Frequently the world of Blair & my work overlap in shared articles or thoughts or interest; occasionally the circles of my work and Brigham's become concentric; in candor rarely does it happen with Mackey and I but when it does it is significant. Last night before family scripture study she wanted to introduce a subject of discussion - and so she did:
In case you didn't watch the video clip an overview will help:
The "KONY 2012" film has been sweeping across social networks and claiming the likes, re posts, and tweets of people all over the world. Using cause marketing, the campaign has gone viral with 5.1 current views, up 87% from just 2 days ago, 3 trending topics on Twitter , and more than 271,000 Facebook likes.
The overview above didn't come from Mackey's YouTube link, which we watched, but from my CREATIVITY Email - a daily feed of top trending creative - the overlap of my and Mackey's worlds. Go back and watch the video if you haven't . It is a serious issue. Mackey is joining with her friends and shared belief people on April 12 to ignite a worldwide awareness of KONY and his atrocities. I had heard of similar issues with some of Liberian immigrants in Minneapolis - who came from similarly frightening backgrounds but never knew what I could do.
Now, I can heighten awareness and include you in being aware and asking you to discuss KONY with someone, post it on your face book page, attend the night out, or whatever - but chose to be involved. Thanks to Mackey for involving us.
Invisible Children: KONY 2012
In case you didn't watch the video clip an overview will help:
Make Kony famous.
With the help of Invisible Children, director/writer Jason Russell challenges viewers to "Make Kony famous" and stop him from kidnapping and murdering children in Uganda. The "KONY 2012" film was released on Feb 20th but didn't go viral until earlier this week, when the number of views jumped from 8 to 58,000 in 24 hours.The "KONY 2012" film has been sweeping across social networks and claiming the likes, re posts, and tweets of people all over the world. Using cause marketing, the campaign has gone viral with 5.1 current views, up 87% from just 2 days ago, 3 trending topics on Twitter , and more than 271,000 Facebook likes.
The overview above didn't come from Mackey's YouTube link, which we watched, but from my CREATIVITY Email - a daily feed of top trending creative - the overlap of my and Mackey's worlds. Go back and watch the video if you haven't . It is a serious issue. Mackey is joining with her friends and shared belief people on April 12 to ignite a worldwide awareness of KONY and his atrocities. I had heard of similar issues with some of Liberian immigrants in Minneapolis - who came from similarly frightening backgrounds but never knew what I could do.
Now, I can heighten awareness and include you in being aware and asking you to discuss KONY with someone, post it on your face book page, attend the night out, or whatever - but chose to be involved. Thanks to Mackey for involving us.
