Met ‘Team Zac’ in Bellevue during a fundraising
Home Run Derby on the first day of spring as they
gear up to participate in the ‘Washington, Seattle
- Walk MS 2010’set to take place in April. The ball field
was trimmed with orange balloons and matching
cause bracelets were available during the derby.
The ‘Seattle – Walk MS 2010’ is one of several happening around the ‘Sound’ in April to benefit the National MS Society.
“Investing in Women and Girls” is the tagline on the 2008 United Nations International Woman’s Day web page. The day was adopted by the U.N. as a worldwide celebration of economic, political and social achievements of women. Find recent ‘IWD’ 2010 resources online as well.
Recognizing contributions of women, their role in peace efforts and their past struggles to achieve equal participation in the workplace, the political arena and other areas of life - International Women’s Day is possibly more important, an opportunity to look to the future.
March 8th BloggersUnite to help raise awareness through posting on the topic.
Key4Women/Key Bank was a presenting sponsor delivering some amazing statistics on women owned business and start-ups in the United States. Incredible speakers including Shauna Causey, Lori Richardson and Keynote Mari Smith spoke on the power of using social media.
One goal of mingling education with inspiration through these kinds of events is to provide knowledge and positive encouragement to help women continue making strides. Among other things, for me it was a day of networking fun iced with cupcakes, favors and libations donated by a number of gracious sponsors. And if you are wondering….yes there were men in attendance.
p.s. I was honored to meet the spirited @MariSmith
Seattle Total Networking Night Out! Total Networking presents a 4 hour amazing Night Out/TotNetSea event featuring the one and only @marismith and with @ShaunaCausey....
Where? Qwest Field Events Center [enter through garage]Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Show Feb 20-28th 2010
Qwest Field Events Center
Doors Open Saturday morning Feb 20th to the Seattle Home Show at Qwest Field Events Center. It kicks off a week of seminars, exhibitors, remodeling ideas, trends, green design, wine tasting, the popular Idea Streetª of model homes and more featured daily through Sunday Feb 28th 2010. ‘About the Seattle Home Show’ online can answer most FAQ including: Hours, Admission, Parking and Directions. Some pre-show coverage, set-up, photos and “Home Sweet Home Show” updates are posted on their blog.firstbiggestbest The Seattle Home Show is sponsored by The Seattle Times and the Master Builders Association.
Are you cheating yourself out of ActiveRain points each time you post?
Do you put your content in a channel and assign a topic when you post? If not you are cheating yourself out of 25 points each time you post.
That's 250 points a week...
We've had channels since late 2008... but not everyone uses them. It's still marked NEW.
If you did not get 225 points on your first 10 posts in a week, you've cheated yourself out of ActiveRain points.
You are cheating yourself out of ActiveRain points AND Google juice...
If you have an Outside Blog if you are not using Channels and Topics you are cheating yourself out of Google juice. If your Outside blog side bar looks like this:
If your Outside Blogs sidebar is just showing Blog Archives by month, you are missing out on lots of search engine traffic.
You are not showing Google (and other search engines) words like:
Home Buying, Home Improvement, Home Selling, Mortgage / Finance, Moving, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market...
Nor are you sharing Topics.... words that would help search engines and the buyers using them find your content, geographic words, descriptive words.
The Channels and Topics become Categories on your Outside Blog. That's what Google and search engines read.
Don't use an Outside Blog so you are not worried? The Channels and Topics are how Search Engines find your content on ActiveRain too. ActiveRain made a change in late 2008. To show up in the search engines use Channels and Topics.
cheating yourself out of ActiveRain points AND Google juice...
"The ActiveRain Channel is the channel for all things ActiveRain, including the use and tutorials for the site, announcements, reminders and deployment of the next big thing."
Find your representatives in Congress - just enter your address and obtain the contact information (including their e-mail addresses) for your two Senators and your US House Representative.
Doctors Without Borders MSF - an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.
Physicians For Human Rights - Partners in Health Volunteer Bulletin - Health workers & Logisticians needed right now.
Haiti Earthquake Support Center -The Extraordinaries has created this support page to harness the power of the crowd to help locate and identify missing persons with just a few minutes of your time.
Twitter grows up in the aftermath of Haiti earthquake - I certainly would not have been able to help without Twitter and neither could many others. "Twitter 4 Haiti" has been a constant refrain on the microblogging site, with #Haiti in the top 10 trending topics since the quake.
Ushahidi.com , a GPS Emergency Locating system, has been invaluable after the quake, helping volunteers locate many of the calls for help. With Port au Prince devastated by the earthquake, addresses have been useless. By employing Twitter or by simply texting 4636, emergencies could be entered into the system and mapped out by a volunteer via the Internet. Volunteers located all over the World have been able to help coordinate rescue operations on the ground in Haiti, saving many lives. Volunteers like my Tweep, Rachelle Houde, who has worked tirelessly since shortly after the quake, deserve much praise.
We Have / We Need - We Have We Need is a place where relief organizations can quickly post their most urgent needs and have them matched by generous donors during a time of crisis.
Haiti Volunteer Network - a platform for people who wish to donate services or goods to connect with relief and humanitarian agencies that are helping Haiti...
InterAction - a regularly updated list of agencies responding to the crisis and accepting donations.
All For Good - Find out what you can do to help in your neck of the woods. From Haiti to local programs, this organization shows all altruistic activities available all over the World. Just put in your zip code and connect with your cause. "Be the difference you want to make in the World!" AllForGood.org
Snoops.com on Haiti - Debunks the rumors of free UPS shipments, free Jet Blue and American Airlines flights for volunteers. Find out just how texting donations actually work.
HumanitarianParole.com - known as "We Want Humanitarian Parole for Haitian Children Being Adopted!!", a Facebook Fan Page proving to be a wonderful resource for the prospective parents of these children.
Virtual Real Estate Barcamp Happening January 4th 2010. #1 was Awesome! Looking forward to start the New Year at VREBC. Is there a better deal on airfair, hotel or costs to attend an event like this?! It's Virtual and it's FREE!
Register online, get live event details or browse presenters from the above link.
Want to spice up your blog post, website or open house flyer? Here are a few toys for your toolbox on the wigflip blog.
Street signs are relevant in the real world and the real estate industry so it could be fun to include some in your online/print ad pieces. They help direct clients to your office, potential buyers to your open house, and house hunters to your listing, so why not use them in your virtual world?
They could help direct traffic to a single property site, new listing, Brokerage, Blog, email or other link online. No registration required for Easystreet or other generators on the wigflip blog - they're simple to use with quick results, FREE AND free of 'Funky' logos.
Save to your computer, flickr or imageshack account.
Use them to add color and interest to your post. How about changing the color or inserting a sign-post using an image editor? Other toys on the wigflip blog include tinytags and superstickies generators - hope you enjoy the toys from Zach Beane powered by common lisp.
*Included links to a few of my ActiveRain favorites in some of the samples below for demonstration.
2 examples below include sign-posts created using an image editor
Exploring the Pacific Northwest: Seattle and surrounding communities, Real Estate, people, events, business, trends, marketing ideas, homes, family and life around Puget Sound.
Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.
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