No time to wait. We need your help right now!

Blog Action Day 2008 is coming up in just six (or five, depending on your time zone) days.

We want to make an unforgettable noise about the subject of poverty this year.
So if you care at all about changing the world’s conversations or the world itself, please help us do this.

What We Need You to Do Right Now

Leave a comment below and share at least one idea of something a person can do on Blog Action Day 2008 – not just something they can blog about, but some kind of action they can take.

For example:

• Visit a local homeless shelter.
• Talk to your children about poverty.
• Don’t go shopping; give the money you would have spent to charity.
• Talk to a local government leader about poverty where you live.
• Start a new blog or website about poverty.

That’s five ideas to get us going. We want to make a huge, huge list of great ideas though. Dozens. Maybe even hundreds.

So now it’s your turn to talk. Just add your ideas below – as many as you want – and we’ll keep track of all of them. Don’t even worry if someone else has mentioned the same idea – just tell us what you think a person could do to make a difference on Blog Action Day.

Next week, either right before or right on Blog Action Day, we’ll publish the huge list and you can Digg it and Stumble it and print it out and run through your neighborhood shouting it, and make a video of yourself doing it, and put the video on YouTube, and we can all feel the good vibrations.

That way everyone has a ton of ideas of things to do and your mother-in-law won’t have any excuse not to participate in Blog Action Day.

Thank you! Now let’s hear all your ideas!

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Please, please share this with your friends.

1. Ponder.

Think about poverty.
Ponder the plight of the world’s poor and your place in the grand scheme of things.
Consider the things you have that others have not.
Let the numbers appall you. Let the images disturb your sleep. Let the complexities of the causes and solutions vex you.
Let the depth and emotion of this sensitive subject rock you to your core.

2. Believe.

Do you really think that you can make a difference in the global conversation this October 15 just by blogging about poverty and doing something about it?
We believe you can. Do you?

3. Dream.

There is no such thing as a lack of opportunity – only a lack of vision.
This is not a pointless exercise. This is a chance to grab the world by the ears for one day.
You have the power to rally hundreds of people around you in your family, friends and community to do something on October 15 that calls attention to the issue of poverty.
There is no limit to what you can do – unless you think there is.
So dream up a brave, original way to make the world a little richer, even if only in knowledge, through your participation in Blog Action Day 2008.

4. Act.

Make Blog Action Day not just a day of blogging, but also a day of action.
Our worldwide impact will be great if we all talk about this issue, but far greater if we do somethingabout it and talk about what we are doing.

5. Share.

Let the world know your true thoughts and opinions about poverty on October 15.
Use your blog, your social media accounts, and any other means you can to spread your ideas.
Join with other Blog Action Day participants to generate a collective noise far louder than any you could could muster on your own.

6. Change.

Decide to care a little more about poverty from now on. When it comes up in conversation, take it seriously. Changing the conversation is the first step toward changing the people in it.
Please join us in making Blog Action Day 2008 an unforgettable experience for thousands – maybe millions – of people across the world.

We have an exciting announcement plus a big, big question for all of you!

The KivaB4B Project, a unique partnership between Advanta Bank and Kiva.org, has committed $10,000.00 USD to Blog Action Day 2008 to help us encourage more conversation about and solutions for alleviating poverty.

The KivaB4B Project encourages small business owners, entrepreneurs and independent professionals (like bloggers!) to use their business to do good.

Advanta matches grants made by Kiva cardholders (up to $200/month) and recognizes blogs and other websites that market the Kiva card by making a donation to Kiva in their name (learn about the affiliate program).

We are excited to have these funds in support of Blog Action Day 2008 and look forward to working together with Advanta and KivaB4B to distribute the funds appropriately.

So now our big, big question for you, our 4,500-plus registered participants and thousands of blog and social media followers:

What should we do with the $10,000?

Global issues like poverty are extremely complex. There is no simple, clear answer. By asking thousands of different people to give their viewpoints and opinions, Blog Action Day creates an extraordinary lens through which to view these issues. Each blogger brings their own perspective and ideas. Each blogger posts relating to their own blog topic. And each blogger engages their audience differently.

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