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7 Billion Actionswww.7billionactions.org A Global Movement for All Humanity Ways To Engage Through Social Media
On 31 October 2011 The World’s Population Will Reach 7,000,000,000
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is leading an innovative campaign —7 Billion Actions—to build awareness around the opportunities and challenges of a world of seven billion people.
How it all started…
New Media Boot Camp at Columbia UniversityWe invited 40 new media pioneers to a two-day brainstorm They came up with a creative and engaging campaign concept Check out the video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1GGvycvbM&feature=player_embedded
Meet the boot camp pioneers from… …UNFPA, Wikipedia, Facebook, Foursquare, SAP, Columbia University, IBM,  Shakira Foundation, Webgrrls, Idealist, the World Bank, National Geographic, UN Global Pulse, BlogTalkRadio & other organizations…
That’s how the movement was born 7 Billion Actions - A Global Movement for All Humanity Everyone has an opportunity and a responsibility to make a world of 7 billiona better place for all of us.  We are collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally.  We are looking for stories from these 7 key areas:  Poverty and inequality; Women and girls empowerment; Reproductive health and rights; Young people; Ageing population; Environment; Urbanization. Stories that can inspire other to take action!
7 Billion Actions Join the movement! Here’s how…
Like 7 Billion Actions on Facebookwww.facebook.com/7billionactions
Share your story via Facebookwww.facebook.com/7billionactions(This page is available in 20 languages – more to come) We are collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally.
Follow @7BillionActions on Twitter & share story via #7billionwww.twitter.com/7billionanactions
Share your story through musicCreate your own version and lyrics of the song “United” www.7billionactions.org/music
Share your story!Share your story through filmJoin the short film competition “One in 7 Billion”www.7billionactions.org/film
Listen to our Podcast “7 Billion” We have partnered with BlogTalkRadioThe worlds largest social radio networkhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/7billionactions
Follow our campaign blog 7 Billion ActionsRead about organizations & individuals for a better world& submit a storyhttp://7billionactions.tumblr.com
Engage with young story-tellers on FacebookWrite comments under these images from India and Chinahttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.257747854269403.67053.196517287059127&type=3 Images  by Adrian Fisk, iSpeakGlobal
Read & re-blog the 7 Billion Actions series by Global Voices http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/special/7-billion-actions ,[object Object]
7 Billion Actions and Global Voices has partnered on a series on blog-posts.
Bloggers for this series are based in Malawi, Egypt, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Brazil, and many more countries. Between them, they speak more than a dozen languages.
Blogs will be translated into the five UN languages as well as several local languages. ,[object Object]
Check out our crowd sourced logo ,[object Object]
The 7 Billion Actions logo was crowdsourced.

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7 Billion Actions: Ways to Engage through Social Media

  • 1. 7 Billion Actionswww.7billionactions.org A Global Movement for All Humanity Ways To Engage Through Social Media
  • 2. On 31 October 2011 The World’s Population Will Reach 7,000,000,000
  • 3. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is leading an innovative campaign —7 Billion Actions—to build awareness around the opportunities and challenges of a world of seven billion people.
  • 4. How it all started…
  • 5. New Media Boot Camp at Columbia UniversityWe invited 40 new media pioneers to a two-day brainstorm They came up with a creative and engaging campaign concept Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1GGvycvbM&feature=player_embedded
  • 6. Meet the boot camp pioneers from… …UNFPA, Wikipedia, Facebook, Foursquare, SAP, Columbia University, IBM, Shakira Foundation, Webgrrls, Idealist, the World Bank, National Geographic, UN Global Pulse, BlogTalkRadio & other organizations…
  • 7. That’s how the movement was born 7 Billion Actions - A Global Movement for All Humanity Everyone has an opportunity and a responsibility to make a world of 7 billiona better place for all of us. We are collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally. We are looking for stories from these 7 key areas: Poverty and inequality; Women and girls empowerment; Reproductive health and rights; Young people; Ageing population; Environment; Urbanization. Stories that can inspire other to take action!
  • 8. 7 Billion Actions Join the movement! Here’s how…
  • 9. Like 7 Billion Actions on Facebookwww.facebook.com/7billionactions
  • 10. Share your story via Facebookwww.facebook.com/7billionactions(This page is available in 20 languages – more to come) We are collecting stories of individuals and organizations making a difference in their communities – and globally.
  • 11. Follow @7BillionActions on Twitter & share story via #7billionwww.twitter.com/7billionanactions
  • 12. Share your story through musicCreate your own version and lyrics of the song “United” www.7billionactions.org/music
  • 13. Share your story!Share your story through filmJoin the short film competition “One in 7 Billion”www.7billionactions.org/film
  • 14. Listen to our Podcast “7 Billion” We have partnered with BlogTalkRadioThe worlds largest social radio networkhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/7billionactions
  • 15. Follow our campaign blog 7 Billion ActionsRead about organizations & individuals for a better world& submit a storyhttp://7billionactions.tumblr.com
  • 16. Engage with young story-tellers on FacebookWrite comments under these images from India and Chinahttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.257747854269403.67053.196517287059127&type=3 Images by Adrian Fisk, iSpeakGlobal
  • 17.
  • 18. 7 Billion Actions and Global Voices has partnered on a series on blog-posts.
  • 19. Bloggers for this series are based in Malawi, Egypt, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Brazil, and many more countries. Between them, they speak more than a dozen languages.
  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 22. The 7 Billion Actions logo was crowdsourced.
  • 23. The winning logo design is now the official campaign logo
  • 24.
  • 25. 7 Billion Actions BloggersOur events are open to bloggersSend email to Ida Jeng Christensen, ichristensen@unfpato register
  • 26. We also blog about a world at 7 billion(an example from the Huffington Post)