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Design blogs making an impact
Recently I wrote a post about making a bigger impact with your design skills, which provides lots of ideas and avenues for designers to work with charities and non-profit organisations.
Since then I’ve been on the lookout for designers and bloggers who have come up with their own great ideas to generate awareness or fundraising for worthwhile causes, much like James West did earlier this year.
Have you ever thought about how you could use or donate your skills to help the world’s disadvantaged? If you’ve heard about Blog Action Day (October 15), then chances are that you’ve given some thought recently to what contribution you could make to alleviating poverty, by donating money or blogging to raise awareness about the event.
But what if you could use your professional skills or a winning idea to benefit others? It’s great to see that Blog Action Day is already inspiring some great initiatives, and I’m happy to give a shout out to the people behind them.
PSDTuts
The folks behind this impressive photoshop tutorial site are running a competition for button designs on the theme of Solving Poverty (in Australia, this type of button is called a badge, but I knew what they meant).
Winners will have the opportunity for their designs to be sold as part of a charity fundraising initiative; they will also gain promotion on PSDTuts and through Blog Action Day.
Sister site Vectortuts is running a similar competition, calling for t-shirt designs.
Styletime
Web design enthusiast Roger aka “Styletime” has launched a competition encouraging people to donate at least one dollar to charity. His chief adjudicator Paul Walsh is handling donations. This competition looks very promising. The only suggestion I would make to the organisers is that you should name the charity or charities which will ultimately receive the donated money. But the list of prizes and the sponsors behind them are very impressive, so this competition is worth a look.
But wait, there’s more
Designer Sean Hodge also deserves a mention for his top-notch article, 10 ways to take design action and make a positive difference in the world, which appears in PSDTuts. It’s a comprehensive and well-researched piece offering designers further ideas on how to use their skills to benefit those with the greatest need.
Have you seen any other designers using their creative skills to support Blog Action Day, or other aid/charity endeavours? Let me know and I’ll add them to the post.
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Design blogs making an impact
Thanks for the support! Its great to put blogging to a good use!
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I couldn’t agree more. Good luck with the competition. I do think it’s important to name the charity which will receive the money.
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