Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tweet from @TheDailyLove

Share Light #15 is a Tweet from @TheDailyLove.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Cancer Patients at Seattle Children's Hospital Create YouTube Video

Share Light #14 is the Cancer Patients at Seattle Children's Hospital Creating YouTube Video.

A YouTube video featuring the hemoncology floor at Seattle Children's Hospital has been very popular.  It would be an understatement to say it went "viral", for in one week's time since it was uploaded on May 6, 2012,  it received over 1.3 million views. The video features the song Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. Clarkson's single Stronger recently passed the 3 million sales mark (Source).

This video has the ability to encourage children and families struggling with cancer. Here is the video from YouTube that features both the patients and their caregivers.





A user named TheKariJP said in the comment about this video, "I posted this on my face book. For some silly reason I thought I was going thru some "difficult" stuff...What was I thinking? I love this video."

Kelly Clarkson enjoyed the video so much that she sent her own video response to the children that can also be found on YouTube at http://youtu.be/nSFrPHWLKJg. This is a wonderful example of how on YouTube one can not only share an original video but also a response to that video.

For more information on this story read this article from the Chicago Sun Times.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Tweet from @ScottBaio

Share Light #13 is a Tweet from @ScottBaio.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Tweet from @EarlGreyKitty

Share Light #12 is a Tweet from @EarlGreyKitty.
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Tweet from @SasperEllla

Share Light #11 is a Tweet from @SasperElla.
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Tweet from @TheAutismCoach

Share Light #10 is a Tweet from @AutismCoach.


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Photo: The photo used here is the Twitter Logo for @TheAutismCoach and used with permission of Kareen Hannon.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Finding Missing Children

Share Light #9 is Finding Missing Children Via Facebook and Twitter.

In January, 2011 the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children began using Facebook pages to help spread the word about Missing Children. According to Social Media Today, "NCMEC partnered with the Justice Department to launch Facebook pages where users can link to local Amber Alerts (Source)." Facebook was also a partner in this project being established (Source).

There is now a Facebook page for all 50 states in the United States and for the locations of the Virgin Islands, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.  The helpful thing about these pages is that instead of a person subscribing to the Amber Alert page for the entire country and receiving many alerts that are not applicable, the social media user can sign up to exclusively receive alerts from their home state or nearby states. To find out more about this program vist the centralized Facebook page explaining this program. 

For Twitter enthusiasts there is also a Twitter page to announce new alerts @ourmissingkids.  While the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children project is the most visible national effort for the entire United States, there are also many Facebook pages that are set up by loved ones for specific missing persons, as well as other organizations or people who are making their own version of this strategy on social media.

For more information on this strategy led by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to leverage social media to find missing children visit these online articles.
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