Copy this. Blog this. Tweet this. And most of all, do this yourself.
I’ve already posted about how brilliant and compassionate my son is. If you haven’t already read it, please read People Used to Stand for Something.
Well, he amazed me once again. I was sifting through his photo albums on MySpace and something caught my eye:
Right in there with pictures of skateboarding, dogs, dirty sneakers and other craziness is one powerful image of something my son feels strongly needs to change. He was even clever enough to figure out how to embed powerful music in the comments (Flobots – “Stand Up”).
I asked him if this was something he’d seen someone else do or if he’d come up with it himself. Turns out it was his idea.
An idea that needs to spread.
Can you imagine the power of millions of MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Bebo, etc., users devoting just a little bit of space to a cause that they believe in? Yes, we need action, but action comes from attitude, and attitude comes from awareness. If we all make the effort to raise awareness with our friends about the things in the world that must change, more action will result.
Please help me spread the meme. It’s simple.
- Find a powerful image that embodies the cause you’re most passionate about.
- Create a gallery in your favorite social networking sites and name it “Change It”.
- Post your image(s). Optionally accompany them with inspiring music and links to sites where people can get more info, donate or volunteer.
- Make it viral. Include a link to this post in the comments. Here’s a short URL you can use: http://sn.im/ChangeIt
- Help spread the meme. Blog about it. Tweet about it (use hashtag #ChangeIt). Tell your friends.
Also, feel free to post a link to your Change It gallery in the comments here.
Change it.
Children of the light will show us the way.
A great idea. One that will spread —-
The main thing to change is our minds. And that change is something we all long for and can create in our very little corners of our universe.
Right! Great! Let’s get started. Let’s change the world this Saturday…’cause everyone knows: “Y ou can’t chaange the world on a Saturday night!”
I’d like to bring colloidal silver to aids victims and especially the babies in Africa…
~Knower of real cures…
[...] shockingly brutal but how can that fail to make a difference (thanks Nigel for that link), and the Change It idea (thanks Sally). We’ll bring those together and do our bit to enable children’s [...]
Our children learn by example. They see their parents doing things or talking about things and then they begin to explore and try things out. Your son has obviously been impacted by the work ethic demonstrated before him and the access to technology he has and he’s put it to good use. Good on him!
Great post and I will try my best to do as you say. I do feel strongly about the USA and the changes we need to make here. Stay Tuned.
What a special blog post! Great job as a role model, Scott. I’m so proud of your son…and so happy that he’s making a difference and cares about others. It really says a lot that he would include the concept of helping others in his public persona (myspace, etc), where his friends and the general public can judge him. Standing up for what he believes in…that says a lot. I am on your side 100% — the “Twifference” concept — “tweeting to make a difference!” Bravo, Scott. Thanks so much for virally helping to change the world. Kudos to your son. A future leader. -Jana Sheeder
What a great idea!
See what we’re changing:
Facebook http://ow.ly/327s
YouTube http://ow.ly/327L
Follow us on Twitter @kidsinneed
OXfam trying to change the world :
What you can do about climate change :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjUY-Q70T-o
What a beautiful story about your son – he cares and you care about him. Can’t wait to get started on my new “change it” FB photo album. Thanks for the inspiration!
Cheers,
Sandra
This stays with the theme that effective social media is about providing change and ideas that will benefit others.
Scott – great idea –
Here’s some more “background” information
Scott, congrats for being the change you want to see in the world!
If you feel curious to explore another possibility to spread the “ChangeIt” meme, you might also play a little bit with Trigwee. http://bit.ly/3wlknt (this is a stream containing dreams about change)
It’s a space in which you can connect with people who already achieved your dream or people that are working on the same dream. There’s also a little app. that tells your friends on Facebook what dreams you’re working on or achieved already.
Hooray!