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  • rafaelmichalczuk 1:02 pm on November 11, 2009 Permalink |
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    How to tegister for the blog and add a nice picture to your profile 

    The Earth.org blog is so much more than a blog. It is the where we all talk to the other people in our ‘office,’ and it doesn’t need to be serious posts only. The only rule is that it needs to be POSITIVE! There is enough bad news in the world, so the blog is where we share our daily activities, offer constructive ideas and give eachother plenty of encouragement.

    It is great to post every day on the blog – we all work together and it is good to know what the other teams are doing, as well as getting to know the names and faces.

    Don’t be shy – all voices and faces are welcome here.

    How to start blogging?

    You can sign up to the blog here: http://blog.earth.org/ and clicking on the ‘Register Here’ link on the right-hand side of the page. This will take you to a WordPress signup page.

    Choose your username and enter it in the top box (try to keep it simple, like your first name, so that other EDO team members will recognise you). In the second box, enter your email address and a link will be sent to you to activate your blog account. Once you have signed up, it is time to post your first EDO blog! Go to http://blog.earth.org and click ‘Sign in’ on the right of the page. Sign in to the WordPress page and you will be taken to a dashboard that looks like this….

    You can either write a post from here, or do it the easy way… Click on ‘Visit Site’ (in the top left corner of the page, next to ‘Earth.Org – meet the team’) and you will be taken to the blog, with a big friendly space for you to post a note…..

    Now you are part of the blog. Tag your posts, so that others can follow up your contributions.

    Adjust your blog profile and upload a nice picture of you.

    For the picture create an account at Gravatar and associate image to your email. After some time it will auto pop on the blog:

    GRAVATAR – your picture for the blog

    What is a Gravatar? It is a profile and picture that is stored in one place. A Gravatar is associated with all WordPress sites, which means that any time you post something on a WordPress site (like the EDO blog) your picture will automatically come up. That saves you having to create a new profile every time you join a WordPress site.

    To create a Gravatar, go to http://en.gravatar.com/

    When you click ‘Get Your Gravatar Today’ you will be asked for an email address. Type in your email and a link will be sent to you that you need to click to register with Gravatar.

    Once you have clicked this link, you can click on ‘My Account’ on the top left of the page, and add the picture that you think best represents you.

     

    • Rafael 1:04 pm on November 11, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @imogen – thanks a lot for the description, you have done a great work! We are actually working on guidelines for travel guide writers and Ambassadors. But I thought this part is of general interest, now we can link to it and things should be clear. For more transparency, more visibility and better usability at Earth.org

      • teresa 1:25 pm on November 11, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hi Imogen and Rafael, thanks!
        As you can see, I added 2 tags to your post! If someone considers writing a longer blog post (like this one above) – please don’t forget to tag it with..
        1. “blog post” – so that it appears on the right side bar in “Full length blog posts”
        2. any other tag related to your topic (PR, Earth.org Ambassadors, Earth.org volunteers, tech, usability, …)
        THANKS!!

        • Rafael 2:36 pm on November 11, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Hi Teresa, of course – I had edited the post so fast that I have forgotten about the tags. Going to add them…

      • Babumohanan 5:53 am on December 15, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Thanks Rafael, I added a new picture

    • Cristiano 1:37 pm on November 11, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      This is really good.
      Thanks Rafael and Imogen.

      If you have time I would ask you a second episode on the use of the side bar, the dashboard and plugins.

      THANKS!

    • Imogen 3:06 pm on November 11, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Rafael, my hero! You made it pretty and readable, many thanks! :-D …. @Cristiano, will do, thanks for the ideas

    • radika 4:05 am on November 12, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      i was just looking for this info ~ THNKS!

    • Eva 7:45 pm on November 12, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Rafael this is great! As you can see I still need a picture… Thanx !

  • Anne 9:26 am on October 27, 2009 Permalink |
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    @Renee@Kristin: we have now everything to start contacting travel bloggers, let’s DO IT!! Have a great Tuesday everyone!!

     

  • teresa 4:10 pm on October 22, 2009 Permalink |
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    Cat and me are talking to Olivia, who wants to join in as a PR volunteer :-D

     

    • teresa 5:29 pm on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Oookay, most likely we have new support for the UK PR team! Really cool! And Olivia has some good ideas in mind: what about the elderly people? She told us that she knows many retired people who actually travel a lot – and they are Internet literate – cause they already book all their trips online! And the main thing: these people are experienced, they know so many places – and they have lots of time! She’d be really interested to start thinking about introducing Earth.org to a new age group. Let’s see. I like the idea a lot.

    • cat 6:18 pm on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Me toooo! talking to the ’silver surfers’ a really interesting area for us!

  • rafaelmichalczuk 1:02 pm on October 21, 2009 Permalink |
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    short "virtually" meeting with Otto -… 

    short “virtually” meeting with Otto – to finish draft of Top locations list

     

    • otto 1:07 pm on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Yes, thanks, great, that was fast. Just sent out a mail asking for final comments!

  • teresa 2:55 pm on October 2, 2009 Permalink |
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    Now online – the super new&nice Earth.org video! 

    Hey all, get that!

    Earth.org’s new video is now online.

    Thanks a lot to Cano Rojas! He is Earth.org’s Video Volunteer and based in  New York. He did a great job and we are very happy with that video. Yeah, we love it!

    You like it? Share it on Facebook, Twitter and anywhere else! Thanks!

     

  • teresa 10:43 am on September 16, 2009 Permalink |
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    Let's spread the word! Sophie, welcome to Earth.org 

    Earth.org is looking for PR managers all over the world! Join in and become part of a worldwide Earth.org PR network.

    What’s new: Sophie Chaffe is Earth.org’s new PR manager from UK. A warm welcome to the team!

    Sophie Chaffe newHi everyone. I’m Sophie, I’m 19 and I’m a second year Marketing student at The University of Plymouth in England. I am aiming to have a career in either advertising or PR and so I thought that getting involved with Earth.org would be a great opportunity for me to get some experience. Also I love travelling so Earth.org is something interesting and fun to do. My job will be to focus on the UK student market and also to recruit other volunteers. Being quite new to the world of PR I am open to any advice or suggestions from anyone to help me learn the ropes. I’m really looking forward to working with you all and contributing to a really good cause.

    Sophie is responsible for the student market in UK. Last week she had a great start by publishing a blog post on the Student UK social network.

    Let’s spread the word. Let’s tell the world about Earth.org.

    You can help us as well! If you are a web communication/PR student, journalist or passionate writer, you can become the PR manager (volunteer) in your country or region. We are looking for passionate people like you who have communication skills and know the media and blogger landscape in the place where you are based.

    Join in, become part of a growing network and global PR team. We work together. We learn from each other. It’s a great chance for all of us!

    We would be happy to hear from you! Send an email to teresa(at)earth.org.

     

  • teresa 5:53 pm on September 11, 2009 Permalink |
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    Fresh support for the HR team at Earth.org 

    Hi everyone,
    Kristine Lim AngMy name is Kristine. I am originally from the Philippines and currently residing in Singapore. I consider myself a global citizen and a pragmatic idealist with the aim of effecting social change even in the simplest ways I can think of. I am very passionate about non profit work and is currently an active volunteer/intern in a number of international nonprofits/NGOs. I am very much thrilled to be a part of the Earth.org team.

    Look forward to working with you all.
    Thanks,
    Kristine

    We are happy to have Kristine on board! She supports the Earth.org HR team finding the best people all over the world.

    Currently we are looking for

    If you are passionate about sustainable travel and would like to help us create this responsible, inclusive and free travel guide we want to hear from you.

    Just send an email to anne(at)earth.org or to kristine(at)earth.org

    Join the team!

     

  • teresa 10:16 am on September 9, 2009 Permalink |
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    Welcome to Earth.org, Matthew! 

    We are really happy to have Matthew Collins on board. He is living in Chicago, USA, and has recently joined the Earth.org team of volunteers. Matthew is emphasizing environmental topics and Earth.org’s new sustainability consultant. He is responsible for developing Earth.org’s “Write&Plant” project. Read some personal words from Matthew:

    Hi all

    I’m very excited to be part of the Earth.org team!

    Matthew_EDOpicFor the past few years I’ve been working as an environmental consultant, specifically in the area of carbon emissions and carbon credits (helping companies to calculate, reduce and offset their carbon footprints). In the short-term I’ll be working with Rob Simons and Ryan Mapes on the Write & Plant project.

    I love the idea of a collaborative travel guide and I love that such a dynamic team has been pulled together from all over the world. Given my primary career, though, it’s probably not surprising that what most interested me about Earth.org is its attention to sustainable travel. Over time, it’s certainly my hope that I’ll be able to contribute in that area.

    In terms of my personal interests, I love to play tennis and ultimate frisbee and to spend as much time as possible in the great outdoors (preferably with my beautiful wife Pavi).

    Again, thanks for the warm welcome!

    Best, Matthew

     

  • earthorgcollect 8:06 am on July 6, 2009 Permalink |
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    What's new with Earth.org Volunteers? 

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    Here’s some Earth.org volunteer news from my colleague Justin in Canada:

    It’s been a while since our last update and lots has been happening.

    Adrianne and I have been plugging away at a couple of handbooks for new contributors – how to jump start a city, what people are looking for etc. It is currently being looked over by some of our ambassadors and contributors to give us feedback so we can tweak it. Look for it to launch on the internal pages soon.

    I’ve been working in the forums to build conversations within our community.

    We’ve also been working on usability issues and Karma.

    Did I say Karma? Oh yeah baby! Varun pushed through to get us the Karma system we launched last week and it’s already getting some notice. I’ll be launching a contest with our Facebook group and Twitter followers once a few more things are in place to find bugs, create some buzz and get some articles going in, so watch for that.

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    Would you like to help build Earth.org? Find out how.

     

  • earthorgcollect 2:16 pm on June 18, 2009 Permalink |
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    New Feature: Karma Points 

    Our tech team has been slaving away at some major backend changes that most people wont see (they’ve sped up page loading by 20-100 times in tests!!). However, today we are excited to announce a new user feature in beta called Karma Points.

    karma-levels2

    The idea is simple, if you contribute to the Earth.org travel guide, you are building up your Karma within the community. You will now get Karma Points for creating new content and editing existing content to gain recognition, status, trust and admiration amongst your fellow travellers.

    This is still an early implementation and in the future we will be adding more social and collaborative aspects to Karma, make it more visible and even more of an honour. Be warned though, we may make changes to the existing system if they need to be made so there may be a few resets, point adjustments and additions or removals or rewards.

    Read up on Karma Levels, try it out, and please give us feedback so we can keep improving Earth.org every day.

    Justin, posting from Canada

     

  • teresa 7:14 pm on January 27, 2009 Permalink |
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    The soul of Earth.org 

    Forget about your current trac-ticket for a minute. And listen:

    It took us a while, but we have found the words that clearly identify the soul of Earth.org. They are the most important words related to the project. Everyone who gets in contact with Earth.org, be it a user, the media or a future team member, should know why Earth.org exists and why it is worth to support it. Of course, YOU should know them best – WE ARE Earth.org, the people who have first created and then realized the idea.

    Let’s start. Of course, with the problem statement:
    The Internet misses a place where the average user can find reliable and responsible travel information. It takes a lot of time and many websites are filled with business interests. Advertising…ugh.

    This is the problem we have to solve. And we solve it!
    By bringing responsible travel information to everyone!
    That’s it. That’s the main story and that is all you need to remember.

    So how will we reach this goal and how do we solve the problem?
    The vision of Earth.org will be accomplished by motivated users and volunteers. We offer them a collaborative tool to share travel information and they will be motivated by our non-profit approach, always operating in the interest of the user.

    In marketing we sum up these beliefs in a USP (Unique Selling Point). What does the user get as a benefit from using Earth.org? We tell them that:

    Earth.org is the only collaborative travel guide with a non-profit approach.

    So the core elements of what make Earth.org unique are
    1. user generated travel information
    2. non-profit approach
    -> no other travel website like Earth.org offers this!
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    Now, repeat that 100 times every day before you go to bed.
    Keep it in mind, stuff all outgoing messages with that information, use it when you tell somebody about Earth.org but most importantly remember that this is our shared dream!

    Thanks for listening, and leave your comments below or on Yammer!
    Rob Simons

     

  • earthorgcollect 6:23 pm on September 11, 2008 Permalink |
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    New here? 

    Welcome! Bonvenon! Velkommen! Swaagat! Benvenuto! Selamat Datang! Namaste! Dobrodošl! Willkommen!

    Earth.org relies on volunteers to make it what it is and what it can be. So, if you are ready, we have plenty of little jobs for you and hopefully something that you are passionate about and want to share with the world.

    It is really very easy to get started helping out with Earth.org no matter if you have 5 minutes a month or 5 hours a day. Visit the volunteers forum (opens in a new window), introduce yourself and start browsing through open projects that need your help. If something looks like fun, or looks like a project you can help with, just start doing it. Some projects will ask you to contact their coordinator, others are just things you can pick up whenever you have time. There isn’t always recognition of the hard work that you do outside of the volunteer community, but in here, we know the labour of love that brings everyone here.

    So, what is there to do?

    The most important thing we’re always looking for is content experts. But also check out the ongoing projects in internal and external communications, marketing, product development and anything else volunteers have dreamed up.

    Earth.org is still a small and ever changing project. I can’t tell you how much fun it can be to work with a team like the Earth.org team in the early days. Get in early and you’ll get hooked on it. There are few times in a web project’s history that one person can truly leave their mark and shape its future. Exciting times are ahead of us indeed!

    Come join us on our journey.

    Justin
    Earth.org Volunteer Coordinator.

     

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