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- 2. Click here to see what happened during Blog for Good 2011.
- 3. My name is David Turnbull and in December of last year, I participated in Project 4 Awesome.
- 4. This is a YouTube-centric event where channels share their support for their favourite charities in an effort to raise money and spread awareness.
- 5. But I didn’t want to limit myself to YouTube.
- 6. The plan was to raise $5,000 for charity: water, who provide people with access to clean drinking water all over the world.
- 7. To begin with, I published a video about the plan on my YouTube channel.
- 9. It has been viewed 22,676 times.
- 10. But I also blogged about it on nintendo3dsblog.com, which I own and update on a daily basis.
- 12. This put it in front of the ten’s of thousands of readers who read the blog every day.
- 13. The strategy was simple.
- 14. I shared my love of charity: water, told everyone what a difference just a few dollars could make, and remained confident that if everyone chipped in, we might be able to do something really special.
- 15. Along the way, I shared our progress by posting it to the blog and tweeting about it via the @Nintendo3DSBlog account.
- 16. I even suggested that, if people were to donate, they could “Be Like Batman” and save lives. This turned out to be more motivating than I’d actually intended.
- 17. As a result, the community was more than supportive.
- 18. They made a real difference.
- 19. In less than twelve days, we raised $5,669, which is more than enough to build an entire well purely through our donations.
- 20. It will provide 283 people with access to clean drinking water.
- 21. And it was only then I realised just how powerful this medium can be...
- 22. ...which only makes me all the more excited for the next time Project 4 Awesome is upon us. I’m already planning for bigger and better things.
- 23. Want to enter this competition? Download the entry PowerPoint presentation Read the Terms & Conditions Look at the Key Information & Dates Read the History of Blog for Good
- 24. Comments, Questions, Concerns? You can click here to post your comments.