World Aids Day Dec1st Draft Poster

CD4 Community Project Poster Work ;-) It's hard to give up your addiction to the 3rd sector. After doing my part-time work I spent two solid days and three nights collaborating with my wife to come up with a concept poster for Carlos Lopez G and his CD4 The Band.

CD4 The Band uses music as a vehicle to create awareness about HIV/AIDS and safe sex. Their collaborative arm CD4 Community project uses music workshops as a vehicle to share life experiences relating to HIV.

So if you're reading this please let others know about the Dec 1st event at the Spirit Club in Manchester where CD4 The band is playing. I've been ousted from the house PC so I've had to use the laptop to link to my wife's flickr account www.flickr.com/illustrationcoo - to get to the draft and not the latest version. Anyway, most of the elements are there about the message.

Stickam - The Live Community beta invite to Payperlive

Stickam - The Live Community webcam broadcasting channel is to launch the Payperlive service which will be a god send to charities

With claimed stream views of over 1,979,095,XXX, as of 2 July 2008, 23:44PM GMT (London 00), Stickam has officially opned its beta invite to Payperlive. This service then has a large audience and has been explored by individuals in various communications roles.

Love the YouTube info-ads, loved the 'narrowcast' on Stickam
The best appeal I could find with google was a UNICEF appeal called StickAid which sarted in 2006 and has continued for the lat two years. YouTube appeals were put out there as 'adverts' to seed the community and invite them to the broadcast. The technique of inviting the crowd to spread the word has resulting in growiing donations.
The initial 24 hour webcam-athon raised initial donations for UNICEF reaching £500 pounds, through to £3,500 in 2007. How much did they raise in 2008?

Maybe a bit of snooping on YouTube would give this away. You'll find the first link clue at the end of the article.

So check out stickam and sign up for the PayPerlive beta if you feel your charity could benefit.

My firends who run CD4 community project are giving stickam broadcasting a go for a live concert to be aired from Sheffield Sunday july 27 18:30(London GMT 00). We'll go live, fingers crossed, hopefully no technical glitches with the WIFI connection.

Useful links

Stickam
http://www.stickam.com

Stickam's Payperlive
http://www.payperlive.com/request

StickAID 2008 - July 18, 2008 - UNICEF...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MdX5HYHG1Q

StickAID 2007 - The Build Up... charity event 24hr done by Stickam representatives
http://mefeedia.com/entry/stickaid-2007-the-build-up/4460800/

CD4 community project Live concert
http://moourl.com/cd4concert

Fulfillment through participation ;-)

CD4 Community Project's music arm: CD4 The Band...new video release ;-)

I've been working, and bellieve me it doesn't feel like work, very closely with one of the self-help groups I support, - CD4 Community Project. Their first ever video on the web, "Safe sex" is out now.

I was fortunate to have Carlos & Maria step into my life. They are great people who happen to be HIV+ and are engaging people with music to get the message across.

I feel fulfilled and humbled, Carlos has taught me a lot about life and embracing the moment. Although CD4 is in Sheffield, they are in my heart and mind always. And there they shall remain.
There are more exciting projects and things in the pipeline, stay tuned ;-)

Visit them at their website to find out more and participate...either in person or virtually.
I'm now a virtual volunteer ;-)

CD4 Community Project websites:
http://www.thecd4project.org.uk
http://www.carloslopezg.com/
http://moourl.com/carlosblog

Oh, you can check the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Dy349O1b8