1st December is World AIDS Day and everybody everywhere is contributing in some way or the other. Celebrities like Serena Williams, Kimberly Cole, Jay Sean, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Usher and many more have digitally died and will be logged off from social media sites like Twitter, Facebook or MySpace until $1 million are raised for 'Keep a Child Alive' campaign.
But that's Hollywood, what have you done to spread awareness and show support this World AIDS Day? We bring you 10 tips on how you can participate as a blogger, website owner or a social media enthusiast.
Every contribution, small or big, monetary or non-monetary, willingly or hesitantly counts. We all very well know about the power of social media and its exponential reach. So why not take out some time or spare one tweet or status update today? Other than that, here are few tips on how you can participate this World AIDS Day:
Turn your website/blog red today. Through this link.
Change you Facebook or Twitter profile picture. Here are some cool images to choose from: link.
Take a Pledge on World AIDS Day official website. (Link)
Write a blog post or an article informing your readers about this day. Use statistics, facts or examples to spread the word. You can find more info through this link and this link.
Crafters, artists, designers or foodies can create something dedicated for World AIDS day...anything at all. Check out the images below as examples of what people are creating all over the world.
Let your buyers donate some amount through your products/services. Encourage them to buy your stuff and donate some money to a charitable organization of your choice. Eg: Starbucks is donating 5 cents for each sale to The Global Fund. Here's another example.
Use your blog, wall status, tweets to encourage HIV testing. For those living in US can find an HIV center by sending a text message with your ZIP code to 'KNOWIT" (566948) or visit www.HIVtest.org or you can share prevention and service providers through this link.
Attend an event and perhaps write about it and share images and information about it via several social networking sites.
You can simply add a widget to your blog or site through this link.
If you know someone who has a cool project running for World AIDS Day, then do make an effort to spread the word about them.
If you have some more ideas on how you can or did participate in Worlds AIDS Day then do share with us and our readers in the comment section below; we would love and appreciate learning about them.
