Guide: Blog for a Cause! - The Global Voices Guide to Blog Advocacy

Written by Mary on February 15, 2008 – 1:22 am -

Title: Blog for a Cause!: The Global Voices Guide to Blog Advocacy

Author: Mary Joyce

Published by: Global Voices Advocacy (2008)

What is it?: A strategic step-by-step guide to using a blog as the center of a campaign for social or political change

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I wrote this guide for Global Voices Advocacy. It explains how activists can use blogs as part of campaigns against injustice around the world. Blogging can help activists in several ways. It is a quick and inexpensive way to create a presence on the Internet, to disseminate information about a cause, and to organize actions to lobby decision-makers.

The goal of Blog for a Cause is twofold: to inform and to inspire. The guide is designed to be accessible and practical, giving activists a number of easy-to-follow tips on how to use a blog to further their particular cause.

The guide is divided into five sections:

  1. Frequently asked questions about what blog advocacy is
  2. The 5 key elements of any successful advocacy blog
  3. The 4 steps to creating an advocacy blog
  4. How to make your blog a vibrant community of active volunteers
  5. Tips to help blog activists stay safe online

In addition to the information provided above, the guide is also full of examples of advocacy blogs from around the world, to inspire readers with a glimpse of what is possible. These featured advocacy blogs have a variety of goals, ranging from freeing a jailed blogger in Saudi Arabia to protecting the environment in Hong Kong and opposing the conflict in Darfur.


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4 Responses to “Guide: Blog for a Cause! - The Global Voices Guide to Blog Advocacy”

  1. By Lena Lin on Feb 20, 2008 | Reply

    Can’t download it, getting only cover page. Where can I get the whole publication?

  2. By Mary on Mar 18, 2008 | Reply

    Hi Lena. I’ve fixed the link. The download should work now. Thanks for letting us know about the problem.

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