Bravery
Announcing the World’s Biggest Blog Party! Starting on September 11th until October 27th (Make A Difference Day), bloggers all over the world will be working to sign up at least 1000 people to party with a purpose. Then kicking off with live events in conjunction with October 27th’s Make A Difference Day, bloggers will be posting every day through November 17th (Family Make a Difference Day) about:
- Philanthropies, charities, and organizations doing good and making a difference.
- The people making it happen through their giving.
- Inspirational stories of how people started cool projects to help others
Go to the about page for more details.
How it started: Several months ago, my family and I were attending a “debt free†party at the home of our friends David and Tia Graham. We were sitting around in the afternoon enjoying a beautiful spring afternoon, when the conversation turned toward blogging. I opened my mouth and out came this statement, “What if we were to have a blog-a-thon?†The group latched on to the concept which was the spring board for the World’s Biggest Blog Party.What started as an idea to get us all together at an coffee shop and see if they would let us blog on site all night, has led to an effort that will involve people all around the globe. Though there really wasn’t time in a busy fall speaking schedule, the idea continued to occupy my thinking with bigger and better twist. It just wouldn’t go away. I saw that as a sign that I just had to get this party started!
After the decision was made to have the party, I bumped into a speaking colleague, Jana Stanfield, on a flight home from San Diego. We ended up sitting together and we talked the entire flight which resulted in some incredible ideas for both of us.
Jana has a great song off one of her Brave Faith which includes these lyrics: What would I do today, if I were brave? If I were brave I’d:
- inspire people in countries all over the world to make a difference
- invite celebrities, best selling authors, top professional speakers, former US presidents and other world leaders to participate in sharing their giving
- think bigger and broader than I have ever thought
- raise money for causes I care about and support and inspire others to do the same
- utilize the power of technology to do something with far greater impact that I had previously imagined.
What would YOU do today if you were brave? Join the journey…
