Bloggers Unite

I have talked before about being a responsible writer , and here is a great opportunity to really use your blogging skills to make a difference.

Bloggers Unite started as a community concept at Blog Catalog,  and encouraged members to band together on one day to promote a specific cause.  Raising awareness, educating and encouraging action are vital to any charitable cause,  and blogs are a great grass-roots platform to reach thousands of people around the globe.

You can choose from any of the scheduled events organized and already listed at the site, or create your own to promote a cause that is close to your heart.   As of when this was posted there were 43 events listed, but watch the number soar into the hundreds in the very near future.  The events are neatly organized into categories, so that you can choose the type of event to take part in,  and keep the content of your blog on topic.

Bloggers are fast to latch on to any new social phenomenon, and I am hoping that the good folks behind Bloggers Unite have a plan for quickly cataloging submitted events into geographical order, (for example global, national, regional and local), to allow bloggers from all over the world to quickly pinpoint campaigns that they can take part in.  The site is also in need of a calendar,  so that bloggers can better schedule posts for events in the future.  A final request would be to create a better system to make sure events are found in the search feature.  Type in 'March' or 'San Antonio' for example, and neither search brings up the 'Be a Shavee in San Antonio' event on March 14th.

These are all minor points though,  and the site is new, so there is plenty of potential for evolution in the future.  For now though,  it is a noble idea, and it is the responsibility of every blogger to support it.

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