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Cynthia D'Amour is the founder of the Chapter Leaders Playground and a leadership strategist with People Power Unlimited. She's the author of several books including How to Turn Generation Me into Active Members of Your Association and Go Team Go! Leading Today's Volunteers to Victory. Cynthia is a frequent speaker for ASAE and at leadership conferences.

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Peer Pressure Was Intense Today

 To blog about poverty.

Today is Blog Action Day.

  • Bloggers are encouraged to blog about some aspect of poverty.
  • It’s a worldwide effort.

I had planned to talk about something else today.

  • But the pressure started escalating yesterday.
  • And was strong-arming rampant today.
  • In group blasts and by individuals.

I’ve got mixed feelings about the discussions.

  • Of course, poverty is an important issue.
  • I’m not sure focus sans concerted call to action is going to make a big impact.

I decided to write about the actual day instead.

  • Almost 10,000 bloggers had registered as blogging on poverty today.
  • People are proudly displaying badges showing they are part of the voice.
  • Bloggers invited those without blogs to participate in the discussion.

Here’s what I wonder - why is Blog Action Day so big?

  • And chapters moan about no volunteers?
  • Leaders struggle to get members to meetings?
  • Only handful of members actively enjoy and promote advocacy efforts?

What’s the difference?

  • A simple graphic people can show? (Like the “proud member of” logos?)
  • An important issue? (Is your chapter’s mission milk-toast?)
  • An aggressive word of mouth campaign and invitation to play? (Hmmmm…?)

Or maybe I’m just missing something?

Makes me think of chapter leaders…how do you get your members as excited and committed as the bloggers involved in Blog Action Day?

Originally posted @ Cynthia D'Amour on Leadership and Life

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