Great American Bake Sale Tweet-a-thon for #NoKidHungry

Hi Team!

We have another opportunity to use our online influence for good. February 29th we’ll be doing an all day Tweet-a-thon for No Kid Hungry.  This time it’s to help drive people to sign up for the Great American Bake Sale‘s National Challenge Weekend, April 20-22 where people across the nation will be hosting Bake Sales to raise money to help end childhood hunger in America.

Here is how you can help:

1) Post the communication below on your blog next week and invite your online communities to Tweet with us on February 29th.

2) Join us from 9 am – 9 pm ET February 29th on Twitter at hashtag #nokidhungry to help spread the word online about the Great American Bake Sale Challenge Weekend.

Tweet-a-thon Communication:

Help Us Promote Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale February 29

What are you doing with your extra day this year? Here are your best leap day options:

• Sign up to host your own Great American Bake Sale. We recommend picking National Challenge Weekend, April 20-22, as the date for your bake sale.
• Tweet! Join in the fun and help spread the word about Great American Bake Sale on Twitter and Facebook. When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 • 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST

How to Participate:

On Twitter:

Follow @GreatAmBakeSale and @NoKidHungry.

Retweet messages about Great American Bake Sale from these two accounts.

Reach out personally to your followers asking them to sign up to do a Bake Sale on Challenge Weekend

Follow and use the hashtags #BakeSale and #NoKidHungry in all your tweets.

Share this tweet:
It’s leap year! Do something good with your extra day, signup to host a Great American #BakeSale: http://tinyurl.com/8xx2e9b #NoKidHungry

On Facebook:

“Like” Great American Bake Sale

RSVP “YES!” to Great American Bake Sale’s National Challenge Event on Facebook

Share news about Great American Bake Sale with your Facebook friends:
I have used my leap day to commit to hosting a Great American Bake Sale to make No Kid Hungry a reality. Join my bake sale and together we can make a huge difference! http://tinyurl.com/8xx2e9b

Other Sample Messages:

Feel free to share more messages on Twitter and Facebook. Use these verbatim or customize them yourself:

Make leap day count! Pre-heat those ovens and signup for the 2012 Great American #BakeSale today! http://tinyurl.com/8xx2e9b #NoKidHungry
Get your spatulas ready, Great American #BakeSale is here! Do something worthwhile this leap day. Signup, http://tinyurl.com/8xx2e9b #NoKidHungry
What are you doing today? Leap day is the start of the Greatest American #BakeSale season. Signup today: http://tinyurl.com/8xx2e9b #NoKidHungry
Leap day=free day! Use today to gather your recipes and signup for Great American #BakeSale! http://tinyurl.com/8xx2e9b #NoKidHungry

Let’s go #BeTheChange

Oh and someone’s going to have to teach me how to BAKE!

AH

@sexythinker

You’re Awesome, So I’m in a Pink Dress. #BeTheChange

I’ve been meaning to do a follow up post to our Serve Hope Tweet-a-thon. It’s way late but worth the wait.

Thank you.

On November 10th we did a “Tweet-a-thon” for Serve Hope raising money for Share Our Strength who aims to end childhood hunger in America and The Global Hope Network who is transforming some of the poorest villages around the world. You can read more about that in this post “Serve Hope Tweet-a-thon Today. Amanda for the 1st Time Since Grade School in a PINK DRESS?”

Our Be The Change Influencers Team, our communities on Twitter and all of the amazing people who donated prizes and money absolutely blew me away with your support. That day we exceeded our goal raising over $6,000 to apply to making meaningful change with important causes.

Holding up my end of the bargain. Here is the video of me in the PINK DRESS.

(I tried to make sure I thanked everyone who participated so please let me know if I’ve left anyone out)

Amazing work gang.

 

Will You Take 5 Minutes Today To Watch A Video That’ll Help Create Jobs?

Happy New Year!

Here is a way you can “Be The Change” today  in literally 5 minutes. We’re asking you to watch a video and share it with your networks.  If we all join together today we have the opportunity to raise $5,000 for the Acumen fund and win some cool prizes.

Here are the details:

I met Molly Fletcher last summer after I heard her speak at People Report Summer Camp. I was absolutely blown away by her presentation. She’s known as the “Female Jerry McGuire” and is the first female sports agent. She’s also a super successful business and leadership author.

Molly is celebrating the release of her new book, The Business of Being the Best Thursday (today by the time you read this) January 5th, 2012, by donating up to $5,000 to the Acumen Fund aimed at helping improve the global economy through adding jobs and assisting entrepreneurs. She’s tapping into the power of online video to spread her message and is donating $0.25 every time her video is viewed. The video is well worth the watch, one of the most inspiring book trailers I’ve seen.

I’d like to ask you to join me in supporting her by first taking a moment to view the video and secondly encourage others to view the video too. A press release is listed below for more information. I’ve also included a tweet for you to share if you’re up to it.

“Help Raise $5k 4 @acumenfund & win prizes. Watch @mollyfletcher vid & support book launch http://ow.ly/8h3tJ #bizofbest “

Also if you order a copy of her book here today and email your receipt to @sweepstakes@mollyfletcher.com you’ll be entered in a drawing for autographed memorabilia from sports legends like Tom Izzo, Les Miles and John Smoltz.

Here is the Press Release:

Leading Sports & Business Leadership Expert Uses Video Viral Campaign to Create Jobs Worldwide

Molly Fletcher, known as the Female Jerry McGuire has represented some of the worlds most popular professional athletes and coaches including John Smoltz, future Hall of Fame pitcher; Tom Izzo National Championship Coach and Head Coach of the Michigan State Spartans, and Matt Kuchar PGA Tour Champion and golfer just to name a few. She’s no stranger to the world of high stakes world of sports, business and negotiation.  On January 5^th, she’s placing her bets on the viral power of YouTube pledging to help end poverty and create jobs in the United States and beyond.

Fletcher promises to donate $5,000 to benefit the Acumen Fund, an organization aimed at job creation, social enterprise, and ending global poverty after 20,000 people view her YouTube video.  The video is available for viewing at http://www.mollyfletcher.com/sweepstakes.

The viral awareness campaign launches in conjunction with the new release of her business book, “The Business of Being the Best.” The book published by Jossey Bass, a Wiley Imprint division, shares her formula for success to maximize human capital through leadership in a global business economy.  Fletcher is no stranger to the world of leadership and business growing her sports management business to more than $500 million while balancing her work and personal life as a mother and wife.

“No matter what you do or what game you play, no one becomes the best overnight in sports or in business. Like growing the economy, leadership is a gradual process.  It takes authenticity, curiosity, intentional and positive energy and teamwork to make it happen,” says Fletcher.

The team that Fletcher speaks of relies on the viral efforts of others to drive awareness through the social sharing of her January 5^th campaign.  Using the power of crowdsourcing, $0.25  (up to $5,000) will be donated by Fletcher for every video view allowing the opportunity for Acumen Fund to provide entrepreneurs and small business in the US and beyond the resources to add jobs and grow their business.

Fletcher shares, “The key to successful growth in business and leadership is through targeted risks.  I want to offer opportunities for entrepreneurs world wide to improve our economy and add jobs quickly.”

A trailblazer in the sports business, Molly Fletcher has worked with hundreds of household names; Major League Baseball stars, NBA coaches, PGA and LPGA golfers, NCAA basketball, football coaches and media personalities. Her second book, “The Business of Being The Best: Unlock the Secrets of the Go-Getters and Game Changers” has just been released in January 2012.

Molly has been featured extensively in the media including appearances on TV, radio and podcast interviews such as CNN, Fox, Fox Business, WSJ, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, USA Today, The Washington Post, Fox 5, WSB, Good Day Atlanta, 790 The Zone and many more.  You can learn more about Molly her website and blog at http://www.mollyfletcher.com.

Thanks so much for your support and for using your influence to #BeTheChange

Authentically,

Amanda

Serve Hope Tweet-a-thon Today. Amanda for the 1st Time Since Grade School in a PINK DRESS?

Today we’re doing an all day Tweet-a-thon for Serve Hope to join together as a community online and “Be The Change” helping to fight childhood hunger locally and globally.  Our “Be The Change Influencers” Team’s goal is to raise $5,000. 50% of the funds our team raises this month will go to Share Our Strength to help end childhood hunger in America and 50% will go to to the Global Hope Network who helps some of the poorest villages in the world transform themselves.

Here’s how the Tweet-a-thon will work:

Follow and tweet about the cause and fundraiser using the #ServeHope hashtag.

DONATE to our Team’s Serve Hope page here -> SERVEHOPEbethechange

We’ll be giving away some cool stuff randomly throughout the day for those that donate and/or help us with the Tweet-a-thon:

• 1 FREE Registration to People Report’s Summer Camp (Those who donate/raise $250 or more are eligible to win) WINNER: Tom Hanson
• 1 iPad 64GB, wi-fi white or black *Given away when we hit $5,000 (those who donate $25 or more eligible to win 1 entry per every $25.) WINNER: Mike Hislop
• HTC Radar Phone    (those who donate on 11/10 or 11/11 before 12 pm EST $25 or more eligible to win 1 entry per every $25 ) WINNER: Amber Nasland
• iPod Shuffle 2GB – Orange WINNER: Michele Lange
• $100 World Market Gift Card WINNER: KT Erwin
• 1 Year Supply of Meet MeMe Cards WINNER: Toni-Marie Reilly
• $50 Chili’s Gift Card WINNER: Sarah Adkinson
• $50 Ignite Gift Card (Joe’s Crab Shack)
• 20 UnMarketing Books by Scott Stratten
• 20 Fail Spectacularly Books by Jason Seiden
• 20 Kensho Books by Susan Steinbrecher
• 10 Setting the Table Books by Danny Meyer

• 3 – $10 Bar Louie Gift Cards WINNER(S): Melissa Papaleo, Jadi Oliver, Chris Celek
• 3 – Bar Louie “I like it DIRTY” Tank Top WINNER(S) Melissa Papaleo, Jadi Oliver, Chris Celek
• 2 Hard Rock Cafe Dinner Cards WINNER: Craig Fisher (paid forward by Alison Kramer)

• $25 Kona Grill Gift Card WINNER: Cali Ressler
• $25 Boston’s Pizza Gift Card
• $25 Claim Jumper Gift Card
• $25 Island Restaurant’s Gift Card
• $25 Which Wich Gift Card
• $25 O’Charleys Gift Card WINNER: Joelle Friend

(For every dollar you donate you’re name will go into a drawing for the giveaways. We will be using random.org to select the random winners. We’ll be giving out prizes during periodically throughout the day. After you donate Tweet “I gave to #ServeHope” you should to (insert link)  so we can match your Twitter handle with the donation)

Thank you to Scott Stratten,  Joni Doolin,  Kacy Oden, Cathy McPhillips, Cortney Rodriguez , Jim Knight and  Brew from Meet MeMe for getting us the awesome giveaways. Thank you People Report,  Bar Louie, Hard Rock Cafe, Chili’s, Which Wich, Claim Jumper, Island Restaurant, O’Charley’s and Kona Grill for being great giving brands.

If our team reaches our goal of raising $5,000 for Serve Hope I’ve promised to do a Video Blog in a PINK DRESS!

Let’s do this!  UPDATE: — > WE DID IT!!!!!

ServeHope – a way to serve our local and global poor this holiday season.

Earlier this year I met Jeff Power at an Ungeeked Conference where we were both speaking. We had an amazing breakfast my last morning, me, Jeff and Spike Jones.

Jeff, works with Global Hope Network International helping the poorest villages of the world transform themselves. I love following his travel blog and videos and seeing in real time the difference they are making.

Spike, is the writer and editor that gave Brains on Fire (one of my favorite books about igniting powerful, sustainable movements) message one voice. Spike works with PR giant Fleishman-Hillard.

You can probably imagine how cool and unforgettable that breakfast was.The three of us talked about movements, projects we’ve worked on and changing the world.

I’m telling you this because 1) you should follow these guys, they’re like us and you’ll learn a lot.
http://twitter.com/#!/spikejones
http://twitter.com/#!/jeffpower

And 2) during that breakfast Jeff told me about ServeHope. Around this time of year (October & November), teams of ServeHope volunteers across the US will donate a day or their choosing to help local neighbors, while raising funds that help both local and global neighbors. All the world’s poor are our neighbors. Many are local, and even more are global where a billion exist on $1/day or less.

I’ve been following the work Jeff is doing with GHNI, I know it’s making a BIG difference in places that just don’t have the resources like we do here in the states. And, I think they’re on to something with this serve locally and globally thing with ServeHope . I want to be apart of it.

I started a ServeHope team “Be The Change Influencers”. If you’re looking to be apart of something meaningful before Thanksgiving you should join our team. We’re working on the calendar now where we’ll donate our day of time to local food banks around the states. Our team will also do a few different fundraising activities on and offline. Half of the money raised will help GHNI-USA towards their work against hunger in the poorest villages globally and half will go to Share Our Strength’s work to end childhood hunger here at home.

Over the next month I’ll be in Lexington, KY, Baltimore, MD, Charlotte, NC, Bradley, IL, IA, Dayton, OH, Orlando, FL, Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA and Baton Rouge, LA. If you’re in one of those cities hit me up and let’s organize a food bank volunteer day. If you’re not and you want to organize one in your city hit me up too ahite at talentrevolution.net
 
You can check out our team page here.

Join our team by registering here . Please select “Be The Change Influencers” as your team!

Let’s use our Social Influence towards Social Good. Let’s apply our time, talents and passion this holiday season to meaningful work. Let’s be the change.

Authentically,
Amanda

Here’s a video so you get an idea of what GHNI does.

Algonquin to Gambella from Global Hope Network Int'l on Vimeo.

ATTENTION: Calling 2,000 Bloggers, Tweeters & Facebookers To Help Promote the Dine Out For #NoKidHungry September 19

September 19th will be our biggest Tweet-a-thon of the year THE TwEAT OUT. Our goal is to engage 2,000 Bloggers and Tweeters to help us promote the Dine Out For No Kid Hungry. We need your help!

You won’t want to miss being a part of this and having the opportunity to “Use Your Influence for Good”. Read about the impact of our last TwEAT Out here:
An Epic Example: The Power of Social Media for Social Good. #BeTheChange #NoKidHungry

If you have a blog we’re asking you to post a blog like this one asking your community to participate in the TwEAT OUT!

Here is the scoop:

Restaurants have done their part by signing up to participate in this year’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry. Now we need your help in making sure that you, your friends, and your family make the event a success by visiting participating restaurants September 18-24.

To start the week with a bang, we’re holding a twEAT OUT all day on Monday, September 19. Join in the fun and help spread the word about Dine Out For No Kid Hungry on Twitter and Facebook!

When: Monday, September 19, 2011 | 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST

How to Participate:

On Twitter:
Follow @Dine_Out and @ShareStrength.
Retweet messages about the Dine Out For No Kid Hungry from these two accounts.
Use the hashtag #NoKidHungry in all your tweets
Share this tweet:
I’m dining out for #NoKidHungry this week. Join me by finding a participating restaurant in your area: http://ow.ly/2fhoI

On Facebook:
“Like” Share Our Strength

RSVP “YES!” to Dine Out For No Kid Hungry event on Facebook
Share news about Dine Out For No Kid Hungry with your Facebook friends:
I’m dining out this week for Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry. Join me by finding a participating restaurant near you! http://ow.ly/2fhoI
Other Sample Messages:

Feel free to share more messages on Facebook and Twitter. Use these verbatim or customize them yourself:

@Dine_Out TODAY and help make #NoKidHungry in America! Here’s how: http://j.mp/aXxpIk
There are over 5,000 restaurants participating in @Dine_Out for #NoKidHungry! Find one close 2 U! http://j.mp/aXxpIk
Where will you be dining this week for @Dine_Out for #NoKidHungry? Pick a restaurant near you and let us know! http://j.mp/aXxpIk
Now’s the time! @Dine_Out to ensure there is #NoKidHungry in America! Make your plans here: http://j.mp/aXxpIk

If you haven’t seen this video please watch it now to understand the cause. Scott Pelly interview with children who struggle with hunger.

Leave me a comment and let me know if you’ll be joining us!!

I appreciate you!
Let’s go #BeTheChange

Amanda