million with its text message campaign I wrote about on Jan. 13, 10. I just received a text from Rogers Wireless for those in Canada: you can text HELP to donate $5.00 and Rogers will pass through 100% of the proceeds. This is not the focus of today’s post, but we here at SHARE do want to SHARE our blog to support the people of HAITI. Thanks for all your help!
There was much talk at the end of 2008 of the Barak Obama Presidential Campaign and how he used social media to build a movement for change. It has been a marketing study for many. The power that was leveraged by sweeping a country one person at a time and using individuals as community organizers to build what became a global movement was cutting edge. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s post is a great reason to love and embrace social media. I am very saddened by the latest turn of events in Haiti. This country—which has been saddled for so many years with being one of the world’s poorest countries—now has to endure this latest catastrophic earthquake. Read the rest of this entry »
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