Inspiring And Interesting Happenings

September 14, 2008

Don’t you just love reading about interesting and inspiring things that are going on? And it’s even better when you can get involved yourself.

Power Bloggers Are Using Exercise And Social Media To Help Others

For starters, three brilliant bloggers are training for endurance events to raise money and awareness for the crisis in Darfur. Kelly at She-Power explains what they’re going to be doing in more detail. Check out her article and discover how you can help Train For Humanity.

Rita Has A Novel Idea To Share

Rita of Rita’s digest has come up with a fantastic idea for her second novel, “The Swanning”. She is asking readers to work with her on writing a team novel. If you love writing and you’d like to become part of this unique project, visit Rita’s Digest to learn more.

Robert Scoble Is Dishing Out Free Hard Drives – But There’s A Catch

You can get a new Seagate hard drive from Robert Scoble on Tuesday 16th September. But there’s a catch – you have to be in New York. Non-New Yorkers still have a chance to win though. Simply use Twitter or Friendfeed to tell your friends about the deal. And if one of them turn up in Times Square to get a free hard drive – you’ll get one too. Check out Scobleizer for more details.

Helping Travellers Imprisoned Abroad

Kellea Croft explains that across the world, there are many travellers in jail and they’ve often been falsely imprisoned. And some are forced to live in unsanitary conditions for years. Click here if you’d like to read the whole article and discover what you can do to help these people and their families.

What have you been doing this weekend. Have you come across anything interesting that you’d like to share?

Posted by cathlawson | Filed Under Inspiration and Motivation

Comments

11 Responses to “Inspiring And Interesting Happenings”

Scott McIntyre on September 14th, 2008 4:42 pm

It’s great to read of how bloggers are using the medium to inspire others, Cath.

I wish them the very best in their activities.

You and your other readers might be interested in this article I came across earleir today by Chris Brogan:

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ways-to-take-your-blog-to-the-next-level/

It’s jam-packed full of fantastic advice- I hope you might find it of use.
cathlawson on September 14th, 2008 4:49 pm

Hi Scott – thanks for that. I’ll certainly be checking that out. It sounds like something a lot of people will be interested in.

BTW – Askimet is no longer eating you.
Scott McIntyre on September 14th, 2008 5:03 pm

I know, Cath!

I wonder why- maybe I’m less palatable now
Kelly@SHE-POWER on September 14th, 2008 9:44 pm

Thanks for linking to my article about http://trainforhumanity.org
It is a great humanitarian initiative to get behind and I am proud to support Mark, Dan and Leo.

Rita’s idea reminds me of We Book. That’s a team writing publishing effort. I like to see it when people challenge the standard way of doing things.

Will check out your other links.

Thanks again.

Kelly

Kelly@SHE-POWER’s last blog post..Bloggers Unite for Darfur and Launch TrainforHumanity.org
Barbara Swafford on September 14th, 2008 10:45 pm

Hi Catherine,

These all look like great finds. Thanks for sharing.

Myself, I’ve been busily working behind the scenes on my computer. I lost my internet connection for a few hours so am playing “catch-up”.

Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..Mini Meme – Open Mic – Free Ebook
Ellen Wilson on September 15th, 2008 12:48 am

Hi Cath,

I haven’t been doing anything that interesting this weekend beyond working on this new blog theme.

We are having a monsoon due to the hurrican.

I’m all for helping others and spreading the word about human rights abuses around the globe. I was going to highlight a few journalists on my blog that I was reading about in Amnesty International’s newsletter. Probably tomorrow.

I’ll check out Kelly’s link.

Ellen Wilson’s last blog post..Clean the Toilet and Become a Writer
Lance on September 15th, 2008 2:25 am

Hi Cath -

I ran across Kelly’s article as well. Very cool idea!

Me, I’ve been busy with family stuff this weekend (and that’s all good). So, I’m coming here to see what other cool stuff is happening. And, now I have a couple of things to go check out! Thanks Cath!

Lance’s last blog post..Sunday Thought For The Day
Vered - MomGrind on September 15th, 2008 4:01 am

“What have you been doing this weekend. Have you come across anything interesting that you’d like to share?”

I spent the weekend in Napa Valley. 3 days, total relaxation, NO LAPTOP. I will blog about it. It was heaven.

Vered – MomGrind’s last blog post..Almost-Wordless Wednesday: Correct Your Nose Without Operation!
cathlawson on September 15th, 2008 8:16 am

Hi Rita you’re welcome. Don’t worry I’ll be there – haven’t had a very productive weekend. But have been workin out ADA in my head. Just realised why you called her ADA – thought it was her real name.

Hi Kelly – you’re welcome – it’s a brilliant cause. And Rita’s ideas is great isn’t it. I hadn’t heard of We Book before.

Hi Barbara – thank you. Glad you got your connection fixed – mine was also a bit dodgy this weekend.

Hi Ellen – looking forward to seeing the new them and your post.

Hi Lance – sounds like you’re having a cool weekend. Hope you like the links.

Hi Vered – that sounds great. That’s where they make the wine isn’t it?
Tom Volkar / Delightful Work on September 16th, 2008 7:52 pm

Scott thanks for the tip man. That Brogan article is power-packed with very solid orienting information.

Cath I appreciate all that you do in service to the blogging community.

Tom Volkar / Delightful Work’s last blog post..Finding Your Business Sweet Spot
cathlawson on September 16th, 2008 8:39 pm

Hi Tom – Thank you. So many people are doing wonderful things in the blogosphere and I like to share them. The Brogan article is excellent isn’t it?