The Philanthropic Moms Challenge
Friday found me shivering over a steaming cup of latte with my IRL friend and on-line power-house Joanne Bamberger (aka PunditMom). We covered all the important topics – kids, home, restaurants and wardrobe (are we really dressing for the Mad Men party at Mom 2.0?!?!) and eventually settled into one of the very stimulating conversations that really is the cornerstone of our friendship. We were talking about mothers and activism, politics and causes. And I shared with her what I consider to be secret to all of this amazing female power (you will need to wait for her book to find out what that is!). I shared anecdotes of how mothers have rallied to support causes that feel both personal and profoundly important to them – engaging their friends, families and on-line communities for the greater good.
This morning I got an email from Brian Boyd telling me that we needed to bump R Baby Foundation’s Facebook friends to 100 ( at 10 am and before I got busy there were 25 friends) by Monday. And I took this as an outstanding opportunity to present my friend Joanne with hard evidence of the power of which I speak. And now, if you are reading this before Monday, you are part of a grand experiment. Can I do it? Can I harness the power of my twitter, FB, and IRL communities to help RBF reach their goal?
On twitter I have reached out to some passionate, engaged women who I feel certainly qualify as Philanthropic Moms; strong, community-minded, well-regarded women with a clear voice and passion. This is simply a random cross section. I actually think most of the women who I follow and engage with on twitter are just that (and exactly why I follow them) and for the sake of this live case-study/experiment this is the list:
@elissapr @karamat @jennihogan @that_danielle @jennawrites @chivetalker @NYCitymama @JenRab @imnotobsessed @rolemommy @Mytotsy @jenniferperillo @Madijack @momfluential @sandyabrams @KatjaPresnal @resourcefulmom @jodifur @scarymommy @selfishmommy @twincident @wendyscherer
And for you — if you are reading this, you are invited, encouraged and asked nicely to please go to RBF’s Facebook page and be a friend! Help me show Joanne the power of Philanthropic Moms.
Please forward along and keep checking back for the tally! If I can get us there by Monday one of the Moms listed above will will a pedicure on me (with me if you like!!!)!
As of 2pm on 1/30 FB friends = 27
As of 2:30 on 1/30 FB friends = 33
As of 3pm on 1/30 FB friends = 35
As of 10:30 on 1/30 FB friends = 49
As of 9am on 1/31 FB friends = 57
As of 1pm on 1/31 FB friends = 62
As of 3pm on 1/31 FB friends = 63
As of 8pm on 1/31 FB friends = 66
As of 9am on 2/1 FB friends = 76
As of 6am on 2/3 FB friends = 93
January 30th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I’m not on facebook, but if I was I would “friend,” or whatever. And next time I want to come for coffee.
January 31st, 2010 at 11:36 pm
A good cause and a pedicure–I’m in. Still pondering what team momtrends will do for to raise bucks. Sell fashion tips?