Archive for August, 2008
Beating Breast Cancer During Business School: Katie’s Story
For Katie, going back to school meant balancing a job, school, and cancer treatment. She she emerged a surivor and earned her MBA. Thanks, Sarah, for sharing Katie’s story on SharingHope.tv.
Add comment August 29, 2008
Share Your Creative Side on SharingHope.tv
SharingHope.tv isn’t all about video. Members like Cori Riley use the photo upload feature exclusively to share artwork and poetry. Here’s what she has to say about her 2008 Relay experience:
Add comment August 26, 2008
Lost in Space
An estimated 35,000 blogs exist about cancer, according to Seattle PI Reporter Charie Black. I don’t know where she got her numbers, but I agree they are really big. Like the bookworm that I am, I’ve been trying to read them all, which is an impossible task for one person.
What does the community of cancer bloggers have to do with Sharinghope.tv? I’m still trying to figure that out. The last thing I want to do is spam prolific cancer bloggers (or bloggers who happen to have cancer), as it is clear from reading their blogs that they are constantly getting spammed already. In fact, this blog gets spammed by people selling “cures.” Ugh.
Jeanne Slather, of the Assertive Cancer patient writes frequently about the emails she receives asking her to promote one event or another, or to blog for free . She is far from alone in her frustration.
I don’t want to be a spammer, but I am interested in getting the word about SharingHope.tv. Currently, the site looks more ACS than community, but though ACS launched it, they really are stepping back to let the community take over. But, as a non-profit, they don’t have the budget to hire community managers to foster its growth.
As a volunteer, I’d love to get feedback – positive or negative – to pass along to the people at ACS who concieved the site, built it, and are maintaining it. Not exactly sure how to do that.
Add comment August 22, 2008
What a Difference a Mae Makes
If you are Relay or Making Strides veteran, you might have set up a team page for to show your spirt and collect donations, or maybe you send letters. Few people have the time to make a face-to-face appeal to absolutely everyone they know. Mae, a three-time breast cancer survivor, personalizes her fund-raising efforts by starring on SharingHope.tv and embedding her video onto her Mae’s Squad site. Thanks Mae for sharing your story and sharing hope!
Add comment August 19, 2008
A Note to WordPress Users about Embedding SharingHope.tv Videos
If you’ve tried embedding your SharingHope.tv videos into a free WordPress blog, you’ve probably gotten a SharingHope.tv frame, but no video. There is a fix. Vodpod is a free service that makes it easy for you share and embed videos across a variety of video-sharing sites. The site allows you to install a button to your browser window, so that whenever you come across a video you’d like to share on your blog, you click the button and it will automatically post the video to your blog with text and a title of your choosing. If you need more help, Vodpod has a great FAQ page.
submitted by sharinghope.tv member, Mississippi
Tips: Once you use vodpod to post, you can go back and edit your WordPress post with links and tags. It works well to link to your actual SharingHope.tv video page in the body of your post, as your video will not have the colorful SharingHope.tv box surrounding it. Someday, we’ll find a way to put the box back, but in the meantime, it’s important to us that you are able to share your SharingHope.tv videos with the rest of the online cancer community.
If you aren’t a WordPress user, but share and use video across a number of video sites (sharinghope.tv, youtube, etc.) , you might also find Vodpod a useful way to keep track.
According to Vodpod, there are over 5000 video sharing sites on the Internet! They’ve published their top 100 most popular sharing sites. Let’s put SharingHope.tv on their next list of the top 100 video sharing websites!
2 comments August 18, 2008
Relay For Life goes behind bars
“I’ve done three good things in my life. My son. My daughter. And Relay for Life,” said an inmate at Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility. This video, submitted by SharingHope.tv member Kathy H (with permission from CBS4 Rock Island, IL) tells the story of how a prison adopted Relay as its cause, impacting the lives of inmates, guards, and the surrounding community. Thanks Kathy H for sharing!
Add comment August 12, 2008
Relay Ceremonies Rival Beijing
Okay, so I’m kidding. Maybe this performance isn’t up to 2008 Olympic standards, but these folks at the Saline County Relay in Salina, Kansas are having fun and raising money for cancer research. Their efforts are as good as gold!
Add comment August 10, 2008
Dr. Otis Brawley Shares Hope by Sharing Research Breakthroughs
A SharingHope.tv exclusive. Okay, the delivery is a bit dry, but without research, and the money to pull it off, we wouldn’t have the vast improvements in cancer treatments and survival rates. It’s good to be reminded that while we’re getting the word out, running the relays, or battling the disease in our homes, brilliant and committed minds are sharing hope by dedicating their life’s work to ending cancer. And, we are grateful.
Add comment August 5, 2008
Pardon our Virtual Dust
SharingHope.tv is having some problems with registration at this time. Please pardon our dust! At this point, you should be able to get on the site and upload video.
Add comment August 5, 2008