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Jan 08

UPDATE: Comment to Donate $1 To SAFEHOME, A Domestic Violence Shelter

UPDATE: After tallying the totals, I will be donating $30 to SAFEHOME. Thanks for everyone for participating!
Every year on my blogs I do a charity drive called Cans for Comments. Many blogs donate cans of food to food banks, but last year I mixed it up a bit and did something more along the lines of “pounds of dog food for comments”. I donated the equivalent amount of money it would take to donate a certain amount of dog food to Kansas City’s largest no-kill shelter, Wayside Waifs. I try to donate to a local non-profit organization that makes a big difference in my area.This year, I’m please to announce that I will be donating all my ‘comments’ to SAFEHOME, a domestic violence shelter in my town of Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. SAFEHOME provides shelter, education, clothing, and more for women and children who are suffering from domestic violence.

Billboard A 01 sm UPDATE: Comment to Donate $1 To SAFEHOME, A Domestic Violence Shelter
If you want to help me support this great organization this year, please comment on any one of my blogs– The Social Robot, Awen Creative, or A Happy Life. Each comment will donate $1 to SAFEHOME. Each person can only comment three times and it must be a substantial comment that makes sense and is relevant to the discussion (spam comments won’t count, trackbacks will).

Additionally- I will also donate another 50 cents for every person that tweets or shares this post (or any other post on The Social Robot) on Facebook. Please either email me a link to your tweet/fb post (via the contact tab on the left), add it at the end of your blog comment, or include@thesocialrobot or @wonderwall7 in your tweet.

The commenting and sharing period is from December 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.

Please use the sharing tools to the left and at the bottom of this post to let everyone know about Cash for Comments and SAFEHOME!

Thanks to everyone who will participate and I’ll post an update once the commenting period is over.

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Dec 18

Have You Been Using Chrome For a Cause?

ChromeforCause 270x235 Have You Been Using Chrome For a Cause?If you use Chrome regularly, you should have downloaded the Chrome For a Cause browsing extension, available from December 15-19.  This extension counts how many tabs you use and then based on that number, you can choose to donate your “tabs” to several different charities, including The Nature Conservancy and Room to Read.

The number of tabs translates into vaccines, water, books, shelter, or trees. Whenever you start your browser for the day, it tells you how many tabs you accumulated the day before and then lets you choose who to donate them to. I never realized how many tabs I used in my browsers until I started donating them!

A friend did tell me that the tabs max out at 250 per day. Ten tabs equals 1 book or 1 tree planted, according to Google. You still have today and tomorrow left to donate, so download the extension as soon as possible.

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Dec 06

Should Office Workers be Banned from Social Networking Websites?

cubicle2 Should Office Workers be Banned from Social Networking Websites?Social networking is slowly taking over the Internet. People are using these sites to do more than just connect to friends and those who have the same interests, they are now being used to establish business contacts and maintain these business relationships. But, with all the information that people display on their social networking site, such as pictures that show them having a night out with friends, people are wondering do social networking sites have a place in the business world? This is an excellent question that many company heads are now asking themselves and weighing the pros and cons of the issue, as well as having the rest of the world weigh in on this decision.

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Nov 11

Podcamp Topeka 2010: An Overview

podcamp Podcamp Topeka 2010: An OverviewA freelancer friend and I attended Podcamp Topeka, an “unconference” about social media, blogging, and internet marketing, last Saturday, November 6th. There were several sessions to choose from, from SEO to blogging for companies. I had an overall positive experience and am planning on attending next year.

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Oct 13

Please Vote For Me!

Hey TSR Readers. Editor and Founder Kelsey here.

custom badge Please Vote For Me!Will you please vote for me in this contest, the SAM-e Good Mood Gig? You can vote daily in each internet browser, so please vote as much as possible and pass this on to any of your friends who can vote as well.

Here is the link: http://www.sam-e.com/job/entries/23

Thank you!

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