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For Indibloggers The Word Up Meet Had a great message , your blog is your own unique voice , so use original content dont duplicate by copy paste and shoot your own pictures use your mobile ,,be original for once ...
Eboni Wallace (1st place), Derrick McKenzie (2nd place), Jeramie Scott (3rd place), and Justin Wright (3rd place), Haruyo Miyagawa (Word Up! Committee Chair)
i thought painting on changa would be harder, my goal was to make it say "turd" but i think this works....hahaha.
wordup boas and gmok.
Renie Ravin, Founder, IndiBlogger.in
Belief in an idea is all that it takes for an entrepreneur to succeed. Funding for any project is secondary if he or she is adequately obsessed about seeing the plan in action. And an idea was all the impetus that Renie Ravin needed to launch IndiBlogger.in, currently India’s largest and most active community of bloggers, both online and offline.
Launched on the Indian independence day in 2007, at a time when a plethora of Indian blogs were waiting to be discovered, IndiBlogger offers a service that helps people find and keep tracks of these blogs. What began as a directory has now evolved into a social network with monthly contests, meets in every major city of India, community-driven blog reviews and the only ranking system specific to the Indian blogosphere.
Ravin, the founder and managing director, has remained focused on the vision for IndiBlogger, envisaging it as more of a methodology rather than a plan in view of the ever-changing needs and wants of the community and the industry.
With a passionate response to the constant need to adapt, IndiBlogger allows access to its data, tools and services, thus facilitating assembly and customisation according to individual needs. Ravin has leveraged the power of the community to create a network that is growing at the rate of 700 to 800 bloggers every month. “We are not the pioneers of what we do, the community is,” he says.
Its discussion forum enables Indian bloggers to get technical aid and advice from the more experienced, and to meet like-minded bloggers from around the world. IndiBlogger offers a platform to all verified bloggers who want to organise their own meets.
Ravin chose to be an entrepreneur because of a desire to make independent decisions, never having liked dealing with the consequences of those made by others. “This way, I can explore and execute my ideas with the passion needed for them to succeed,” he says.
Faced with the challenge of getting recognised after the launch, IndiBlogger saw its inception with external funding. Among its initial schemes was offering customised badges to bloggers based on their subjects or passion. This was a success and the rest, as they say, is history.
Six months after launch, a private investor provided the thrust needed for IndiBlogger to rise to the next level, providing the momentum and flexibility that took it to its current status as the popular choice in its arena of activity.
Using a combination of data retrieved from blog feeds and established ranking systems such as Google’s PageRank and Alexa, the IndiRank service on IndiBlogger gives Indian bloggers an idea where they stand in relation to each other.
The IndiVine feature was born out of the Mumbai terror attack and collects blog posts on various subjects and current topics. Bloggers vote for the best posts under each subject, thus showcasing the highest quality content and giving them the recognition they deserve.
IndiBlogger also has a monthly blogging contest, with each new category chosen by members of the community, who also select the winners. The prizes for the ‘IndiBlogger of the month’ awards are sponsored by Microsoft and entries are manually reviewed in accordance with submission guidelines, a process that ensures accountability, quality and value.
With the aforementioned services, IndiBlogger aims to help the Indian blogosphere maximise its potential through collective thought and action. The Indian bloggers community has embraced its efforts, as have brands such as Microsoft, which has provided the recognition and support needed to take it to the next level.
Ravin has been in the industry for over a decade and was featured in the Indian Express in 1999 for a website he created for his college. Similarly, IndiBlogger and its team have been featured in every major national newspaper, several start-up websites as well as news channel NDTV.
“But the most valued recognition is from the Indian bloggers themselves, who have written hundreds of testimonials on the work we do. And I will always cherish this recognition. After all, isn’t that what makes us entrepreneurs?” Ravin says.
The team at IndiBlogger is small, comprised of 10 employees in two centres — the headquarters in Chennai and another office in Bangalore. One more centre in Mumbai has been planned. “Our core team is formed by a bunch of people who studied and grew up together. Our individual strengths have created a perfect combination,” Ravin says.
IndiBlogger has now scheduled its first meet outside India, in New York next month, and it will continue to bring Indian bloggers the recognition they deserve, personally leading the effort to hoist them onto the global stage.
As Ravin and his team lay focus in this direction, YourStory lauds their hard work, patience and refusal to rest on their laurels as they continue to reinvent and refurbish IndiBlogger.
Word UP! is a poetry slam for Jefferson County high school students (grades 9-12) sponsored by the Birmingham Public Library and Real Life Poets. Participants write and perform an original work inspired by the theme "SPEAK OUT". The participants in WORD UP! will be the winners from each school's contest. Each school is responsible for holding its own contest.
KORN
Music As A Weapon V Tour
March 31, 2011
Air Canada Centre, Toronto
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Erika Wade from the Alabama School of Fine Arts is the winner of the 2008 Word Up! contest and performed during the Project Mockingbird Last Page program.
WORD UP! Competition Gives Students across Jefferson County Opportunity to Say What's on Their Minds and in Their Hearts
WORD UP!, the poetry slam for high school students who are enrolled in schools—or home schooled—in Jefferson County, celebrates its eighth anniversary this year.
The 2015 WORD UP! winners. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all of the wonderful students who participated this year. Winners left to right: Trinity Packer, Shades Valley High School (3rd place); Whitney McWilliams, Alabama School of Fine Arts (2nd place); Miaya Webster, Alabama School of Fine Arts (1st place).
2nd place winner Patrice Talley and 3rd place winner Miaya Webster-ASFA with judges and Angela Fisher Hall, BPL's Associate Director.
KORN
Music As A Weapon V Tour
March 31, 2011
Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Shot for www.toromagazine.com
This image is copyright © 2011 Tony Felgueiras. All rights reserved.
This photo may not be used under ANY circumstances without written consent. Please contact tonyfelgueiras@yahoo.ca for usage rights.