Bloggers: Rock the Red Pump For National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

I’ve signed up to Rock the Red Pump and show my support of increasing awareness of how women and girls in the United States are affected by HIV/AIDS and to salute the courage and strength they face each day in dealing with this disease – and I think you should, too.

You can follow them on Twitter at @RedPumpProj and support them on Facebook on The Red Pump Project Facebook Page.

What is The Red Pump Project?

It is a project that was started by Luvvie Ajayi and Karyn Watkins in March 2009 to help raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls as part of a nationwide initiative.

They chose to use the Red Pump as a symbol of empowerment and as an embodiment of the strength and courage of women and girls who are affected by HIV/AIDS.

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is March 10th every year and as a part of that effort, Rock the Red Pump was launched as a way for bloggers to show their support for women and girls who are affected by HIV/AIDS and represents the strength and courage of these women and girls.

In the first year, 2009, their initial campaign goal was to get 100 blogs to sign up. They had 125. Last year the number of blogs doubled to 250. This year the goal is to double that to 500 in 50 days and they exceeded that by getting 650 in 25 days.

Live Podcast: Augie Ray, Former Senior Forrester Research Analyst and Future Executive Director of Community and Collaboration for USAA

Augie Ray (@augieray) first joined The A-List back in April 2009, before he became a Senior Forrester Research (@Forrester) Analyst, filling the shoes of Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang), who left to become a partner at the Altimeter Group.

Somewhat ironically, the very thing that urged me to ask Augie to join the program back in 2009, was became an object of scrutiny, when Forrester decided analysts could no longer maintain personally-branded research blogs.

Augie seemed to take it in stride, posting his own response to the decision.

When I received my first post since the decision from Augie’s blog, I was thrilled. In it, he explained his decision and his new role at USAA (@USAA). That’s one thing I love about Augie – he always tells you the way it is…

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Live Podcast: Beth Kanter- Co-Author of The Networked Nonprofit

Beth Kanter

On the 25th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s only fitting that we focus The A-List today on social good and nonprofits.

The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change

Join us for an insightful hour with Beth Kanter, who returns to The A-List to discuss her highly acclaimed book, The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change.

Beth is the author of Beth’s Blog, one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits.

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Randy Paynter, Founder and CEO, Care2

Randy Paynter, Founder and CEO of Care2.com

Join us for an insightful interview with Randy Paynter, Founder and CEO of Care2.

With more than 14 million members, Care2 is the largest online community of people making a difference in healthy and green living, human rights and animal welfare.

Care2 empowers individuals to “Make a Difference” with daily actions, healthy living advice, news and blogs on causes, petitions and much more.

Care2 works with more than 500 nonprofit organizations to recruit quality activists and donors. In addition, Care2 is a leader in online Cause Marketing, running advertising campaigns for companies moving toward a sustainable future.

Care2 is Green America’s 2009 People’s Choice Award Winner for Green Business of the Year.

Randy Paynter (@Paynter) is the Founder and CEO of Care2.com  He is an expert at creating and building a financially strong social enterprise.

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Tara Hunt, Speaker, Author and One Of The Most Influential Women In Technology

Tara Hunt, aka @missrogue

She had us at ‘Whuffie.’

Actually, she had us even sooner than that!

Named one of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology in 2009, she is a top speaker, entrepreneur, mom, Canadian, karaoke addict, Flickr fan and Twitter-holic and much more.

She is speaking high-demand, speaking at conferences around the world and we’re delighted to have her on The A-List!

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