Projects-and-Events-for-Good

Projects and Events

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This is an area for people to announce, collaborate on, plan, commit to, and report on events, projects, and challenges that promote good. It can be a collaborative area utilizing wiki pages, forums, calendars, polls, and blogs.

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Creating Events

1. Type the name of your event in the field below, including your name or your organization's name. This will help distinguish your project from other events. Then click "Create Event". By clicking the "Create Event" button, a page will be created just for your event.
   Hint:

   If a page already exists with the same name, the "Edit Page" box will already have text in it. Simply click the back button on your browser and enter a more unique name into the field below.
2. To add content to your page, type in the "Edit page" box. Be sure to include as many details as possible including locations and time, who is participating, what's going on, etc.
3. Click the "Save" button.
4. Now remember the name of your page. You may want to copy it.
5. Click on "Add Event" in the "Upcoming events" menu on the right. This will open a page for you to post your project on the calendar.
6. Fill out the information fields. In the URL field, type or paste the name of the webpage you just created. This will create a link to your page so that people can easily it.
   Hint:

   DON'T enter http:// or www or .html in this particular field. It's pretty smart. Simply type the name of your page.
7. Click "Save".
8. Tell family and friends about your event page.

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Participating in Events

1. Look in the calendar or use the search function in the upper right. From the calendar, click on the link to the event page.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the event page to create a new comment stating that you will participate in the project or event.
3. Once you have particpated in the event, come back to the page to add a comment stating that you promoted the good. Feel free to share your experience!

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Examples

Example 1: 50 People 50 States 50 Days You and your friends decide to issue a challenge you're calling, “50 People 50 States 50 Days: No Rated-R Movies!” First, you create a webpage just for this event and in it describe in detail how the event will take place. Then you schedule the event on the events calendar where you post the title along with a short description and a link to the event's webpage. In this case you schedule the event to last for three months, June through September 2010. The first month's purpose is for promotion to get get people to sign up for the event. The actual challenge starts on July 1st and runs through August 19th. Then there are a few days – the rest of August – for people to report back on how they did. As people read about the event, they sign up to participate by adding a comment to the page. They also click the image of an eye at the top of the page so that they will be notified when the page is updated. As the official start date of the event draws close, you and your friends edit the page to add a reminder of why this event is important. You also encourage those who have signed up to recruit a friend to participate and to comment on the webpage as well. You use Facebook and Twitter to help promote the event, providing a link back to your event web page. On the day of the challenge, your group updates the page again. This means that everyone who has clicked the image of the eye will receive a message telling them that “Today is the day!” As the the event progresses, participants post comments on how they are doing and what their experience is. One person, Todd, mentions how hard it was not to see the Summer BlockBuster? movie that came out on July 4th, but he and three of his buddies kept their commitment. They'll wait to watch it at the dollar theater after the challenge is done. Another participant, Julie, said that she had decided she wouldn't watch the show even after the challenge was over. One August 20th, the day after the challenge ended, participants begin reporting on how well they did. They indicate whether they went all 50 days without watching an R-Rated? movie, whether they went at least 30 days, or whether they went at least 14 days. Some of them share what they did instead of watching the R-Rated? movie, like going to a cartoon with their little brothers and sisters, playing basketball, or painting a widow's fence. People have lived better lives thanks to your group's challenge, and less money has been spent on supporting degrading media. Fantastic Job! Could you run a 50 Days Challenge? Of course you can! Get some friends, come up with an idea, post it on this site, and Promote The Good!

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