Our economy is questionable, this is on most everyone’s mind, but even with all of our current national problems, there are people in far greater need in the world, people living in Poverty.

Please consider joining me and a host of others on Blog Action Day 2008.  It is one day, one blog post, all to focus on one important issue.  Help spread the word on October 15, 2008.

What is Blog Action Day?

It is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.

Action Day and there is no limit on the number of posts, the type of posts or the direction of thoughts and opinions.

How can you get involved?

The different ways, you choose.

In 2007, Blog Action Day was a huge success.  There were over 20,000 bloggers participating to discuss the environment.  The United Nations got involved for the environment and suddenly this event was in the papers and the media.

This Years Theme.

The event this year focuses on Poverty. One issue a thousand of voices.  On this one single day, thousands of different people, a thousand different viewpoint and opinions, the perfect fit for bloggers.  Each blogger posts their own topic and engages differently with their audience.

What to write about?

This organization has put together a list of sites for you to visit, research and gather the information to engage your audience. Here is a list of organizations to help.

Who else is participating!

Your are in great company. In 2007, Blog Action Day was a huge success.  There were over 20,000 bloggers participating to discuss the environment.  The United Nations got involved for the environment and suddenly this event was in the papers and the media.

As of this post, 4,939 sites are registered and 9,723,618 RSS Readers are set.  Here is a very small list of 2008 participates:

TechCrunch.com	ReadWriteWeb.com	Mashable.com
SmashingMagazine.com	GigaOm.com	Jauhari.net
Problogger.net	CopyBlogger.com	Innoventions.com
ZenHabits.net	Inhabitat.com	VentureBeat.com
PronetAdvertising.com	TorrentFreak.com

How to get started?

Visit Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty and register your blog.

Please join us on October 15, 2008 in changing the world of Poverty, by helping spread the world.  If you join, please post a link to your blog, so I may follow you.  I am interested in seeing the great stories people write!